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Originally Posted by Z-man
Oh - I see - a change in tact. So now instead of defending your fine, upstanding Pats (you can't, since they were caught cheating), you resort to calling me illogical? At least you aren't calling me a poopy-head! 
OK - sooo.... here's my prediction for the Superbowl:
Brady will be sacked 4 times.
Brady will be intercepted 2 times.
Seahawks will win. Defense is what wins championships, not deflated footballs!
You a betting man, Sammy?
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Not a betting man at all, my money is too valuable to gamble with.
I fully expect the sea chickens to beat the patriots.
Offense gets you to the big game, defense wins it. And the S.C.s have a better defense.
That's not what I want to happen but it is what I expect to happen.
All emotions aside.
But that's not the point, is it? Look squirrel.
The point is whether belichick is a cheater.
He believed he was within the rules re:video-taping. The video-tapes were not used during the games. they were studied later. The other teams had the opportunity to change the signals between games.
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[14] Page 105 of the 2007 NFL Game Operations Manual states, "No video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches' booth, on the field, or in the locker room during the game...All video shooting locations must be enclosed on all sides with a roof overhead."[16] Belichick stated that he believed that if footage so collected was not used during the game, its collection was legal, as the NFL Constitution and Bylaws stipulate that "...any communications or information-gathering equipment, other than Polaroid-type cameras or field telephones, shall be prohibited...including without limitation...any other form of electronic devices that might aid a team during the playing of a game
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Later the NFL changed the rules to state:
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"videotaping of any type, including but not limited to taping of an opponent's offensive or defensive signals, is prohibited on the sidelines, in the coaches' booth, in the locker room, or at any other locations accessible to club staff members during the game."
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BTW, do you know that all teams in the NFL study audio recordings of the opposing quarterback's cadence and play-calling on the field and compare that to the actual plays called? Every one of em.
How is that any different? It isn't. How is it legal? The quarterbacks change the way they call plays during and between the games. Just like the 3rd base coach mixes up his signals in baseball.