Gee, what a shock. More evidence of Patriots cheating...

[unclejimbo]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/15/sports/football/15nfl.html?em&ex=1211083200&en=279d1ee1269ef163&ei=5087%0A

Specter Calls Patriots’ Spying Wider Than Stated

WASHINGTON — After meeting with a former New England Patriots employee who helped the team spy on opponents, Senator Arlen Specter on Wednesday described the team’s illicit videotaping tactics as more systematic and deliberate than what the N.F.L. has acknowledged publicly.

Mr. Specter, a Republican from Pennsylvania, said the former employee, Matt Walsh, described elaborate measures by the Patriots to conceal their filming of opponents’ signals. Mr. Walsh also explained how the Patriots’ coaching staff gleaned strategic information from members of the team’s video crew who had watched the St. Louis Rams’ walk-through practice before the 2002 Super Bowl.

He also identified more games and opponents that were filmed by the Patriots and detailed the advantages the team gained in later games.

Maybe they can't sanction the Patriots any more, but it is a sure thing these cheaters won't be in the Hall of Fames any time soon.

Comments

[k-diddy.livejournal.com]

El-oh-el.

Oh, Belicheat. Way to completely discredit your entire team with your antics.

[djdig.livejournal.com]

Just an FYI, the Rams Superbowl walk through was not filmed.

Here's the Herald Reporter who broke the story appologizing for it:
http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/football/patriots/view.bg?articleid=1094427&srvc=home&position=0

Finally, I'm a Boston gal who doesn't follow football, so I'm not too bothered by any stories on this.

[djdig.livejournal.com]

To quote my favorite sports writer, Seth Mnookin, "Why, with the country facing a possible recession and the armed forces stretched perilously thin, is the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee so fixated on a football game that was played more than six years ago?"

[blindgeoff.livejournal.com]

Well, he has to do something to keep up with his colleagues who are investigating whether or not athletes used legal substances that weren't banned or restricted by their sports governing body to improve their performance!