Penalties being considered for the Pats - UPDATED 1/1/2020

[festy1986]

If these allegations are true it’s not Kraft who’s a joke it’s Bill because there is literally no chance he isn’t in charge of all this and doing this after the fallout of Spygate is the most arrogant flouting of common sense of all time.

Bill will get what he deserves but its Kraft who's constantly left his employees out to hang before even due process is completed on multiple occasions now.

I'm sick of him and hes a terrible leader for any union

 

[robbomango]

A film about “do your job” and the film crew doesn’t know what the F*** they’re doing, irony...

 

[Jlaff]

If these allegations are true it’s not Kraft who’s a joke it’s Bill because there is literally no chance he isn’t in charge of all this and doing this after the fallout of Spygate is the most arrogant flouting of common sense of all time.

I kinda doubt that. He probably had as much control over this as he did with Kraft getting finger blasted in that spa.

 

[Tottie]

Sounds like nothing to me but you guys keep panicking like a bunch of snowflakes.

It is nothing but the problem is nothing is enough these days. As stupid as it sounds, all of you will now have to talk about nonsense from your casual friends who dont do anything but read headlines.

 

[Ladypatsfan]

I've said this before and I'll say it again...this has definitely been a really, really, really strange year.

A very **** t y year.

 

[Jlaff]

Depends on what's on the film...if it's hand signals or play sheets, then yes. If it's just scanning the field, then no.

The Patriots already said it was "inappropriate".

 

[Joker]

jeezus krist...not THIS shyt again. Is the entire freakin' organization genetically tone deaf or what?

 

[Silver Blue&Red]

Welp. It's true, they broke the rules.
(in every ones eyes, we cheated).
I'm sorry. But I'm not good with this.

I almost hope TB leaves, because this owner is a Nit Wit.

I'm pissed and embarrassed as a supporter and a fan.

I have some soul searching to do. WTF?????

Patriots admit video crew violated league policy, say it was unintentional

 

[shmessy]

Time for Kraft Productions to disband I think after this nonsense.

They’re the same folks who do the Sights and Sounds and the locker room victory stuff along with a lot of other great content. It was a mistake. No need to over react.

 

[Jlaff]

The video will reveal the truth. If they merely recorded some B-roll footage of the field to catch the action or crowd shots it's not a big deal. That's typical TV production and some third party contractor may not have been aware of the rule.

But...if they were focusing the camera on the Bengals sideline or zooming in on the coaches calling in signals then they're screwed. There would be no plausible excuse and it would show a direct connection to the football operation. Who else would it be for?

Patriots already confessed to it being "inappropriate", no need to watch the film now.

 

[Joey007]

The Patriots already said it was "inappropriate".

That can mean a lot of things.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

The Patriots already said it was "inappropriate".

THat can mean a lot of things like they were filming areas of the field they weren't supposed to. If they focused in on the hand signals of the Bengals' coaches, then it's bad...

 

[Jlaff]

That can mean a lot of things.

All that matters is how the public perceives it and how the media reports it. Plenty of better words to use, but here we are.

 

[pheenix11]

Welp. It's true, they broke the rules.
(in every ones eyes, we cheated).
I'm sorry. But I'm not good with this.

I almost hope TB leaves, because this owner is a Nit Wit.

I'm pissed and embarrassed as a supporter and a fan.

I have some soul searching to do. WTF?????

Patriots admit video crew violated league policy, say it was unintentional

 

[Nikolai]

jeezus krist...not THIS shyt again. Is the entire freakin' organization genetically tone deaf or what?

This is where I'm at...wtf?? Come on...

I've got a job that's going to take me overseas A LOT and I'll miss a lot of games the next few years. This is likely my last time watching a full season of Pats for a good long time. Wish it could have gone better

 

[BradyFTW!]

jeezus krist...not THIS shyt again. Is the entire freakin' organization genetically tone deaf or what?

Yeah, I'm just exasperated at this point. Living outside of New England I already have to deal with enough of this ****, it's approaching not-worth-it at this point. So every Pats fan is going to have to deal with another year plus of asterisk chants because Kraft decided that the media team just had to make another series of dumb documentaries that literally nobody cares about?

Whoever okayed sending a camera crew of know-nothing independent contractor dimwits who apparently weren't even told they couldn't film the sidelines needs to be fired yesterday.

 

[cmasspatsfan]

They’re the same folks who do the Sights and Sounds and the locker room victory stuff along with a lot of other great content. It was a mistake. No need to over react.

Too late

 

[festy1986]

That can mean a lot of things.

I read the statement and it sounded an awful lot like "roger, go right ahead and **** us 6 ways to Sunday, take our first this year and next, suspend bill and entire year and a 5 million dollar fine for Kraft, also, drag our name though the mud the entire offseason because we dont think we get enough hate as it stands. Any Time you wanna divert the attention from the fact that your refs work the long con please feel free to get us on another gotcha moment, have a.nice day!"

 

[SHOWTIME15]

All that matters is how the public perceives it and how the media reports it. Plenty of better words to use, but here we are.

DOn't worry about the public. If the league does nothing about it, the hysteria will die down. If the league goes ballistic and docks us a first rounder (doubtful), then public perception will be worse. People will assume that Kraft Productions was just a ruse for Belichick illegally taping again.

 

[VectorPrime]

Why would the film crew doing a puff piece on some random scout finish up and then stick around for the explicit purpose of filming the Bengals sideline for an entire quarter until being thrown out if there was nothing nefarious going on? They decide to just do it themselves or, far more plausibly, was this whole thing a front to just give the team plausible deniability if they ended up getting caught.