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| [NFL] Specter Calls Patriots Spying Wider Than Stated
Hmm, this story still has legs.
»www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/sport···h&emc=th
WASHINGTON — After meeting with a former New England Patriots employee who helped the team spy on opponents, Senator Arlen Specter on Wednesday described the team’s illicit videotaping tactics as more systematic and deliberate than what the N.F.L. has acknowledged publicly.
Mr. Specter, a Republican from Pennsylvania, said the former employee, Matt Walsh, described elaborate measures by the Patriots to conceal their filming of opponents’ signals. Mr. Walsh also explained how the Patriots’ coaching staff gleaned strategic information from members of the team’s video crew who had watched the St. Louis Rams’ walk-through practice before the 2002 Super Bowl.
He also identified more games and opponents that were filmed by the Patriots and detailed the advantages the team gained in later games.
Mr. Specter, a longtime Philadelphia Eagles fan, has battled with the N.F.L. on several issues over the years. This time, with his continued criticism of the league’s investigation into the Patriots, he is raising questions about the legitimacy of the Patriots’ accomplishments — which include three Super Bowl titles this decade, one against the Eagles, and an 18-0 record last season before a loss to the Giants in the Super Bowl.
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Wallingford, CT | The rest of america calls spectres finding a poorly contrived distarction from our economic woes. |
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Silvanos
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| said by CultofSkaro  :The rest of america calls spectres finding a poorly contrived distarction from our economic woes. By "the rest of the America" do you mean you?
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This is why I vote for Senators.. so they can cry over sports. This douchebag should just let it go. |
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said by Silvanos :said by CultofSkaro :The rest of america calls spectres finding a poorly contrived distarction from our economic woes. By "the rest of the America" do you mean you? Indeed, who?
IDGARA about Spygate, what's done is done. Or as Billycheck says, "It is what it is." But to state the Sphyncter's questioning is an attempt to "cover up economic woes" is flat out bullshit. He's just a pissed off Eagles' fan that also happens to be the ranking member on the Senate Committee on the Judiciary and serves on the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights. So he does have a vested interest with respect to Senate business.
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There was a second video camera behind the grassy knoll 
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Screw the Patriots* and their cheating ways, we all know it was delibarate. They just won't admit it, they are scum. |
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Is anyone here old enough to remember Spector's "Single Bullet Theory"?
He downplayed the conspiracy to kill President Kennedy and here he is with a conspiracy theory about the Patriots.
What an ass! 
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| What part is a conspiracy theory? the part where they cheated by recording signals or when they let players on the IR practice with the team?
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| said by Silvanos :What part is a conspiracy theory? the part where they cheated by recording signals or when they let players on the IR practice with the team? You can figure it out. 
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n. pl. conúspirúaúcies
1. An agreement to perform together an illegal, wrongful, or subversive act.
2. A group of conspirators.
3. Law An agreement between two or more persons to commit a crime or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.
4. A joining or acting together, as if by sinister design: a conspiracy of wind and tide that devastated coastal areas. |
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And now there's a second report (Matt Walsh was the first) of the Patriots* putting players on IR, letting them practice. This report is from a former Patriots* player, Ross Tucker.
»sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/w···dex.html
said by Ross Tucker :
Walsh's comments to commissioner Roger Goodell earlier this week that New England had players on injured reserve participate in practice wasn't news to me. I had heard the Patriots did this before I signed with them in 2005 and I saw it firsthand during my time there. I asked veteran receiver Troy Brown about it one time and he responded, "Every team in the league does that." I quickly let him know none of the three teams I played for previously had done so.
Basically, the Patriots would put a player on IR, knowing it meant he couldn't play in a game or practice with the team for the remainder of the season. By skirting the rules and practicing him anyway, it allowed them to develop his skills during the year. A side benefit is that they were also able to give some of the older players less repetitions and, therefore, additional rest.
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said by CultofSkaro :The rest of america calls spectres finding a poorly contrived distarction from our economic woes. That right, I could give a fuck about the patriots, Barry Bonds, or Roger Clemens. This sorry mofo Specter should spend more of his time on more important matters. |
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| said by pro7070 :That right, I could give a fuck about the patriots, Barry Bonds, or Roger Clemens. This sorry mofo Specter should spend more of his time on more important matters. Agreed!!
Gas at 4 bucks
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Worrying about next rounds of layoffs.
How does he have the time to worry about the Pat's cheating!! |
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