It's confirmed; Belichick has been cheating from the start.

by KingRichard on Feb 14, 2008 1:32 AM EST Comment 11 comments

Welp guys and gals, Senator Specter claims Belicheat has been taping teams from the start of his promotion to head coach; confirmed by Roger Goddell. Link is below.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d806ab830&template=with-video&confirm=true

Not sure what else to say. I'm just glad Senator Specter isn't going to let it die. So here's a big FU to Bill Belicheat you pos.

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Goodell says

Belichick thought videotaping was legal, so Goodell and him will agree to disagree?

Something in that statement just rubs me the wrong way. Belichick has to be lying to save face here, to not admit to knowingly cheating. But this so-called "genius" couldn't interpret that rule, of all rules, after the NFL warned them earlier. Just seems like he's obviously lying to Goodell...and he's just letting it go..

by yellowsnow on Feb 14, 2008 7:41 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

18-1 and now a tarnished dynasty

They might want to close off all the bridges and tall buildings in Boston.

Tommy From Quinzee: "We Nevah Liked Tha Paytreeuts Anyway GO SAWX!!!!!"

Oh yeah, that's right nevermind.

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by shake n bake on Feb 14, 2008 8:11 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

PLEASE do not call the Pats a dynasty

dy·nas·ty (dî'nə-stç)
n. pl. dy·nas·ties

A succession of rulers from the same family or line.
A family or group that maintains power for several generations: a political dynasty controlling the state.

To be a Dynasty, a team has to have continued success despite turn over at nearly all positions... Especially the positions of power, HC and QB.

The Pats are not a dynasty. To date, there have been two actual dynasties in the history of the NFL.

The Oakland Raiders of 1963-1986 and the San Francisco 49ers of 1980-1996.

Those two teams consistently won their division, conferenced and leagues over long periods of time with short periods of mediocrity without ever becoming a bad team. The Raiders had 6 different coaches, five different QBs and a complete turn over at every single position including ownership.

The 49ers changed at every position except Ownership and the teams rise and demise coincided directly with that change in ownership.

If the Pats can continue winning after Bellicheck and Brady are long gone, then they might be able to become a true dynasty.

But they have a LOOONG way to go.

by LovinBlue on Feb 14, 2008 12:44 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

forgot about the Cowboys

they did all that from '65 through '83

by Terry on Feb 14, 2008 1:30 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

my '65 through '85

by Terry on Feb 14, 2008 1:57 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

I thought about

not using it, but a "tarnished dynasty" sounds a lot better than a "tarnished good run" or tarnished period as the elite team". It just had the best ring to it.

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by shake n bake on Feb 14, 2008 7:13 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

You know...

It makes our one Super Bowl against the Bears more valuable than the three they have won.

by MasterRWayne on Feb 14, 2008 9:41 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

hehehe

I just hope that Walsh guy is able to confirm they taped that SB walkthrough and does indeed have proof in "stolen" tapes. I'm dying to see how the media will spin this and keep their pro Pats bias going.

by Rob L on Feb 14, 2008 10:05 AM EST reply actions 0 recs

A lot of the media

went diving off the Pats bandwagon after the Superbowl loss. The next morning Mike and Mike on ESPN were asking whether it was "that big of an upset". The Pats still have a healthy stable of media members eager to "service" them, but it's not near as bad as it was a month or two ago.

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by shake n bake on Feb 14, 2008 11:58 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

1 Draft Pick?

So, Goodell has known all this time that Bill started taping other teams in 2000. And he thought that penalizing the team 1 draft pick in 2008 was sufficient? There are plenty of people out there who think the Patriots deserved more punishment from just the one incident this season...and Goodell thinks that he's given the Pats a fair enough penalty for 7 years of cheating?

This just doesn't add up. I'm with yellowsnow, the whole "agree to disagree" thing is very unnerving.

by DoTheMathis98 on Feb 14, 2008 10:22 AM EST reply actions 0 recs