Appeals Court dismisses Jet fan spygate lawsuit

[Off The Grid]

Agreed on both counts.

But the Patriots have to bear some of the blame for the misperceptions. Week after week throughout Spygate, they allowed lies and half-truths to stand without challenging them to the point where the mediots on ESPN felt they could say anything they wanted to say, knowing that no one would challenge their veracity. I am to this day amazed by the total lack of a "media strategy" by the Pats throughout the whole thing. The only consistent and credible push-back came from posts on this Board.

At this point, the good news is that "time" is on the Patriots side, as memories of the entire mess recede in the minds of most fans outside New England; let lying sleeping dogs lie, because when they wake up all they do is lie some more.

AMEN, Brother.

 

[BradfordPatsFan]

Agreed on both counts.

But the Patriots have to bear some of the blame for the misperceptions. Week after week throughout Spygate, they allowed lies and half-truths to stand without challenging them to the point where the mediots on ESPN felt they could say anything they wanted to say, knowing that no one would challenge their veracity. I am to this day amazed by the total lack of a "media strategy" by the Pats throughout the whole thing. The only consistent and credible push-back came from posts on this Board.

At this point, the good news is that "time" is on the Patriots side, as memories of the entire mess recede in the minds of most fans outside New England; let lying sleeping dogs lie, because when they wake up all they do is lie some more.

Over the last few days, I've heard Spygate brought up in regard to the Cushing deal. Once on NFL Radio and once on WEEI. In both cases callers wanted to know why the NFL didn't revote BB's Coach of the Year after it was found that he "cheated" (the words of the caller, not mine). In both cases, the host missed the fact that the NFL caught the "illegal" taping after week 1, they did not use it in week 1, and did not tape again that year...they were 16-0 in the regular season without taping. Howard David (NFL-Radio) agreed with the caller and BigO went off on some tangent and totally missed the caller's point (no surprise).

The lies continue to fester and live.