said by CultofSkaro :

Anybody notice how this topic magically distracted the public from surgng fuel costs and food shoratges? Yeah that is the ONLY reason a senator is involved. This is nothing more then a witch hunt. I'd post this on espn but their nazi forum policies get me banned at least once a week.(Typical day somebody starts a race or political war and if you don't agree with them they report you. Espn being owned by abc/disney, no longer knows how to investigate and they simply violate your account and ask you to beg for reactivation). Spectre is trying to get relected by getting the steelers and eagles fans support.

said by Eagles LoveR :

They went undefeated last season cause that was their best team ever... even without the Superbowl that team was easily the best team they ever fielded... but without the spygate they couldn't win a superbowl with their best team :( how shitty is that

said by X Man :

Source your shit out, and get it straight. Also, get it in context.So what. Everybody that's a football fan outside of New England that's not a Pat's fan hated them already. We, don't care!

My question to the whiners and criers is what was/is the excuse for everyone losing to the Pat's in the entire regular season, last year? Hmmm? Because Spygate, Scapegoat™ wasn't a valid one.

Whatever,
Mike

said by footballdude :

And here I thought I was making points to an objective observer...

said by footballdude :

The Patriots are lying, cheating scum and nearly everyone that's a football fan outside of Boston is going to hate them for a long time.

said by X Man :

Everybody that's a football fan outside of New England that's not a Pat's fan hated them already. We, don't care!

said by Silvanos :

Yeah you don't care, lol.

said by X Man :

[So what. Everybody that's a football fan outside of New England that's not a Pat's fan hated them already. We, don't care!

My question to the whiners and criers is what was/is the excuse for everyone losing to the Pat's in the entire regular season, last year? Hmmm? Because Spygate, Scapegoat™ wasn't a valid one.

Whatever,
Mike

said by footballdude :

Though there is no evidence of a tape, Walsh did admit that he watched the Rams' walkthrough, then went to the coaching staff and described what he saw, with an emphasis on how the Rams were using their tight ends.

said by ESPN :

While there was no tape of the walk-through, Walsh provided some inside information that might have been beneficial to the Patriots. Levy [NFL Attorney] said he knows of no league rule Walsh violated, and Goodell is not expected to take any further action.»sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3394017

said by footballdude :

The Patriots are lying, cheating scum and nearly everyone that's a football fan outside of Boston is going to hate them for a long time.

said by X Man :

We now know that Walsh has nothing new to add. No tape of the 2002 Rams "walk through".

said by X Man :

This whole story was so overblown from the word go that it's sad. Bill Belichick was found to have violated NFL rules on videotaping opposing teams signals. He was fined $500,000 for chrissake and the Pats were fined $250,000 and a first round draft pick.

said by fatness :

I don't think Goodell mentioned this stuff in his press conference.

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Specter met with former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh for three hours yesterday in his Hart Senate Office Building office. He said that Walsh told him that a former offensive player for the Patriots told Walsh a few days before a Sept. 3, 2000 game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Specter had said it was a Sept. 11, 2000 game) that the offensive player was called into a meeting with head coach Bill Belichick, then offensive coordinator Charlie Weis and Belichick confidant Ernie Adams. During the meeting it was explained to the player how the signal tapes would be used.

According to Specter's recount of what Walsh detailed to him, the offensive player, who was on the sidelines for the game, would memorize the signals then watch for the Tampa Bay defensive calls during the game. He would then pass the call along to Weis, who would give instructions to the quarterback on the field.

Specter's statement said that the offensive player told Walsh that it helped the Patriots anticipate 75 percent of the defensive plays being called.

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»www.boston.com/sports/football/p···s_f.html

said by waldoooo :

Shouldn't this be a NFL only problem?

said by fatness :

The NFL tried to sweep the problem under the rug, and tried to keep Matt Walsh from coming forward with anything he knows about cheating by videotaping (or other means). It's a sport watched by millions, it's supposed to be an athletic contest where the outcome is determined on the field. If a team can cheat, get discovered, and have most of what they did covered up by the league, it raises the issue of whether it's more like professional wrestling than like a fair athletic contest. That would affect the NFL's broadcast license. That's why a Senator is involved.