Halifax_Pats_Fan
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.I've said that on a couple of threads - fight fire with fire. If we just take it then . . . we're just taking it. Maybe we're the only ones doing this exact thing but we aren't the only ones doing some form of sign stealing.
I know that. If that's all we "have" we need to get people on TV and make sure they understand the lines we crossed. We evidently committed the crime of videotaping. But the crime of sign stealing isn't a crime at all. It's all being lumped together as us doing it all and no-one else doing anything.Sign stealing by visually observing the other team is not illegal.
we can't take this lying down. This is total *********. It is happening all over the league. Everyone is going to be coming after them as far back as 2001 with questions of their legitimacy.
We have to fight and fight....it's really that simple
Abusing others who have broken the rules is a good cover up for a cheater.Normally I'd just say take it like a man and move on, but I'm actually kind of in agreement for a few reasons:
1. Mangini and the Jets have been complete ***es and Mangini doesn't seem to have any respect for the man who gave him a shot in this league. From an NFL standpoint it's almost like spitting in your fathers face.
2. Some of the teams coming after the Patriots have themselves been accused of cheating in the past, and some of the people among them I dislike the most happen to be on the comp committee..
3. According to Bill Parcells, Don Banks, an Ex- Patriots and Panthers cameraman, and other ex-players, coaches and reporters these kind of practices are common in the NFL.
See, I really don't like the fact NE did this kind of stuff and don't understand why they seemed to think they had to. I'm kind of dissapointed but knowing other teams in the NFL are doing the same while acting like innocent little angles is pissing me off.
Really, it's pathetic the Jets would set up this type of sting with the league. Think about it, Mangini came up under BB, worked for him all the way through 2005, didn't say anything about it last year, but for some reason had a moment of consciousness during a game in which the Jets were getting blown out of the water? Pretty suspect to me. it seems Mangini has no respect for BB what so ever and just wanted to make him look bad, which again is pretty f*cking pathetic.
I'm not saying what the Patriots did was right and again it does dissapoint me, but think about this entire situation and how this whole thing went down and it's pretty sad.
I totally agree....it has been said that there is a code of silence on this whole aspect of the game..as it has been going on for years with nothing being done. Well Mangina has now broken that CODE...so all is fair.
I do expect that if especially if Goodell's ruling is harsh that the floodgates will be open and a LOT of dirty laundry will be coming out..REMEMBER..there are MANy teams doing this..the Pats MIGHT BE pushing the envelope a bit..but once open, it's all fair game..and once Goodell makes a ruling on this..when OTHERS are exposed, he will have NO CHOICE but to rule similarly.
It will happen..I am sure..it will one way or another...
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It will be a relative slap on the wrist but not an actual one. At this point I think they have to be hit with something like a #3 or a #4 & #5. This isn't a commissioner who likes to look weak.My guess is that the threat of this is the leverage that Kraft is going to use to get the penalty reduced to a slap on the wrist.
I don't get why Mangina would do it. Making Belichick look bad makes him look bad too. His rings are under the same umbrella as Belichick's.Really, it's pathetic the Jets would set up this type of sting with the league. Think about it, Mangini came up under BB, worked for him all the way through 2005, didn't say anything about it last year, but for some reason had a moment of consciousness during a game in which the Jets were getting blown out of the water? Pretty suspect to me. it seems Mangini has no respect for BB what so ever and just wanted to make him look bad, which again is pretty f*cking pathetic.
It will be a relative slap on the wrist but not an actual one. At this point I think they have to be hit with something like a #3 or a #4 & #5. This isn't a commissioner who likes to look weak.
I don't get why Mangina would do it. Making Belichick look bad makes him look bad too. His rings are under the same umbrella as Belichick's.
My guess is that the threat of this is the leverage that Kraft is going to use to get the penalty reduced to a slap on the wrist.
Once he ends up on the phone with Goodell, he'll make it clear that the Pats are willing to accept their due punishment, but they won't be made a public example of with an over-the-top penalty -- if the Pats are going to suffer heavily for this kind of cheating/gamesmanship, than Kraft will sure that every other team guilty of the slightest infraction of competition is too -- and with equal amounts of publicity.
. Now Newman (the league) thinks he has Seinfeld (NE) by the nutts - remember the mailfraud episode...
BB prides himself on character .
we can't take this lying down. This is total *********. It is happening all over the league. Everyone is going to be coming after them as far back as 2001 with questions of their legitimacy.
We have to fight and fight....it's really that simple