[CBFF] As if I needed another reason

[Phil DeNomme]

If you ain't cheating...you ain't trying....  Bill Bellichek's motto....

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[mailto:cbff-bounces at chicagobearsfanforum.com] On Behalf Of Jerry Madsen
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 2:36 PM
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Subject: [CBFF] As if I needed another reason

As if I needed another reason to hate the Pats...

Jerry

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Monday, September 10, 2007
Sources: Camera confiscated after claims of Pats spying on Jets
By Chris Mortensen
ESPN.com

NFL security confiscated a video camera and its tape from a New
England Patriots employee on the team's sideline during Sunday's game
against the Jets in a suspected spying incident, sources said.

The camera and its tape were placed in a sealed box and forwarded to
the league office for investigation, the sources said.

"We don't have any comment," an NFL spokesman said Monday.

The Patriots' cameraman was suspected of aiming his camera at the
Jets' defensive coaches who were sending signals to their unit on the
field, the sources said. The league also is investigating some radio
frequency issues that occurred during the game.

The league's competition committee could conduct a conference call
about the incident, which violates NFL policy, and ultimately
recommend a penalty that could cost the Patriots a future draft pick
or picks if it verifies that the team was spying on the Jets.

"It's not their first time," a member of the committee, who did not
wish to be identified, said.

In fact, Green Bay Packers president Bob Harlan confirmed a similar
incident that occurred when the Patriots played at Lambeau Field last
Nov. 19. The same cameraman who was questioned by NFL security on
Sunday was also the one whom the Packers removed from the sideline and
escorted from the field during their 2006 game, according to Packers
security official Doug Collins.

"From what I can remember, he had quite a fit when we took him out,"
Harlan said. "We had gotten word before the game that they [the
Patriots] did this sort of thing, so we were looking for it."

A Jets official declined comment Monday, directing an inquiry to the
league office. The Patriots also did not have immediate comment.

Chris Mortensen covers the NFL for ESPN.

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