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Dungy stands by Cameragate comments
Posted by John Tomase at 12:46 pm
Colts head coach Tony Dungy said he has no regrets over comments he made comparing the Patriots to Barry Bonds at the height of Cameragate earlier this season. Dungy said he was “very disappointed” at the time, a theme he echoed again yesterday.
“I don’t think it was an advantage,” Dungy said. “It’s just disappointing to me whenever anything comes out and the public perception of the game gets hurt, whether it’s us doing it or anyone else. And not because it was the Patriots doing it, but anything, because our game is on top right now and we’ve got a great thing going and we want to keep it going. So it’s disappointing. Whether it’s an injury to a great player or anything, you just don’t like to see those things happen.
“It’s behind us. Don’t think anyone will be thinking about what happened in the past. It’s going to be two great teams meeting on Sunday.”
As for the Bonds comparisons, where Dungy noted the slugger’s accomplishments were tainted and implied that maybe the Patriots’ would be too, he said he had no regrets.
“To me, that’s what it is,” he said. “That was my opinion at the time and that’s what I believe. I don’t think it takes away from anything they’ve done. It’s just disappointing that it wasn’t a good situation for the league or any of the players in the NFL.”