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Ram49
I've never understood why this has been treated so lightly.

Folks, no matter where your 'feelings' are on this issue, they were caught cheating multiple times. Video tapes were destroyed. Read that again. EVIDENCE WAS DESTROYED.

How does this fly so low under the radar: [www.espn.com]

Players, coaches, etc. have all come out against their tactics in stealing information; how they affected championships, etc.

The Olympics, NCAA, NBA, Baseball, Cricket, the Tour de France.....all rocked with massive cheating scandals.

Somehow, the NFL and the New England Patriots have been caught multiple times and yet it is barely considered in calling them the "GOAT" ....

This either exposes the power of the NFL or shows just how far money can get you in cheating within a major sports league.

Weirdest 'non-story' I've ever seen.

They were busted and punished for having illegal tapes.

That's all they COULD be busted for, since there is no rule in the league against stealing signals or using them once stolen.

So the tapes proved the one thing that they could be charged with...that they taped signals.

There is nothing else that could come out of that investigation because that was the only pertinent rule.

This whole silly "they destroyed evidence" routine is tiresome because it's based on not understanding the issue.

The issue is this. They violated a rule. You can't tape signals. The one rule they violated, they were busted for.

IT IS NOT ILLEGAL IN THE NFL TO STEAL SIGNALS OR TO USE STOLEN SIGNALS.

So they were busted for the one thing they could be busted for, and on top of it, you can't compound infractions. If you have one illegal tape, or 100, it's the same thing.

Now if you doubt me show me the rule in the NFL rules where it says you cannot steal signals or use stolen signals. Good luck because there is no such rule.

So. AGAIN. They were caught violating the only relevant rule, busted for it, and punished.

That's it. The tapes can serve no other purpose. Not unless you can directly name and quote any other relevant rule they might have violated. The only thing the tapes could prove is that they violated the non-taping rule and beyond that, there's nothing.

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