If it was illegal by rule then you wouldn't need to remove the whole part about "use during the game" to make your case. It's not BB who's using gray area to interpret something that isn't there. The rule:
Since we know for a fact that games are in fact taped, the fairly non-******ed interpretation would be that those tapes cannot be used as it says "during the game". In fact we know damn well that coaches can, and do watch game film all week, so the operative phrase MUST be "during the game." Or damned if every cameraman in the NFL isn't breaking the rule. It would also be very odd for that phrase to be written into the rule but expect coaches to know to ignore the phrase. This is happens today:
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Maybe after misinterpreting this rule on national television to the entire world the NFL should have put out a memo that said Fox was wrong, you can't use this stuff ever! Nope, the NFL forgot to do that. Strange how they keep making mistakes like that. Let's go over the mistakes:
They meant to put a period right before the term "during the game"- but forgot somehow accidentally changing th meaning of the rule to limit use of tape during the game.
They forgot to remove the term "during the game" from the rule.
They forgot to correct BB and Fox about their national television interpretation snafu
Hell, they even forgot to go ahead and clean up that mistake at the competition committee meeting in 2004, 2005, and 2006 despite coaches openly telling them they think it only applies to game time... On national television.
That NFL sure is forgetful. Obviously BB should have known that what really mattered was what Goodell had in his head, not what's in the rulebook.
Who is taking more liberties? The person who thinks the rule means "during the game" as it literally says, and announces on national television what that means. Or you, who are claiming that it's okay to ignore the actual wording of the rule to invent a new interpretation. To ignore not only the literal meaning of the words, but the precedent of teams following the literal meaning, and stating quite clearly what that interpretation means.
Everyone must be wrong except Goodell. It was super clear, they just forgot to put it in words, forgot to put it in the rule book, and forgot to correct coaches announcing the meaning on national television.
