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The simplest most concise way to respond to these nit wits.....
A) It wasn't illegal to tape from that location until 2007, so all of the pats wins and SB's were legit.
B) The memo making taping from that spot illegal was circulated during the summer of 2007. The Pats got pinched the first game of the season. So if you want to call taping ten yards closer to where it was/is legal they never had a chance to cheat.
I can confidently say that about 90%+ of the average fan has no idea of the actual "truths" of what happened with Cameragate.
For one thing, it was mainly geared towards the NFC opponents as they felt that they could help to bridge the gap of less scouting/intel. It was also done in response to many other teams (reportedly also the NYJ) doing it too. Belichick claims that he misunderstood the memo. Whether that is true or not, I have no idea. I can guarantee you that there's no way in the world that he could have ever guessed that it'd have become what it did though. I also believe that it didn't have nearly the kind of positive effect for us that so many seem to think, judging by our better record overall since--especially our scoring output on offense.
I'm fine with a punishment if he broke a rule in the big picture. What I'm not fine with is Goodell throwing fuel on the fire, and failing to stop what quickly (within 72 hrs) became a plethora of mis-information and poorly guided misconception by the media and average fan. Of course we all wish that Belichick himself would have helped his case a bit by explaining things a bit more, but that's just not the way he is. He couldn't care less what others think.