upstater1
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Re: Roger Goodell Press Conf
You're arguing against yourself now. When apprised that the Dolphins were audiotaping the Patriots signals, the NFL's Steve Alic said, "That's football." On multiple other occasions, the NFL has stated that stealing signals is not against the rules.
Stick to your other argument. It's a stronger one. We all know that Goodell was lying through his teeth today, he was in pure PR mode. Just like he was lying earlier in the year when he came down with the ruling.
These are the facts:
--The NFL is not against stealing signals. There's no rule against it.
--The Patriots violated a rule against filming from a non-enclosed area. When the Jets admitted doing the same thing, the NFL said it didn't care.
--The Patriots disobeyed a league memo.
--The Patriots did gain an advantage by stealing the opposing coaches' signals. That's why they were doing it.
--Gaining an advantage by stealing signals is not against the rules. It's legal.
--Good coaches steal signals. Bad coaches are too lazy to do it.
--Goodell knows that the league is so screwed up on this issue that he thought the best way to present it to congress is to simply lie about it.
--This was one big clusterfudge and the Patriots deserve to get their draft choice back.
what about placing microphones on defensive linemen to get the opposing offensive signals? what about jamming the opposing offensive coordinator's radio transmissions? is that acceptable to the public too?
You're arguing against yourself now. When apprised that the Dolphins were audiotaping the Patriots signals, the NFL's Steve Alic said, "That's football." On multiple other occasions, the NFL has stated that stealing signals is not against the rules.
Stick to your other argument. It's a stronger one. We all know that Goodell was lying through his teeth today, he was in pure PR mode. Just like he was lying earlier in the year when he came down with the ruling.
These are the facts:
--The NFL is not against stealing signals. There's no rule against it.
--The Patriots violated a rule against filming from a non-enclosed area. When the Jets admitted doing the same thing, the NFL said it didn't care.
--The Patriots disobeyed a league memo.
--The Patriots did gain an advantage by stealing the opposing coaches' signals. That's why they were doing it.
--Gaining an advantage by stealing signals is not against the rules. It's legal.
--Good coaches steal signals. Bad coaches are too lazy to do it.
--Goodell knows that the league is so screwed up on this issue that he thought the best way to present it to congress is to simply lie about it.
--This was one big clusterfudge and the Patriots deserve to get their draft choice back.
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