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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.sorry to add another post about this, but all i've seen is the reinforcement memo of 2006, but not when this policy took effect. depending when this rule took affect some of these older tapes wouldn't be 'illegal'.
I'm not sure but the issue pre-2006, given the wording of the rule was that taping was illegal for anything related to the game taking place THAT day.
Other teams were doing the same thing. The coach of the Cowboys admitted he did it, though you haven't seen one person call their Super Bowls tainted.
All teams admit they tape from elsewhere in the stadium as well - and it is perfectly legal, from what I can tell, for them to video tape signals being called using a telephoto lense and telescopic mike and (if it were possible) sync up the video and use that for THAT game - which is different from what the Patriots were doing pre and post 2006.
So here you have a situation where teams even today can continue to "legally cheat" as long as they do it from the stands.
Everyone asks why Belichick did it from the field - my answer is quite simple - to intimidate the other teams. MangIdiot knew this and blew the whistle, thinking it would intimidate the Patriots and cause a distraction. It did - and they responded by going 16-0 that season.
SO....doesn't all this sh## that Walsh is dragging out.....IRRELEVANT??? All these tapes took place BEFORE THE RULE went into place!!!
Can someone dig up an answer to this question? Because if there wasn't a rule about taping until before last season then it isn't considered cheating for the rest of the years.
From the NFL Game Day Operations Manual states:
1. Page 105 of the Game Operations manual: "No video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches' booth, on the field, or in the locker room during the game." It later says: "All video shooting locations must be enclosed on all sides with a roof overhead."
By the way - it's not a rule book but a manual. It also covers things like the number of footballs the home team has to provide and appropriate clothing to be worn. It seems like after several complaints from teams about opponents taping (perhaps Green Bay about the Pats) a "clarifying" memo was sent out:
A memo from Ray Anderson, NFL head of football operations, to head coaches and GMs on Sept. 6, 2006 said: "Video taping of any type, including but not limited to taping of an opponent’s offensive or defensive signals, is prohibited on the sidelines, in the coaches’ booth, in the locker room, or at any other locations accessible to club staff members during the game."
Now a confusing this for me is, a team is allowed to film the game from various points in the stands if it has the other teams permission. This was the jets issue from a couple years ago. They were caught filming, claimed they had permission but the Pats disputed that. So, the "rule" is rather fungible in how it is applied.
At the end of the day this is not about rules or memos but a lazy and overzealous media feeding on the passions and ignorance of sports fans around the country and made worse by incompetent Commissioner. It was then co-opted by a head-line seeking politician.
From the NFL Game Day Operations Manual states:
1. Page 105 of the Game Operations manual: "No video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches' booth, on the field, or in the locker room during the game." It later says: "All video shooting locations must be enclosed on all sides with a roof overhead."
By the way - it's not a rule book but a manual. It also covers things like the number of footballs the home team has to provide and appropriate clothing to be worn. It seems like after several complaints from teams about opponents taping (perhaps Green Bay about the Pats) a "clarifying" memo was sent out:
A memo from Ray Anderson, NFL head of football operations, to head coaches and GMs on Sept. 6, 2006 said: "Video taping of any type, including but not limited to taping of an opponent’s offensive or defensive signals, is prohibited on the sidelines, in the coaches’ booth, in the locker room, or at any other locations accessible to club staff members during the game."
Now a confusing this for me is, a team is allowed to film the game from various points in the stands if it has the other teams permission. This was the jets issue from a couple years ago. They were caught filming, claimed they had permission but the Pats disputed that. So, the "rule" is rather fungible in how it is applied.
At the end of the day this is not about rules or memos but a lazy and overzealous media feeding on the passions and ignorance of sports fans around the country and made worse by incompetent Commissioner. It was then co-opted by a head-line seeking politician.
.....He didn't just punish Belichick but the players have to deal with this sh*t as well..