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Originally Posted by Torgus
Well then the Pats would not repeat the offence by your logic as they were caught and were severely punished: After an investigation, the NFL fined Patriots head coach Bill Belichick $500,000 ( the maximum allowed by the league and the largest fine ever imposed on a coach in the league's 87-year history) for his role in the incident, fined the Patriots $250,000, and docked the team their original first-round selection in the 2008 NFL Draft which would have been the 31st pick of the draft.[3] The fine garnered significant media attention for being the "maximum amount" an individual could be fined.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spygate_(NFL)
1) Because you risk spying on the worst team in the NFL which pose ZERO threat and they do not effect your playoffs AT ALL.
2) A Bengals staff member was seated in the press box when a videographer sat down in front of him and began filming. The Bengals approved the video recording ahead of time.
3) They patriots use an independent production crew for its "Do Your Job" video series. Independent contractors who shot the video, are cincinnati locals.
4) The Patriots video crew immediately turned over the footage, which is contained on a memory card. They could have deleted it or claimed they were not filming.
5) It's the fucking Bengals. /thread |
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BROWNS approved filming ahead of time. The Bengals were not notified which was why it was the Bengals that brought it up and not the Browns.
If they had notified the Bengals ahead of time, this is probably a non story, but typically, when you are doing filming that is not part of scouting, you only notify the home team since its their stadium.