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I know all about spygate and the various allegation and the evidence? the tapes are out there. Jay Glazer has them. In fact they aired on Fox in a report about the whole mess. As for the entire "spygate" mess - I own it - I know what the Pats did, I also know what they didn't do. But bottom line - They broke the rules and were punished severely for it. Much more so than teams who cheated the salary cap were.


Compared to that, this is nothing.

Thought the below was very telling and interesting:


Both incidents involved videotapes. In Spygate, Goodell instructed trusted deputy Jeff Pash to destroy the tapes on location in Foxborough. Goodell never reviewed the tapes himself prior to meting out his punishment. Goodell’s allergy to videotapes resurfaced again last week in connection with the Ray Rice elevator footage and the league has now taken to hiring former FBI director Robert Mueller.


The result gives rise to two questions:


1) Does Goodell’s inability or unwillingness to obtain and secure evidence result from a deliberate attempt to maintain plausible deniability in connection with the scandals?


Or:


2) Does Goodell’s willful blindness result from a blend of incompetence and negligence?



What tapes are you speaking of? Surely not the ones that were destroyed on site. The issues is they got a competitive advantage figuring out their opponents signals. If there is something else you are referring to then let it be known.


Why do you cheat? To gain an advantage. This is a big deal for a couple of reasons. One the Patriots have already been caught cheating. Now there are 11 footballs out of 12 that were deflated. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out something happened because someone made it happen. And they did so to again, gain an advantage which is cheating. The biggest negative for the Patriots is the media gets to talk about it for 2 weeks before super bowl starts. Considering how Goodell has completely botched investigations previously, people will demand accountability. I'm surpised your stance is this isn't a bid deal.

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