[CBFF] Sources: Goodell determines Pats broke rules bytapingJets'signals

[Kenny Claxton]

Although Yankee fans are pricks for the most part.

On 9/13/07, Phil DeNomme <pdenomme at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just like the Bulls in the 90's....or the Yankmee's....
>
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> Subject: Re: [CBFF] Sources: Goodell determines Pats broke rules
> bytapingJets'signals
>
> Throw in that some people eventually turn on teams/individual with the
> "I'm so tired of them winning, I don't hate them but.." spiel.
>
> On 9/13/07, Westmalle van 't vat <westmalle at comcast.net> wrote:
> > On 9/13/07 3:06 AM, "Matt Langschwager" <matthewindc at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > The amount of vitriol typed against the Patriots here just seems
> stunning to
> > > me, as they're not a normal rival.  It's not like this camera thing
> directly
> > > contributed to all their success over the past six years.  Take away
> this faux
> > > pas, and they're still a formidable bunch.  Don't get me wrong, I hate
> them
> > > too, but many of the group's reactions seem so... kneejerk.
> >
> > Matt, I think the anger also has to do with the timing.  We are living
> > through a season of the debasement and compromising of the integrity of
> pro
> > sports.  Be it Barry Bonds on the juice or Mike Vick torturing dogs to
> death
> > and gambling on it, an NBA official throwing games for book makers or now
> > the Pats stealing signals: all of professional sports is showing signs of
> > decadence.  The corruption is, yes, probably a result of the gross amounts
> > of money involved and the 24/7 media hype but the Pats are another
> example.
> >
> > What's more, they were held up as the model franchise, who maximized the
> > team concept and minimized ego, who "played the game the way it was meant
> to
> > be played"--and succeeded at it.  Well, now you begin to see that all that
> > glitters is not gold, and that maybe, just maybe, some of their winning
> was
> > not really above board (if they did not get some significant benefit from
> > stealing signs, why did they continue to do it after they'd already been
> > caught at it once?!).  This factor alone angers me a lot.  For though I've
> > never been a Patriot fan, I did cheer for them in a couple of Super Bowls
> > and respected them all immensely.  Not any more.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >
> >
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