the asterik for non Pats fans is a lot like the old "1940" chant folks used to do against the Rangers. Its just away for opposing fans to get under the skin of a Rival or team they don't care for. If a non Pats fan starts jawing with a Pats fan and the non-Pats fan is losing the argument "well you cheated" will always come out now, true or false, it won't matter. The response could be either "You're just jealous" or a long argument about how "spygate" was a farse. Won't matter to the Non-Pats fan, they go their dig in by busting out the "asterik"
Plus as a non-Pats fan, its kind of fun to come up with all kinds of things to associate with cheating and the Pats, I mean, even if it isn't true, it gets to be funny. Picking on the Raiders isn't so much fun now that they are down, and the Browns and Bengals, come on, that's like picking on the slow kid in class. Now picking on the Pats, as a Steelers fan, knowing the Pats have had our number lately, well its fun for us. Once we start winning the series again, then the picking on will stop and we'll just go to smack talk.
Nothing to be Jealous of here yet, You still need 3 SB wins before I get jealous.