Brady Retiring�

robw1959 · #1 02-21-2022, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by steve B

The simple solution is to use different signals in practice than you use in the game. Not doing that is in my mind really dumb and just the sort of stupid the Jets seem to like.

Filming the practice or signals isn't against the rules, and wasn't then. It was a matter of where the recording was done from.
All teams film all their games no doubt including signals. That's allowed from some areas. Pre 2006 it was pretty much ok from wherever.
It's not allowed to use that footage in the same game, which everyone admits was not done.

The rule in question.
Article 9.1 (C) (14) of the Constitution and Bylaws of the NFL (p 39 of this pdf): No member shall: "Use at any time, from the start to the finish of any game in which a club is a participant, any communications or information gathering equipment, other than Polaroid-type cameras or field telephones, including without limitation videotape machines, telephone tapping or bugging devices, or any other form of electronic devices that might aid a team during the playing of a game.�

How that applies when they have the teams using tablets I can't say. Perhaps it changed when they got the Microsoft sponsorship.

That quoted rule above is from this writeup of it all
https://yourteamcheats.com/what-is-spygate

So I guess the penalties were indiscriminate and unjust in your opinion? We all have an opinion, but it is what it is - just another reminder that the Patriots would try to win at all costs, regardless of the rules. Belichick tried to apologize for his "misinterpretation" of the rules, but Dungy wasn't having any of it. He publicly criticized Belichick, saying that the rules are so clear that they couldn't be misinterpreted without some intent to break them.

steve B · #2 03-02-2022, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by robw1959

So I guess the penalties were indiscriminate and unjust in your opinion? We all have an opinion, but it is what it is - just another reminder that the Patriots would try to win at all costs, regardless of the rules. Belichick tried to apologize for his "misinterpretation" of the rules, but Dungy wasn't having any of it. He publicly criticized Belichick, saying that the rules are so clear that they couldn't be misinterpreted without some intent to break them.

The penalties were more about disobeying the commissioner than the rule breaking. I'm trying to remember if it was this one or a different thing where the penalty was way beyond what the rules called for. (Or if it was both?)

That website is a fun one by the way. It pretty well covers all the stuff each team has done to try to get an edge that wasn't quite by the book.

egri · #3 03-13-2022, 06:40 PM

That didn't last long. He's back.

Cliff Bowman · #4 03-13-2022, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by egri

That didn't last long. He's back.

Maybe the Falcons can finally beat him in ‘22, the Bears did for the first time in '20.

Peter_Spaeth · #5 03-13-2022, 07:24 PM

I bet Giselle is not happy. For years she's been legitimately terrified of concussions.

GasHouseGang · #6 03-13-2022, 08:48 PM

I warned you in Post #34. He was just playing with us.

Lorewalker · #7 03-13-2022, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I bet Giselle is not happy. For years she's been legitimately terrified of concussions.

One other person who might not be happy would be the winner of this...
https://auction.lelands.com/bids/bidplace?itemid=108647

Not sure last TD in first retirement has the same ring to it as last TD of your career.

Lorewalker · #8 03-13-2022, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I bet Giselle is not happy. For years she's been legitimately terrified of concussions.

Giselle not worry herself too much over concussions. Typically they do not happen that often to wives of NFL players.

Peter_Spaeth · #9 03-13-2022, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Lorewalker

Giselle not worry herself too much over concussions. Typically they do not happen that often to wives of NFL players.

As long as they stay out of elevators I guess that's right.

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