Patriots Harrassed by NFL/Jets Over Bugging/Electronics Suspicions - Conflicting Reports

XLIX said:

I tell ya this: I believe an unnamed source saying it was requested by a team a heckuva lot more than I believe an official league office statement saying it was all random.

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Certainly nyjfl has 0 credibility whatever they say; but they could just be playing word games too:

Jesters questioned the guys on the sidelines....
Patriots previously requested a weekly sweep to inoculate themselves and nyjfl denied that request....

Nyjfl decides, based on the jester issue, to do the sweep THIS week and say it was requested by a team (implying jesters but actually meaning pats themselves).

Thereby they create bad media for pats (hasn't that seemingly been goal nbr 1 for most of their patriots related actions lately) and get to whip up the various teams' animosity as well as stoke the wwf-style media circus (that seems to be their means of increasing hits/ad revenue ). Anyway, could be. But of course most likely is just that one hand (pr) of nyjfl doesn't know what the other (security) is doing.

Yup and to this day some folks here who just fell off the turnip truck feel that NYJFL is unwarranted

Dr Pain said:

I heard Kraft caved in because he wanted to save the NFL DraftKings deal and that Kraft is a big investor while Jerry Jones is a big investor in FanDuel. I think Daily Fantasy Sports is about to get nuked in the courts so if the preceding sentence is true, perhaps Kraft will focus on whats in the Patriots best interests in the future rather than DraftKings.

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Can you elaborate on this, what is Kraft and the NFL's connection structurally to this betting (or direct me to where a good synopsis is) (thanx).

betterthanthealternative said:

I know it would be counterproductive, but I'd love to see about 50 Patriots EE's in sunglasses and black hoodies, with headsets, cell phones, iPads, and wrist/ear microphones walking around on the sidelines before the next home game, looking intensely at the other team warming up. And when that sends the NFL* staff over the edge, have them all refuse to give up their electronics on the grounds that they are personal, and then eventually do it only for the NFL to find out that they are all playing the same online video game. And have each of them have hidden recording devices so all of the interactions with the NFL staff are recorded. And then for a mix tape of those conversations to be made and released to social media.

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Which would mean each of them would be committing a felony under Massachusetts law. Not a good idea.

aluminum seats said:

Exactly. 15 minutes can be a hell of a long time depending on the circumstances.

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Especially when you've got a job to do.

Gotta wonder what would've happened if ref's headset batteries died while that interrogation was going on.

aluminum seats said:

Exactly. 15 minutes can be a hell of a long time depending on the circumstances.

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...... a fact to which any man who's come home an hour or more late to his wife/girlfriend, while smelling of woman's perfume, can attest.

n6249c said:

Especially when you've got a job to do.

Gotta wonder what would've happened if ref's headset batteries died while that interrogation was going on.

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All 4 Lombardi trophies vacated on the spot.

MitchKumstein said:

The Patriots should hire an independent company to check for bugs even if the NFL also checks

Does anyone want Mike Kensil snooping around a Gillette locker room 'checking for bugs'?

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After a certified sweep, access to the locker room must be controlled by armed guards and security cameras to identify anyone and everyone who enters/leaves. No one gets access unless properly vetted and swept by electronic sensors. I would think that the Patriots could make it damn uncomfortable for anyone attempting any plants. It's time to tighten up the opposing teams security requirements Bobby. Evidently they want it that way so go all in and give them what they think they want.

fair catch fryar said:

Because at some point, an opportunity will present itself for one of the media jackals to expose Goodell and/or someone high up in the NFL and it won't be pretty. You know as well as I do they are like piranhas and once there's blood in the water, Goodell will go down. He can't continue this absurd witchhunt without screwing up at some point.

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Great post. It will seem like it was preordained by then. People will forget the agonizing year or two when the league was trying to kill it's best product.

ANGR89 said:

I know this may sound crazy, but is it possible the nfl can push this crap so far that eventually turns into a federal investigation? I for one would love it, we all know there's many skeletons in the nfls closet and for someone not associated with the Patriots to expose them would be so awesome. It would make this whole thing backfire on them because you know they don't want anyone poking around in their business! A girl can dream! Lol

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It could. congress has poked it's nose into sports issues it had no business addressing before.

THAT is the scumbag Mastroddi's even scummier punk rat scumbag son....

why was jets security allowed to interrogate our employees at our stadium ? f them and f that !

Joker said:

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I hope this gets coverage on PFT and such.

tuckeverlasting said:

why was jets security allowed to interrogate our employees at our stadium ? f them and f that !

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Jets security didn't. They got NFL security to do it.

(But perhaps you were making an editorial statement by calling NFL security "Jets security")

SVN said:

I hope this gets coverage on PFT and such.

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The punk printed that TWO YEARS ago. Plainly, near psychotic hatred of the Patriots is normal behavior in the Mastroddi household. The main point being this cretin Mastroddi should have been denied access to the Razor by the Patriots on general principles. The kid obviously learned this reprehensible behavior from dear old dad, so scumbag dear old dad should NEVER be granted access of any kind for any reason by the Kraft family. Let Woody Johnson keep his psychotic, crazed, degenerate scumbag employee in NJ where he belongs.

Kraft should file suit against the NFL for harassment.

think alot of this bluster of supposed cheating by the pats is a deflection by espn and jets fans because of the cheating going on by their beloved yankees with steroids. the yankee clubhouse was infested with cheaters and steroids. just look at this list.

Yankees implicated in performance-enhancing drug use

no one can convince me that vcrs or psi have anywhere near the impact of steroids in any sport.
i guess jeter should have been suspended for generally being aware his whole team was doing steroids.

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Vice President, Security & Facility Operations
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Responsible for the selection, training and supervision of both the security staff and facility operations staff at the Atlantic Health Jets Training Center. Additionally, he is responsible for the development and implementation of policies and procedures necessary for safe and efficient operations and the analysis and evaluation of the facilities infrastructure in order to identify maintenance renovation issues. He works collaboratively with his security and public safety partners at both MetLife stadium and the AHJTC in order to maintain effective emergency operations plans and business continuity plans. These plans are developed utilizing a comprehensive risk assessment approach with a focus on preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery.


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Brooklyn South cop for 20 years...uh huh...and you KNOW what that means right? Read this and weep... this scumbag should have been wearing a number after he quit in 2003.

http://nypost.com/2005/04/25/dirty-watchdogs-13-anti-corruption-cops-slapped-in-nypd-scandal/


Thirteen veteran supervisors and detectives from an NYPD watchdog unit that was supposed to prevent corruption and wrongdoing in a major police division have been slapped with misconduct charges, The Post has learned.

A lieutenant, eight sergeants and four detectives who once virtually made up the entire “investigations unit” scrutinizing narcotics, vice, auto crime and firearms cops within the NYPD’s Organized Crime Control Bureau are each facing departmental trials.

Improprieties within the monitoring unit surfaced last year after the NYPD was jolted by scandals in the Narcotics Division, where several present and former detectives were arrested for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from drug dealers.

Last October, one-time partners Detectives Julio Vasquez and Thomas Rachko pleaded guilty to stealing $169,000 in cash from a drug courier who was under surveillance by another OCCB drug unit, the El Dorado Task Force.

Vasquez was on his lunch hour at the time of the heist.

Last April, former narcotics Detective Carlos Rodriguez admitted to conspiring to launder drug money and use it to renovate his Long Island home and was sentenced to two years in prison.



Last Dec. 29, Deputy Inspector Richard Capolongo committed suicide inside a Queens police facility while under investigation by Internal Affairs for working a security job when he was supposed to be on duty.

And last fall, 20 cops were bounced from another inspections unit for failing to properly oversee overtime wrongfully claimed by about 70 Brooklyn South narcotics officers.

Another 25 officers in Manhattan were also suspected of cheating on their time sheets.

When angry top brass were trying to figure out how such blatant wrongdoing could occur, they quickly realized that oversight was not only lax, but that some supervisors were raking in overtime they did not work or cutting other corners during their shifts.

“They were supposed to be watching search warrants, checking on roll calls and watching overtime,” one source explained. “But basically they were part of the problem, too.”

The 13 supervisors and detectives – many of them former members of Internal Affairs with more than 20 years on the NYPD – were hit with charges ranging from failing to supervise to misusing time to crafting their work schedules around their personal lives. All but one of the accused were dumped from the unit by Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly and replaced with a new and expanded team headed by Harvard-educated Deputy Inspector Kevin Ward.


Spokesmen for the NYPD and the Sergeants Benevolent Association declined to comment.

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A Finest mess

* A lieutenant, eight sergeants and four detectives in the NYPD’s investigations unit have been departmentally charged.

* Unit scrutinized cops within Organized Crime Control Bureau.

* Improprieties surfaced last year after several detectives were arrested for robbing hundreds of thousands of dollars from drug dealers.

* Another 75 investigators were accused of stealing overtime and a deputy inspector was probed for moonlighting.

* Since shaking up the unit, Commissioner Ray Kelly has increased inspections – more closely monitoring overtime, tightening the use of department cars and E-ZPasses, and checking up on cops supposed to be in court.

This freaking clown has the unmitigated gall to even suggest he's "security" for the Rats? He's their dirty tricks ex-dirty cop scumbag who teaches his friggin' kids to publicly wish bodily harm on innocent people You simply cannot make up such unbelievably overt scumbaggery. The NFL HAS jumped the shark

Ah, he was out of Brooklyn South a decade before that **** hit the fan. He had long since graduated to bigger and better things. Deputy Director in the Mayor's office. Liaison with the Governor's security detail. He is way beyond cheating on overtime.