Patriots Up to Dirty Tricks Again

[Freak Out]

What a shocker! Come on guys...teams have been trying to get an edge one way or another for a long time. With todays electronics (digital cameras with WiFi capabilities and such) it just makes it easier. Do the majority of teams do it? Probably not but one never knows.

[gbpackfan]

The one person that this should effect more than anyone, is the one person who would benefit from it more than anyone..........Bill Belichick Coaching genius, or a fucking cheat?

If this is true, its not much better than the ref scandal in the NBA as far as I am concerned. I had a lot of respect for Bill Belichick, but if this is true, than I feel like the most gullible chump in the world for ever admiring the guy.

I don't think this threatens the credibility of the league, and nowhere close to the same class as the NBA scandal. Is this really any worse than stealing signs in baseball?

It isn't on the same level as the NBA scandal but this DOES effect the credibility of the league. Any time a team cheats, credibility is effected.

Is it effect or affect?

[Patler]

Of course the world of electronics, including recording, long-range cameras, electronic eaves-dropping, etc. has put a whole new light on this, but stealing signs has been a part of every sport that uses signals from the time signals were first used.

I guess what it comes down to is whatever information/advantage you can gather personally is fair game, but artificially enhanced gathering is not.

[ny10804]

Is it effect or affect?

effect = noun
affect = verb

[PackerBlues]

Its all about pride and respect to me I guess.

When I play pool, I take pride in the way that I play the game. If I drop a ball in a pocket in any way other than how I intended to put it in, I give up my shot, I don't act like I meant to do it and keep going, that is just "slop" to me.

If my opponent on the pool table goes to the bathroom, or is not paying attention, and I miss......I give up my turn. I do not look around to see if anyone saw me miss, then continue to shoot. That would be cheating.

In my eyes, if you cannot beat someone without cheating, then why play at all? If you do not take pride in what you are doing then why do it? If you have no respect for the game or your opponent, what right do you have to even be there?

I think that my ideas on the proper way to play a game of pool, also apply to the game of football. I understand that the stakes are higher at that level, but damn........