Pats release statement

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http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/reiss_pieces/

Pats statement
Posted by Mike Reiss, Globe Staff
May 13, 2008 03:37 PM

The Patriots released the following statement today:

"We want to address the allegation that the Patriots taped the Rams’ walkthrough prior to Super Bowl XXXVI. For the past three-and-a-half months, we have been defending ourselves against assumptions made based on an unsubstantiated report rather than on facts or evidence. Despite our adamant denials, the report ran on February 2, 2008, the day before Super Bowl XLII. That game was the second-most watched program in television history and it is unfortunate that today’s news will not also reach an audience of that size. We hope that with Matt Walsh's disclosures, everyone will finally believe what we have been saying all along and emphatically stated on the day of the initial report: 'The suggestion that the New England Patriots recorded the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough on the day before Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002 is absolutely false. Any suggestion to the contrary is untrue.'”

 

[JAYHAWKS34]

Re: Patriots Statement

dammmn fat tomase

 

[PatsFan24]

Re: Patriots Statement

that is what the media does, create stories

 

[FreeTedWilliams]

we have been defending ourselves against assumptions made based on an unsubstantiated report rather than on facts or evidence..................

Sounds like ground for a lawsuit, doesn't it............

 

[Hoodie]

we have been defending ourselves against assumptions made based on an unsubstantiated report rather than on facts or evidence..................

Sounds like ground for a lawsuit, doesn't it............

Yup. That's what it sounds like. Even if they don't pursue a lawsuit, I think they will rattle their saber.

 

[hambone1818]

Good..the next step is a suit against the Herald and Tomase; the next step is issuing a statement condemning ESPN for their biased, slanted and wholly untruthful coverage of today's proceedings, and the final step is a letter to the league offices demanding a reevaluation of the penalties lodged against the Patriots for what amounts to a rules infraction.

I AM SO SICK OF THIS CRAP.

 

[SavioKid]

I like the part on how the 'rumor' was released on the SB and that this truthful statement won't go to as large as an audience.

F*ckin ahole media - they should be posting this Pats release on EVERY main media page (printed , website, etc..) AND as a disclaimer for the next week during media broadcasting (no matter what the subject!) !!

 

[PatsFan24]

i want the pats to file a lawsuit against everyone they can who wronged them.