[wolf441]

ESPN is, and has been, in Goodell's back pocket all along. To think that they "dropped a bomb on Goodell and the Patriots" ? Please. Goodell sanctioned this story to avoid Kraft (in his position as one of the top two most powerful owners) from leading the charge to have Goodell canned after Brady won his appeal. We already know that Kraft has stated that he now regrets not fighting the penalties to the team.

Kraft can't endorse firing Goodell now or he will look like he's reacting to this story. There's no real new information here. All the story does is tie Kraft and Goodell to the same achor and if Goodell is thrown overboard, he's taking Kraft to the bottom with him.

Taping signals, under/over inflating footballs, messing with the visitors speakers... I'm betting that this is done by every team in the league or at least those that are smart enough to change their signals during the year (that explains why the Patiots beat up on the Dolphins and Bills every year).

The Raiders of the 1970's used to tape the visitors locker room and shut off the hot water. The 1970's Steelers were the first team to use steriods in a major way. The 1970-'80's Dolphins had a head coach who was also chair of the rules committee (and Shula is a giant a-Hole, who ran a terrible chain of steakhouses, but I digress). the Cowboys and 49ers of the 1990's were the first to learn and best to employ measures to take advantage of the salary cap.

The whole issue is that the media hates Belichik because he won't give them anything useful. Non Patriot football fans hate the Patriots because they win so much and hate Brady because he's married to a supermodel and doesn't do 500 commercials like "aw shucks" Peyton Manning.

Spygate? DeflateGate? How about JealousyGate.

It doesn't help that ESPN and NFL Network have about 20 former players working for them that were all whupped by the Pats at one time or another....