Enough spygate threads [merged]

[patriotspride]

I counted 11 spy gate related threads on the first page in the main area of this message board .enough is enough .this place is worse than espn .its really bad when a pats fan comes here to talk about the team and all he finds is spy gate bull *****.

[BelichickFan]

It would probably be best to have one big one, it's kind of silly right now unfortunately. With FA and the draft coming up, Spygate is a non issue to me until someone produces something that really matters, not all this silly talk from Spector, et al.

[MoLewisrocks]

I agree and was going to suggest that mods merge all the threads claiming new information that is nothing of the sort, all the spins on Specter's bloviating, all the admonissions to Bill and Bob to do something, all the whines that something the usual suspects here can't tear themselves away from posting their thoughts or emotions on won't go away...and even sticky it so those who want to parse articles or argue with trolls or vent their frustration with Bill, Bob, Roger, Arlen, ESPN, NFLN or any other sports news agency that decides to take it's daily shot at a rehash of what we already know, what was already done, and who is unhappy with how it was done can just express themselves without cluttering the board with threads full of crap.

As a practical matter it would be nice IF something does actually happen that is newsworthy in and of itself, like Walsh actually addressing whether he does or doesn't have the tape the mediots at ESPN and Arlen so hope he has, I could come here and viola...I would know something NEW AND SIGNIFICANT had happened.

[Tunescribe]

A "spygate updates" sticky might solve the problem. What say you, mods?

[ctpatsfan77]

Or, perhaps, have a daily Spygate thread (i.e., one thread for all posts today, one tomorrow, etc.)? That way good points don't get quite so buried.

[upstater1]

New information on spygate came out. Why not have a new thread?

If the thread says "Spygate" in its title, then avoid it.

I do agree a sticky would be helpful with just a brief outlining of the facts and a set of easily understood conclusions. That way we can refer the trolls to that sticky whenever they post.

[Mack Herron]

If you don't like it, don't read it. Don't force others to adopt your standards of what can be said..

[MoLewisrocks]

Originally Posted by upstater1

New information on spygate came out. Why not have a new thread?

If the thread says "Spygate" in its title, then avoid it.

I do agree a sticky would be helpful with just a brief outlining of the facts and a set of easily understood conclusions. That way we can refer the trolls to that sticky whenever they post.

No new information came out. Just more spin on what those of us who fully grasped what happend last September already understood. Specter has been bloviating for two full weeks now and nothing he said is new or news to anyone but him. It's being spun as news doesn't make it so.

Originally Posted by Mack Herron

If you don't like it, don't read it. Don't force others to adopt your standards of what can be said..

This is about managing the board as FA approaches. The volume of threads on this topic, many of which are redundant, pushes other threads off the front page sometimes before people even get to see them...which often leads to duplication on multiple topics.

Nobody is trying to deny free speech here Mack, just suggesting that it be managed in a way that doesn't ruin the board for the majority of Pats fans whose interest range well beyond spygate. Add to the discourse as much or as often as you choose, just don't start a new thread for every thought that enters your mind or every snipet you hear that you think is news or worthy of comment. And if you must then accept it will eventually get merged into the thread dedicated to the topic...

Spygate is just one topic for the offseason and should be treated as such until or unless something substantive comes of it. To date it's really nothing more than a bunch of crap that was already dealt with that some senator and ESPN are determined to poke sticks at to see if they can will it to be more.

[upstater1]

Originally Posted by MoLewisrocks

No new information came out. Just more spin on what those of us who fully grasped what happend last September already understood. Specter has been bloviating for two full weeks now and nothing he said is new or news to anyone but him. It's being spun as news doesn't make it so.



This is about managing the board as FA approaches. The volume of threads on this topic, many of which are redundant, pushes other threads off the front page sometimes before people even get to see them...which often leads to duplication on multiple topics.

Nobody is trying to deny free speech here Mack, just suggesting that it be managed in a way that doesn't ruin the board for the majority of Pats fans whose interest range well beyond spygate. Add to the discourse as much or as often as you choose, just don't start a new thread for every thought that enters your mind or every snipet you hear that you think is news or worthy of comment. And if you must then accept it will eventually get merged into the thread dedicated to the topic...

Spygate is just one topic for the offseason and should be treated as such until or unless something substantive comes of it. To date it's really nothing more than a bunch of crap that was already dealt with that some senator and ESPN are determined to poke sticks at to see if they can will it to be more.

Some new information did come out. I never knew half the stuff in the latest release. I never knew that NFL lawyers destroyed the evidence in Foxboro. I never knew that Goodell assumed Belichick has been doing this since the Cleveland days. I learned that Leahy authorized a funded investigation. I learned that the NFL is investigating Walsh's past, and that Walsh is "scared." There's a lot more new stuff out there.

[Watson's IQ]

How about setting up a temporary Spygate Sub-Forum? At present it is kind of difficult to wade past the noise to find some actual discussion of football.

Just my $.02