Really? you think after everything ESPN put out this week the league wants to cement that the Pats are cheaters and that the league credibility is toast? there is no doubt the Pats have been cheating like this for years and that the league just doesn't give a damn... they only care when the other owners whine and wont let it slide... we always let it slide
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Really? you think after everything ESPN put out this week the league wants to cement that the Pats are cheaters and that the league credibility is toast? there is no doubt the Pats have been cheating like this for years and that the league just doesn't give a damn... they only care when the other owners whine and wont let it slide... we always let it slide
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Florio is Kraft's personal defense attorney who attacks any evidence of the Patriots cheating and those who expose it. Don't believe the garbage written over at PFT.
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It's all about EXPOSURE fellas, IMO. The league went to NE to destroy the tapes and evidence against the Cheats. They had HUGE exposure to lawsuits over this issue.
They went hard (but not fast) against the team and Marcia regarding the deflation of footballs BECAUSE they had very limited exposure. The Cheats still won right? By waiting until AFTER the SB played out, they limited their exposure even more. Betting is a big business afterall.
MT broke the "NFL rules" (code of silence) when he inferred that the Cheats had an advantage with the scrambled headsets. Almost immediately, the league went into damage control and every article included that NE "had issues with their headsets too" and that "the problem was resolved in the 1st quarter". Now they have finished their internal investigation and declared NE free from wrongdoing.
Really? First off, MT said himself that the problem continued for MOST OF THE FIRST HALF. Secondly, He said it's always the case in NE. There is NO evidence that the Pats were experiencing ANY problems w their League provided (cough, cough) headsets BUT we'll just take their word for it because Belicheat said so. WHY? Because this is the proverbial 'can of worms' which could implicate BOTH the Cheats AND the league in a scandal. It would expose the league to litigation from the outside.
Everyone knows the league 'originally' provides the headsets BUT everyone also knows the headsets and equipment are kept onsite w the home team, they are maintained by LOCAL contractors to the league (what, do you think the NFL has guys they fly around to every game to run the equipment?) AND are distributed by THESE league subcontractors.
Further, anyone who knows what a control freak Belicheat and Marcia are would have heard about 'all of their tales of woe' in regards to the problems THEY have had with the headsets and communication through the years...don't 'cha think?
This problem is going away fast...because of EXPOSURE. The Steelers lost the game AND broke an NFL rule by implying that the headset problem was an issue. The NFL mandates that teams and their employees not make statements which could infer wrongdoing by the other team or an impropriety by the league. Why? EXPOSURE
That's why INITIALLY after deflategate and spygate and headsetgate we had a barrage of coaches, former players and present players stating the history they had, the fact that the balls have been tampered with and the "mysterious happenings" which all involved ONLY the Patriots. Then, as if magically, they disappear, the same players 'soften their rhetoric' and it goes away. Funny what a cease and desist order will do when the league finds out their commodity is being risked by these remarks!
This league is being run by lawyers for the 'ultimate benefit' of their owners. Protecting the investment is paramount to any potential scandal.
They went hard (but not fast) against the team and Marcia regarding the deflation of footballs BECAUSE they had very limited exposure. The Cheats still won right? By waiting until AFTER the SB played out, they limited their exposure even more. Betting is a big business afterall.
MT broke the "NFL rules" (code of silence) when he inferred that the Cheats had an advantage with the scrambled headsets. Almost immediately, the league went into damage control and every article included that NE "had issues with their headsets too" and that "the problem was resolved in the 1st quarter". Now they have finished their internal investigation and declared NE free from wrongdoing.
Really? First off, MT said himself that the problem continued for MOST OF THE FIRST HALF. Secondly, He said it's always the case in NE. There is NO evidence that the Pats were experiencing ANY problems w their League provided (cough, cough) headsets BUT we'll just take their word for it because Belicheat said so. WHY? Because this is the proverbial 'can of worms' which could implicate BOTH the Cheats AND the league in a scandal. It would expose the league to litigation from the outside.
Everyone knows the league 'originally' provides the headsets BUT everyone also knows the headsets and equipment are kept onsite w the home team, they are maintained by LOCAL contractors to the league (what, do you think the NFL has guys they fly around to every game to run the equipment?) AND are distributed by THESE league subcontractors.
Further, anyone who knows what a control freak Belicheat and Marcia are would have heard about 'all of their tales of woe' in regards to the problems THEY have had with the headsets and communication through the years...don't 'cha think?
This problem is going away fast...because of EXPOSURE. The Steelers lost the game AND broke an NFL rule by implying that the headset problem was an issue. The NFL mandates that teams and their employees not make statements which could infer wrongdoing by the other team or an impropriety by the league. Why? EXPOSURE
That's why INITIALLY after deflategate and spygate and headsetgate we had a barrage of coaches, former players and present players stating the history they had, the fact that the balls have been tampered with and the "mysterious happenings" which all involved ONLY the Patriots. Then, as if magically, they disappear, the same players 'soften their rhetoric' and it goes away. Funny what a cease and desist order will do when the league finds out their commodity is being risked by these remarks!
This league is being run by lawyers for the 'ultimate benefit' of their owners. Protecting the investment is paramount to any potential scandal.
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Yeah, I get that and agree.....especially in that situation against that team. But I think that if a D player is in the neutral zone when the O line jumps it is a penalty on the D. If that's correct it might have been a smart play by Beachum.....half the distance, first down.
Regardless, at this point being a NE fan must be like trying to defend the Nazi's........Every one of their football conversations must start with "Yeah, but..."
Not true. Your average Patriots fan feels as though they are doing no wrong, or they are not doing anything everyone else is also doing. They also feel that it is nothing more than sour grapes,and envy, because they have been more successful than accuser teams.The denial is epic.
Not sure they are in denial, I think they simply don't have the morals to care.
As most of those fans are a younger fan base as they picked up a lot of fans once Bill and Brady started winning. Said this long ago right around spygate. They simply only care about winning. They could care less if someone runs over a crowd of old helpless ladies in the process.
Ask one time, "what would it take for you to stop rooting for your team", and see what kind of replies you get.
This younger generation's lack of integrity is alarming and they personify that.
I get what your're saying, the Pats** don't have a lot of tradition that pre-dates Belicheat and Br*dy. Most of their fans were not aware that New England had a football team prior to 2001 as they were mostly preoccupied with the Red Sox.
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Don't think the league is complicit in scrubbing the internet of any mention of headsets which MIGHT implicate the Cheats?
Late last night, I read an article on Pennlive by Jacob Klinger addressing pass rushing Marcia. The article was posted at 12:00am Sept 9th...BEFORE THE GAME.
At the end of the article, James Harrison was quoted as stating "there is a history of HEADSETS GOING OUT IN THAT STADIUM". This was BEfore the game even happened!
This morning...the article had been scrubbed of Harrison's remarks with a new time of 5:56am, Sept 9th.
Another article on Goerie titled "headset issue resolved" had everyone on the Steelers backing off their comments. Art Moats said "It's one of those things where we're out on the field just like, "˜Hey, man, where's the call at? We haven't got the call yet.' But we can't make excuses. We've got alternative methods for communication, and that's what you have to go to in situations like that,"�
Harrison said it's his understanding it "happens to everybody who goes over there."� Good for him!
In a statement released Friday, the NFL said it provides teams' communications equipment "” including coaches' headsets "” use during games. However, the home team is responsible for installation and maintenance of that equipment.
Late last night, I read an article on Pennlive by Jacob Klinger addressing pass rushing Marcia. The article was posted at 12:00am Sept 9th...BEFORE THE GAME.
At the end of the article, James Harrison was quoted as stating "there is a history of HEADSETS GOING OUT IN THAT STADIUM". This was BEfore the game even happened!
This morning...the article had been scrubbed of Harrison's remarks with a new time of 5:56am, Sept 9th.
Another article on Goerie titled "headset issue resolved" had everyone on the Steelers backing off their comments. Art Moats said "It's one of those things where we're out on the field just like, "˜Hey, man, where's the call at? We haven't got the call yet.' But we can't make excuses. We've got alternative methods for communication, and that's what you have to go to in situations like that,"�
Harrison said it's his understanding it "happens to everybody who goes over there."� Good for him!
In a statement released Friday, the NFL said it provides teams' communications equipment "” including coaches' headsets "” use during games. However, the home team is responsible for installation and maintenance of that equipment.
Add in that Goodell didn't attend the game. The league is bs
I'm thinking he didn't attend cause he knew an issue like this was going to surface. So him not being there was saving face for the shield. In all honesty. I may be done with football at this point
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The millennials are ******** and Forbes lists Cambridge as the #1 city in the country for Millennials. Its close enough and they are all Massholes.
Further to your point. You alluded to it, but didn't explicitly state it...
The potential lawsuits is what keeps the NFL covering up for the *Patriots. Read "Spygate the Untold Story." Very good read.
In short, the NFL is a perfect storm for these types of problems to happen and persist. One, the NFL is a private enterprise, not publicly traded, nor is there Government oversight. What sets the NFL apart from so many other billion dollar businesses is Vegas - that people bet on the NFL product. If bettors realized they'd been scammed for years and years, lawsuits would flow and the result of those lawsuits would be a bankrupt and defunct NFL.
That may sound like Chicken Little screaming that the world is about to end, but it's factual and true. Research how much money is bet on the Super Bowl alone, or throughout an entire NFL season. Vegas reports betting #s, but that is just a drop in the bucket compared to bets taken nationwide and/or worldwide outside Vegas. Just Vegas books alone report over $650Million taken per year, with over $120Million taken on the Super Bowl itself. Worldwide, the bets placed on NFL games is in the billions.
Now say those pesky little investigators came back from Foxboro with 40 tapes. Say they showed a pattern of 7 or 8 years of cheating, including the filmed walk through of the Rams before that first Super Bowl. It's exposed that the outcome of the games were all in question. Lawyers the world over would be scrambling to get those documented bets and reach each and every one of those bettors for 8 years or more. There would be massive class action lawsuits, seeking billions in damages.
And *poof* goes the NFL.
For as all-powerful and dominant as the NFL is, it's really built on a cardboard foundation when it comes to situations like these. They HAVE to cover up these types of issues, not by choice, but by necessity. And this gives people like Robert Kraft and Bill Bellicheat all the power, because they KNOW that if the NFL exposes them, the NFL is done. And so they can continue to thumb their noses at the world, because the NFL's core weakness is their very protection.
Exactly, karma sent. I think the NFL is just trying to muddle through this without lawsuits until Brady retires, soon since he's 38, and hopefully Belicheat soon after.
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I've been saying it for years Tim:
From the BOOM ESPN thread:
"Goodell did what was in the best interest of the league and owners with Spygate. They all knew the gravity of their findings. If the evidence had gotten out then the league was facing MASSIVE lawsuits from the gaming industry (likely in the hundreds of millions or more) for all games played and bet on during the entire timeframe. It would have ended the NFL. He did what he could to cover it up and do damage control.
This next episode provided a "payback" of sorts wherein almost everyone agreed that the outcome of the game would not have been affected with properly inflated balls, thus no lawsuits. The arrogant Pats and Belicheat took their punishment quickly.Brady did not. The NFL owners didn't see this coming. Now, they must fix the system so it doesn't ever happen again. Goodell is probably butt-sore and allowed a few morsels to be released through back channels to get this story out. Payback."
We ALL know what this is really all about; The Cheats have the league by the balls (no inflation intended). They will continue with their ways until the league finds a way to punish them WITHOUT exposing themselves to massive litigation...which is difficult to do. Most of the stuff O'Leary points to in his book would fall under the "league ending exposure" variety which is why the NFL sends out SO many cease and desist orders to those under it's control. EVEN FORMER players and coaches are still under the control of the league as they participate in the league unions and benefits programs.
It's gonna take a big name 'in the know' like GSP and the UFC to bring this to an end. Maybe Deebo will do it after this year...he fits the mold of someone who 'just doesn't give a ****' and is willing to face the wrath regardless. He was the ONLY one who brought up the HEADSET issue PRIOR to the game (which was scrubbed) and afterwards while everyone else was backing down.
From the BOOM ESPN thread:
"Goodell did what was in the best interest of the league and owners with Spygate. They all knew the gravity of their findings. If the evidence had gotten out then the league was facing MASSIVE lawsuits from the gaming industry (likely in the hundreds of millions or more) for all games played and bet on during the entire timeframe. It would have ended the NFL. He did what he could to cover it up and do damage control.
This next episode provided a "payback" of sorts wherein almost everyone agreed that the outcome of the game would not have been affected with properly inflated balls, thus no lawsuits. The arrogant Pats and Belicheat took their punishment quickly.Brady did not. The NFL owners didn't see this coming. Now, they must fix the system so it doesn't ever happen again. Goodell is probably butt-sore and allowed a few morsels to be released through back channels to get this story out. Payback."
We ALL know what this is really all about; The Cheats have the league by the balls (no inflation intended). They will continue with their ways until the league finds a way to punish them WITHOUT exposing themselves to massive litigation...which is difficult to do. Most of the stuff O'Leary points to in his book would fall under the "league ending exposure" variety which is why the NFL sends out SO many cease and desist orders to those under it's control. EVEN FORMER players and coaches are still under the control of the league as they participate in the league unions and benefits programs.
It's gonna take a big name 'in the know' like GSP and the UFC to bring this to an end. Maybe Deebo will do it after this year...he fits the mold of someone who 'just doesn't give a ****' and is willing to face the wrath regardless. He was the ONLY one who brought up the HEADSET issue PRIOR to the game (which was scrubbed) and afterwards while everyone else was backing down.
if what he or someone else exposes falls into the criminal variety, they could be covered by whistleblower laws and no punishment could be handed down to them without severe penalties...
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I'm posting the body of this article posted by Florio...before it mysteriously disappears:
Posted by Mike Florio on September 15, 2015, 3:41 PM EDT
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Before Steelers coach Mike Tomlin declared that the team was done talking about the headset problems at Gillette Stadium, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger elaborated on the problems the Steelers had on Thursday night against the Patriots.
“In a lot of games, the offensive coordinator to quarterback headset, there’ll be — whether it’s one play, it’s static, something — it’ll go out,” Roethlisberger told 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh on Tuesday morning. “It doesn’t matter if it’s at home, on the road, it just never fails. There’s almost always some kind of communication [problem]. But it’s real brief. It never lasts very long. I think the difference this time — and this is, like I said, there was no communication issues really between Coach [Todd] Haley and myself — but what I was told and what Bruce [Gradkowski] told me when he listened is that when we had the ball on offense, our coach-to-coach communication, so the guys up in the box to the guys on the sideline, were not only hearing themselves but they were hearing the radio broadcast of the game. And from what I was told from Coach Haley it was only when we had the ball. When the Patriots had the ball there was no radio broadcast.”
This meshes, possibly, with the claim made by the Steelers’ official website on Friday that the problems would stop when league officials would arrive to inspect the situation and start when they would exit — if, of course, the league officials were arriving when the Steelers didn’t have the ball and were leaving when the Steelers did have the ball. Either way, it’s at best a strange coincidence that the NFL’s statements on the matter never addressed.
Roethsliberger also talked more generally about the perception that the Patriots have inside information about an opponent’s game plan, which for Roethlisberger dates back to the AFC title game that ended his first NFL season.
“Whether we were outcoached or outplayed or they had some kind of a leg up, I always felt that they knew some of our offensive plays,” Roethlisberger said. “For whatever reason. Maybe it was better scouting or whatever. But I had always felt that. But I’m not one to sit and say, ‘Hey,’ you know, to pout about it or talk about it. I just felt that they were — they beat us on that day and maybe I was a rookie and didn’t know any better but I always felt that the knew some of the plays we were calling.”
It may have been better scouting or better coaching. The Steelers, for example, had known that the Patriots like to simultaneously shift multiple players on the defensive line to induce a false start. But the Steelers weren’t adequately prepared to deal with it when it happened. Or they wouldn’t have moved when the Patriots shifted.
So the Steelers had spotted the line-shift technique. And they’d failed to do anything about it.
But that’s the problem with having a track record of breaking the rules, as the Patriots do from the Spygate controversy. Other instances of superior knowledge that could be explained away by factors like scouting or coaching or updated injury reports morph into cheating when the same minds that failed to properly scout, coach, and/or read the updated injury reports are trying to figure out why and how they were hoodwinked.
Posted by Mike Florio on September 15, 2015, 3:41 PM EDT
Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger
AP
Before Steelers coach Mike Tomlin declared that the team was done talking about the headset problems at Gillette Stadium, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger elaborated on the problems the Steelers had on Thursday night against the Patriots.
“In a lot of games, the offensive coordinator to quarterback headset, there’ll be — whether it’s one play, it’s static, something — it’ll go out,” Roethlisberger told 93.7 The Fan in Pittsburgh on Tuesday morning. “It doesn’t matter if it’s at home, on the road, it just never fails. There’s almost always some kind of communication [problem]. But it’s real brief. It never lasts very long. I think the difference this time — and this is, like I said, there was no communication issues really between Coach [Todd] Haley and myself — but what I was told and what Bruce [Gradkowski] told me when he listened is that when we had the ball on offense, our coach-to-coach communication, so the guys up in the box to the guys on the sideline, were not only hearing themselves but they were hearing the radio broadcast of the game. And from what I was told from Coach Haley it was only when we had the ball. When the Patriots had the ball there was no radio broadcast.”
This meshes, possibly, with the claim made by the Steelers’ official website on Friday that the problems would stop when league officials would arrive to inspect the situation and start when they would exit — if, of course, the league officials were arriving when the Steelers didn’t have the ball and were leaving when the Steelers did have the ball. Either way, it’s at best a strange coincidence that the NFL’s statements on the matter never addressed.
Roethsliberger also talked more generally about the perception that the Patriots have inside information about an opponent’s game plan, which for Roethlisberger dates back to the AFC title game that ended his first NFL season.
“Whether we were outcoached or outplayed or they had some kind of a leg up, I always felt that they knew some of our offensive plays,” Roethlisberger said. “For whatever reason. Maybe it was better scouting or whatever. But I had always felt that. But I’m not one to sit and say, ‘Hey,’ you know, to pout about it or talk about it. I just felt that they were — they beat us on that day and maybe I was a rookie and didn’t know any better but I always felt that the knew some of the plays we were calling.”
It may have been better scouting or better coaching. The Steelers, for example, had known that the Patriots like to simultaneously shift multiple players on the defensive line to induce a false start. But the Steelers weren’t adequately prepared to deal with it when it happened. Or they wouldn’t have moved when the Patriots shifted.
So the Steelers had spotted the line-shift technique. And they’d failed to do anything about it.
But that’s the problem with having a track record of breaking the rules, as the Patriots do from the Spygate controversy. Other instances of superior knowledge that could be explained away by factors like scouting or coaching or updated injury reports morph into cheating when the same minds that failed to properly scout, coach, and/or read the updated injury reports are trying to figure out why and how they were hoodwinked.
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Hmmmmmmmmmm, more cheatriots way. If I was a billionair, I'd find a way to expose those FUCKtards (sorry to offend tards), for who they really are. Probably only have to undercover investigate about 4 to 12 people. They (cheatriots) are cheaters. STARTS with kr*ft / billicheat / t*mmy b*y and a few others. I know that this may sound petty but, hiring PIs and electronic people, it wouldn't be that hard to expose and hold accountable those involved. Oh and ernie too!!!!!!!!
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You gotta start with Ernie. He's the middle of the whole mess. I promise you that the moment Ernie leaves that organization the P*ts become amazingly ordinary. Oh, they'll still cheat, but the major **** that people don't know about, that'll be over with and they P*ts won't be able to compete as they have. They'll become another mediocre team in a mediocre division.
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ernie adams is the diagnostic guy, billicheat is the main guy. Some say he wanted to start some of this kind of stuff with the browns. ernie was there too. Modelle said NO and ironically was sent packing only to find a more cooperative owner. Could youi imagine brady playing the dominant defensed of the steelers, twice a year, and US having the cheating feeling. BROKEN IN HALF is what i'd be seeing. FlUCK the cheatriots whole organization!!!!!!!
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