Jtmoney

 

I am speaking of the spygate tapes. Goodell destroyed the tapes in response to Glazer and Fox airing the tapes because he did not want anyone else to get a copy of them. Interestingly enough Goodell's wife, Jane Skinner, worked at Fox News during that period.

 

So yes, the Pats violated the rules when it came to videotaping opponents signals - by placing the cameraman on the sideline, which was prohibited by the NFL in that now famous memo. There was and is no rule now that states(d) teams could not tape said signals.

 

People demand accountability? That's rich. The are three teams in the league that have been fined and had draft pics taken from them due to Salary Cap Violations. Do those teams face the same scrutiny that the Pats currently do? He-double hockey sticks No. All is forgotten except by a few. Yet one of those teams won Two Super Bowls because of their Salary Cap circumventions. Are their trophys associated with *'s? Again No.

 

Yet its the Patriots people love to hate. Why? Because of their long term success? It is the only reasonable answer that I can come up with.

 

So yeah, its no big deal.

 

oh and to add about Goodell and the Ray Rice investigation - Of course the investigation into a Ravens player was botched. Goodell is best friends with the Ravens owner - He was asked to go light on the punishment and he did. If Deadspin (I think it was deadspin) never got the tape of the elevator Nobody would have said word one about the initial punishment.

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