Patriots Cheat Again to Go to Superbowl for Third Tine

New England Patriots Adulterous History

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TL;DR:

• the PATRIOTS are TOUCH BELOW AVERAGE NFL cheaters!

• they accept a CheatScore of 27 ?

• they've executed eight real cheats! ?

• share page: http://YourTeamCheats.com/NE ?

Alphabetize OF RECORDED PATRIOTS CHEATS:

All New England Patriots Cheats:

PEDSgate (6x since 2007) to top ⤴home ⇐awards ⤵

TEAM: The New England Patriots

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: Operation-enhancing drugs (PEDs) are used past players to illegally improve athletic performance above what legal training and training can do.

Players who illegally improve their performance unfairly penalize players who follow the rules. They not only put those players at risk for physical injury, merely they as well touch their economic livelihood by impacting their perceived value and their ability to secure appropriately-valued playing contracts.

SEVERITY = 0.5 video cameras per punished incident. Includes all documented infractions from 1960 to present with this Wikipedia page every bit the master source.

• S Rodney Harrison (2007)
• LB Brandon Spikes (2010)
• DE Jermaine Cunningham (2012)
• RB Brandon Boldin (2012)
• DE Rob Ninkovich (2016)
• WR Julian Edelman (2018)

VICTIM: The entire league

PUNISHED? Yes

PUNISHMENT: Each histrion was suspended for 4 games for violating the league's PEDs policy.

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AWARDS EARNED: Repeat The Cheat!

CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 6.0

Spygate (2007) to top ⤴home ⇐awards ⤵

Team: The New England Patriots

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: The Patriots were disciplined for videotaping their September 9, 2007 regular-flavor 38-xiv road victory confronting the New York Jets from the incorrect location. The Patriots filmed from an unapproved sideline location instead of from an approved indoor location.

Coincidentally, the Jets had engaged in the same filming activeness during their November 12, 2006 regular flavour game against the Patriots in Foxborough. During that game, a Jets cameraman was caught filming the game and Patriots signals and removed from the stadium. A yr later, as a form of payback, the Jets flagged the Patriots for the same activity.

Videotaping your opponents offensive and defensive signals during a game is not prohibited by the league, even today. All the same, there are places in the stadium where you are allowed and non allowed to pic from. Co-ordinate to the 2007 NFL Game Operations Manual, legal game videotaping locations "must be enclosed on all sides with a roof overhead."

VICTIM: New York Jets (and Roger Goodell's ego)

PUNISHED? Yeah

Penalisation: As penalization for filming the game from the wrong location, NFL commissioner and former Jets public relations intern Roger Goodell fined Patriots head coach Bill Belichick $500,000, fined the Patriots $250,000, and docked the team their original showtime-round selection in the 2008 NFL Typhoon.

Why was the Spygate punishment so loftier? Pocket-size motion-picture show: because Goodell was really pissed-off that he told Belichick to do something and Belichick ignored him. Since it was his first year every bit commissioner, he really, actually wanted people to respect his authoritah!

Big motion picture: because parity beyond all 32 NFL teams is in the best interest of the league. The Patriots dominating the league in the salary-cap era was disruptive to these franchises, a threat to ratings and, ultimately, to league advertizing revenues. Docking the Patriots a showtime-rounder was a physical manner for Goodell and the other 31 owners to try and restore parity. A like dynamic played out 8-years later with the irrationally large Deflategate penalty.

Practice you yet think Spygate was the biggest adulterous scandal in NFL history? So this page is for yous.

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AWARDS EARNED: All Blowed Up! Everyone Was Doing It! Goalie for the Dart Team!

CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 5.0

IRgate (1986) to pinnacle ⤴home ⇐awards ⤵

Squad: The New England Patriots

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: In 1986, the New England Patriots lost a tertiary-round draft choice for the illegal use of the injured reserve list.

VICTIM: The entire league

PUNISHED? Yep

Penalization: The Patriots lost a tertiary-round pick for the illegal utilize of injured reserve list.

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CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + three.0

Snowplowgate (1982) to top ⤴home ⇐awards ⤵

TEAM: The New England Patriots

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: On Dec 12, 1982, the Dolphins and Patriots played the "Snowplow Game" in the center of a New England blizzard. Atmospheric condition were and so bad that the teams combined to endeavor just eleven passes, while rushing got them a combined 375 yards and naught touchdowns. Through the offset three and a half quarters, the two teams only attempted two field goals: both unsuccessful.

With just over four minutes left in the game and the Patriots virtually to attempt another field goal, the stadium snowplow operator Marker Henderson -- who by mutual agreement had been clearing off the yard markers throughout the game -- veered from his line cleaning duties and cleared a spot on the field for New England kicker John Smith.

Dolphins coach DD Don Shula* went apeshit on the sidelines, but Smith made the boot and the refs allowed it. The Pats won 3-0.

A little known fact about the game from participant and Patriots Hall of Famer John Hannah: "The Dolphins were likewise offered the use of the snowplow by the head referee to clear the field for their final boot, only with complete indignation and certainty the game would be nullified for the unfair use of information technology past the Patriots, Coach Shula* adamantly refused to stoop to such tactics" and chose to play as the field lay.

Equally the Dolphins drove downward the field for a potential game-tying field goal, Henderson collection the snowplow with them, remaining at the ready for the call from the referee to clear a spot for Dolphins kicker Uwe Von Schamann. On quaternary down, however, Shula* decided to go for it and failed, effectively securing the game for the Patriots.

The act wasn't a alienation of NFL rules as there was no dominion in place forbidding it. A yr later, however, the NFL banned the use of snowplows on the field during games. In a 2007 interview for an NFL Network segment most the game, Shula* recalled protesting what he perceived every bit an "unfair" act, to which Commissioner Pete Rozelle responded that without a rule explicitly barring such apply of the plow, the human action wasn't illegal.

VICTIM: Miami Dolphins (Merely because they refused the same snow-clearing for their ain field goal attempt)

PUNISHED? No

Penalty: The head referee offered the exact snow-immigration advantage to Shula* and the Dolphins on their final field goal attempt. Commissioner Pete Rozelle also confirmed that there was no rule broken.

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AWARDS EARNED: All Blowed Upwards! Falsely Defendant!

CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 2.0

IRgate (2013) to top ⤴home ⇐awards ⤵

TEAM: The New England Patriots

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: Reported Micheal David Smith of ProFootballTalk.com: "Two former Patriots say the team put simulated data near them on official injury reports."

"Brandon Spikes and Aqib Talib take both said since leaving New England in free agency that when they were on the Patriots final yr, the team gave them injury designations that weren't accurate. Spikes ended last season on injured reserve with a articulatio genus injury, and at that place were reports that Patriots coach Pecker Belichick really put Spikes on IR because Spikes had shown up belatedly to exercise. Spikes seemed to confirm that in an interview on WGR in Buffalo."

Said Talib: "The Patriots take their manner of reporting stuff, but I haven't had a hip problem since Tampa, the injury I had was really a quad injury. Information technology was reported every bit a hip injury, but that's how they practice things."

VICTIM: The entire league

PUNISHED? No

Penalty: This could just be the bitching of two disgruntled ex-employees or it may really be "how they practise things" up in Foxborough. We'll assume that it is somewhere in the center. The league never investigated the claims and the Patriots were never penalized for the accusations leveled past Talib and Spikes.

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AWARDS EARNED: Avert Media Scrutiny!

CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 2.0

Leapergate (1961) to meridian ⤴home ⇐awards ⤵

TEAM: The New England Patriots

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: Equally recounted in the epic Simon and Schuster tome "Football Hall of Shame" and fortunately recorded by an early-adopting AV buff:

"In the closing moments of an AFL clash between the visiting Dallas Texans (forerunners of the Kansas City Chiefs) and the Boston Patriots, the Texans were abaft 28-21 when they attempted a last-ditch flea flicker. The pass sailed 70 yards and was caught by Chris Burford, who fought off three defenders and fell on the Boston 3-yard line.

"Thousands of eager Patriots fans, thinking the game was over, ran onto the field. But the referees said there was time for one more play. The spectators were hustled off the field simply immune to ring the end zone. Somehow, i rabid rooter managed to slip unnoticed into the Patriots secondary.

"Before the fan was detected, Dallas quarterback Cotton wool Davidson took the snap and fired a pass to Burford in the end zone. The ball never reached the receiver. Instead, the fan-turned-defender leaped into the air and tipped the ball abroad as the final gun sounded. Then he disappeared into the cheering crowd.

"Incredibly, in all the confusion, none of the officials spotted the fan's interference. None of the Texans did either, except for Davidson. But his cries of protest fell on deafened ears. Even his own coach, Hank Stram, wouldn't heed to him.

"When film of the fame was adult, however, at that place was no dispute -- the photographic camera had caught the fan in the human activity of deflecting the laissez passer and ruining the Texans' bid for a game-saving touchdown.

"No 1 knows for sure who the Leaper was. Just, says Patriots spokesman Dave Loftis, with natural language in cheek, 'The legend has grown effectually hither that it was really [Patriots owner] Billy Sullivan.'"

VICTIM: Kansas City Chiefs

PUNISHED? No

Penalty: "No i knows for sure who the leaper was...but CHEAATRIOTTTS!!xi!"

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CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 1.0

Walkthroughgate (2002) to peak ⤴home ⇐awards ⤵

Squad: The New England Patriots

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: In 2008, the local Boston tabloid, The Boston Herald reported -- citing an unnamed and unverified source -- that the New England Patriots had videotaped the St. Louis Rams' February 2002 walkthrough practice prior to Super Bowl XXXVI. The allegation was vehemently denied past Patriots caput motorcoach Bill Belichick and the Patriots organization.

The Boston Herald subsequently acknowledged its fault saying "we now know that this written report was false." The paper issued a front page amends for running the story without sufficiently verifying its source or the charges (page scan for posterity.)

NFL commissioner and former Jets public relations intern Roger Goodell, after meeting with Patriots video human Matt Walsh and fifty other people, cleared the Patriots of whatsoever wrongdoing saying "we were able to verify that there was no Rams walkthrough tape" and "no 1 asked him [Matt Walsh] to tape the walkthrough. He's non aware of anybody else who may have taped the walkthrough. He had non seen such a tape. He does non know of anybody who says there is a tape."

This alone false and irresponsible news story is responsible for Marshall Faulk'south (and other haters') ongoing fantasy that the Patriots recorded his team's exercise and subsequently stole the Super Bowl from him and his squad. Give it upwards Marshall, you lost to the baby QB GOAT and the head coach Caprine animal. Deal with it.

VICTIM: New England Patriots

PUNISHED? No

PUNISHMENT: When you are consistently outplayed and outcoached past the aforementioned team yr-after-twelvemonth (or worse, lose to them in a Super Basin) you Want to believe -- you NEED to believe -- that the only reason you tin't lucifer up is because of some mysterious Patriots' black magic voodoo cheating.

To keep your sanity, you make upwards fairy tales to soothe yourself. I get that, I actually do. I used to feel the same way nigh the New York Yankees when they were good. I empathize.

Unfortunately for you, though, your tidy picayune bedtime story is a lie. Find yourself a good therapist to help y'all bargain with your bug instead. Go well soon.

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AWARDS EARNED: All Blowed Up! Falsely Accused!

CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 0.0

Deflategate (2015) to superlative ⤴habitation ⇐awards ⤵

TEAM: The New England Patriots

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: Immediately after the Indianapolis Colts were blown out (once again) past the Patriots, this time in the 2015 AFC Title game, Colts reporter Bob Kravitz broke a story that the NFL was investigating the Patriots for using underinflated footballs in the game.

Soon subsequently, Chris Mortensen hastily reported, based upon a now-discredited leak from the league, that eleven of the Patriots' 12 game footballs were deflated 2 PSI below the 12.5 PSI minimum legal requirement (Mortensen finally removed his inaccurate tweet on August 4, 2015 -- 195 days afterward he posted it.)

BREAKING: @mortreport has deleted his inaccurate Deflategate tweet https://t.co/xF98O64nNA

— WEEI (@WEEI) Baronial 4, 2015

2 weeks later, on the morning of the Super Bowl, NFL Network'southward Ian Rapoport corrected this data, reporting that just one of the xi footballs was 2 PSI under the limit, while many were "just a few ticks under the [12.5 PSI] minimum."

Co-ordinate to ProFootballTalk, the one football that was 2 PSI under the limit was the ball intercepted past D'Qwell Jackson and taken to the Colts sideline and ultimately submitted to the NFL to launch an investigation. The NFL chose non to investigate whether the Colts intentionally manipulated that football before submitting it.

107 days afterward, NFL independent investigator special prosecutor Ted Wells gave upwards his search for concrete testify and guessed that there was at least a 51% chance that the Patriots might take been involved in the deflation of the game footballs.

Facts, schmacts, who needs them? Do y'all just know in your hairy beer-gut that a squad with the Patriots' spotty cheating history absolutely did this? This page is only for y'all. I think you'll like it.

UPDATE 1: On May xiv, 2015 council for the New England Patriots issued a comprehensive rebuttal to the Wells Report. 1 meaning indicate was that the Colts broke a written league rule when they tested the air pressure of the intercepted football during the game. The Wells Written report never flagged that every bit an effect.

UPDATE 2: On May 21, Sally Jenkins of The Washington Post published the all-time Deflategate analysis to date showing how Goodell took an insignificant dominion infraction and trumped it upward to a franchise-smearing scandal to relieve his ain hide.

Jenkins wrote:

"NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell predetermined guilt in DeflateGate; that'south articulate at present. He has smeared Tom Brady and the New England Patriots without proper bear witness or a competent investigation and turned an unimportant misdemeanor into a damaging scandal equally part of a personal power play to shore up his flagging authority. In other cases, he just looked inept. In this one, he looks devious."

UPDATE 3: On June 12, The New York Times published an op-ed titled "Deflating 'Deflategate'" which summarized an assay of the Wells Written report washed past an independent call up tank called the American Enterprise Institute (AEI).

The AEI "On the Wells report" ended:

"When we analyzed the data provided in the Wells report, we found that the Patriots balls declined by about the expected corporeality [ed. annotation: based on the Ideal Gas Police force], while the Colts assurance declined by less. In fact, the pressure level of the Colts balls was statistically significantly higher than expected."

"This implies that the Colts balls sat in the warm room where they were to exist measured — and thus increased in pressure — for almost the entirety of halftime before being measured."

"Logistically, the greater change in pressure in the Patriots footballs tin can be explained by the fact that sufficient time may have passed betwixt halftime testing of the two teams' balls for the Colts balls to warm significantly, finer inflating them."

In early August, after all of the facts had been revealed, the league office leaks discredited and the not-actually-independent Wells Written report fully debunked past truly contained third political party research organizations, ESPN's Skip Bayless had this to say:

More I hear, more I believe Goodell railroaded Tom Brady, framed him, used media to wrongly convict him in court of public opinion. Travesty

— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) August iii, 2015

VICTIM: New England Patriots (This was nothing more than than an NFL orchestrated hitting-job on its premier franchise and Caprine animal QB)

PUNISHED? Yes

PUNISHMENT: After 107 days, 12 hours, viii minutes and vii seconds, NFL independent investigator special prosecutor Ted Wells speculated (after giving his "independent" report to the league to edit) that someone on the Patriots was "more likely than not" involved in the possible deflation of game football used in the outset one-half of the AFC Title game vs. the Colts, and quarterback Tom Brady was probably "at least generally aware" of this.

Wells reported that the Colts and the NFL had setup a premeditated sting operation on the Patriots which allowed the league time to test all eleven of the Patriots game footballs at halftime, merely only left enough time to test four of the Colts assurance. Interesting enough, ane official found that 3 out of 4 of the Colts footballs were also underinflated to an illegal PSI, fifty-fifty though they had known near the sting beforehand.

On May eleven, 2015, the NFL suspended Patriot quarterback Tom Brady for four games for failing to cooperate with the investigation (by non turning over contents of his personal phone) and for being "at least mostly enlightened" of the "more than probable than not" ball deflation that the Well report felt wasn't caused past the common cold weather. The team was also fined one one thousand thousand dollars and docked their 2016 starting time circular and 2017 fourth circular picks.

Patriots' owner Robert Kraft responded to the announcement past expressing his and the team's full support of Brady and condemning the "one-sided report" and its "dismissal of the scientific testify."

Brady appear his entreatment of his suspension on May 14, 2015. Goodell, after decided that he would Plain be the best person to impartially handle the appeal of his completely made case, upheld the suspension on July 28, 2015. On July 29 the NFLPA filed an appeal on behalf of Tom Brady in federal court.

UPDATE: On September 3, 2015, U.Due south. Commune Court Guess Richard Berman issued a ruling that overturned the NFL's four game interruption of quarterback Tom Brady. Berman'due south conclusion was premised upon several meaning legal deficiencies in the NFL's instance, including (A) inadequate notice to Brady of both his potential field of study (four-game suspension) and his alleged misconduct; (B) denial of the opportunity for Brady to examine 1 of two lead investigators, namely NFL Executive Vice President and General Counsel Jeff Pash; and (C) denial of equal access to investigative files, including witness interview notes.

NFL commissioner and erstwhile Jets public relations intern Roger Goodell (ego-bruised and unwilling to give up on his petty witch-chase) filed paperwork to appeal Berman'due south conclusion in the U.South. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

In this example, different many other ball-manipulation cheats, the team did non admit to adulterous and there was absolutely no shred of evidence showing non-atmospheric condition manipulation.

SUMMARY: After the release of Tom Brady's appeal transcript on August iv, 2015 and Approximate Berman'due south ruling on September iii, 2015, information technology became clearly that the NFL simply lied, twisted, misrepresented and leveraged its profound ignorance to try to smear the reputation of one of its all-time not bad players for a yet-undisclosed reason. At that place is no evidence of adulterous by Brady or the Patriots. There is, nonetheless, numerous examples of disgusting behavior by Goodell and the league office.

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AWARDS EARNED: All Blowed Up! Everyone Was Doing It! Falsely Accused!

CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 0.0

Formationgate (2015) to top ⤴abode ⇐awards ⤵

Team: The New England Patriots

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: Afterwards their January 10, 2015 AFC Divisional Game against the New England Patriots in Foxborough, Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh -- clearly upset that his team had merely blown ii separate xiv-bespeak leads to the eventual 2015 Super Bowl Champions -- claimed that the Patriots' substitutions and declarations of eligible/ineligible receivers were "deceptive," a thinly-veiled euphemism for adulterous.

When asked nigh the charges, Patriots head bus Bill Belichick -- looking utterly stunned that a beau NFL coach could exist then ignorant of the game rules -- stated that the formations were completely legal. After a thorough review of the game, the NFL confirmed that the plays were completely legal.

From CBS Boston'southward Michael Hurley's first-class coverage of the incident:

"Despite John Harbaugh's complaints, the Patriots did not run a hurry-up on the bulldoze when they swapped out a lineman for a running back or tight end. Instead, Josh Kline jogged to the sidelines, and Danny Amendola jogged on. Shane Vereen approached the referee, declared himself ineligible, the referees appear information technology, the Patriots huddled then went to the line."

"The ineligible receiver had been announced; the Ravens weren't smart plenty to go out him lonely. Instead, they left Michael Hoomanawanui (a very eligible receiver) wide open. The play was so successful that the Patriots ran information technology ii more times — once with Hoomanawanui as the ineligible guy, and once more with Vereen."

"The second time that Vereen was used as the ineligible receiver, Referee Pecker Vinovich actually appear, "Number 34 has been declared ineligible. Do not cover number 34." The referee actually told the defence force which player they shouldn't cover and the Ravens nevertheless covered him! And this is all Bill Belichick's fault. Considering Spygate. Good stuff."

To date, motorcoach Harbaugh has not filed a grievance with the league about the Patriots other "deceptive" plays from the game, including:

• a number of "play-action" passes where the Patriots deceptively faked a run and then actually threw the ball
• a handful of quarterback pump fakes where Brady tried to trick the defense that he was throwing to i receiver while really intending to throw to an entirely different one
• an uncountable number of plays where Patriots broad receivers head bobbed left when they fully intended to go right
• and don't fifty-fifty get him started about that Edelman catch and pass, there'southward no way that was legal!

2015 UPDATE: After their 2014 playoff loss to the Patriots, the Ravens pissed and moaned about New England's "deceptive" play calling, and even petitioned to have the NFL change the rules. All the same, in their September xx, 2015 game against the Oakland Raiders (which they likewise lost) the Ravens used a strikingly like "deceptive" play. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

VICTIM: Baltimore Ravens

PUNISHED? No

Penalisation: There was no penalization because the Patriots' substitutions were completely legal. Belichick was just playing chess while Harbaugh was playing checkers.

After the flavour concluded, the league members considered a proposal from the Ravens to simplifying the "eligible/ineligible" dominion and so Harbaugh and the Ravens could better empathize it.

In March 2015 the NFL contest committee did in fact vote to dumb-down the rule for Harbaugh, the Ravens and the other teams who had a hard time with the original version. An anonymous league source said that they even wrote a summary in crayon for them, using pictures and drawing characters for some of the bigger words and more complicated concepts. Despite all this, rumor has it that Harbaugh still has no idea what the rule says.

If this rule change doesn't stop the Patriots from winning, the league will increase enforcement of this ane instead.

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AWARDS EARNED: Falsely Accused!

CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 0.0

Tuckgate (2001) to meridian ⤴home ⇐awards ⤵

Team: The New England Patriots

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: The "Tuck Rule" was in identify iii years before the Raiders vs. Patriots playoff game on January 19, 2002. It was enforced against the Patriots earlier in the same season in a game against the Jets. Other notable instances were in Redskins vs. Broncos (2005) and Chiefs vs. Ravens (2011).

According to Wikipedia:

The tuck rule was called in Week 2 of an NFL regular season friction match-upwards on September 23, 2001, between the New England Patriots and the New York Jets. In the waning minutes of the second quarter, Patriots' defensive end Anthony Pleasant apparently forced Jets quarterback Vinny Testaverde to fumble the ball. Patriots' defensive end Richard Seymour fabricated a recovery. The phone call was overturned upon review and ruled an incomplete with the tuck rule cited. The Jets would go on to tie the game with a field goal on that drive and and so eventually win in overtime.

Patriots head coach Beak Belichick referred to this game later on the subsequent Tuck Rule Game, telling ESPN, "I knew what the ruling should have been considering we had dealt with that play a little bit earlier in the twelvemonth on the other side of it."

The rule was in the books from 1999 until 2013.:

NFL Rule 3, Section 22, Article two, Note 2. When [an offensive] role player is belongings the ball to pass it forward, whatsoever intentional forward motion of his arm starts a forward pass, even if the player loses possession of the brawl as he is attempting to tuck information technology dorsum toward his trunk. As well, if the player has tucked the ball into his trunk and then loses possession, information technology is a fumble.

The NFL competition committee repealed the rule with a 29-1 vote in March 2013. The Steelers voted against repeal and the Redskins and Patriots abstained from the vote. Said Patriots owner Robert Kraft about the rule: "I love the tuck dominion, and forever volition."

VICTIM: The entire league

PUNISHED? No

PUNISHMENT: Not a crook.

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AWARDS EARNED: Falsely Defendant!

CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 0.0

Tampergate (2015: Revis) to peak ⤴home ⇐awards ⤵

TEAM: The New England Patriots

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: The New York Jets, in a humorous display of ignorance every bit to what Tampering actually is, filed a claim against the New England Patriots and owner Robert Kraft for comments he made about losing cornerback Darrelle Revis. The NFL ruled in Apr of 2015 that the Patriots did not tamper. The Jets, even so, were fined $100,000 as punishment for their bodily tampering with Revis.

The accuse was believed by about respectable NFL personnel to be a little and misguided response to the Patriots' legitimate tampering charge confronting Jets owner Woody Johnson, who unwisely made a textbook tampering statement about wanting to reacquire Revis.

Kraft said, well-nigh losing Revis in free bureau to the Jets: "We thought we made a very competitive offer. I speak as a fan of the New England Patriots — we wanted to keep him. We wanted him in our organisation, and nosotros have certain disciplines. We had hoped it worked out. It didn'€™t." When Kraft made his statement, Revis was at to the lowest degree iii-years away from hitting the market again, having just two-weeks prior signed a 5-year / $70 million / $39 million guaranteed contract (yikes) with the Jets.

For comparison, Johnson offered this subtle statement most his desire to bring back Revis: "Darrelle is a great actor. I'd love for Darrelle to come back." When Woody said this, Revis was but 3-months away from becoming one of 2015'south hottest gratuitous agents.

The actual NFL tampering rule gives this equally an example of a prohibited tampering quote (PDF, see page 3 "Public/Private Statements"): "He's an splendid player, and we'd very much like to have him if he were bachelor, but another society holds his rights."

VICTIM: New England Patriots (This was only pure Jets stupid)

PUNISHED? No

PUNISHMENT: Tampering rules prohibit: "any public or private argument of interest, qualified or unqualified, in another club'€™s role player to that player'€™s agent or representative, or to a member of the news media." Woody tampered, admitted he made a mistake, and was punished for it. Kraft did non tamper and was therefore non punished.

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AWARDS EARNED: Falsely Defendant!

CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 0.0

Headsetgate (2015) to top ⤴home ⇐awards ⤵

TEAM: The New England Patriots

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: On September x, 2015, later on losing to the New England Patriots in the starting time to the 2015 NFL flavor, Pittsburgh Steelers caput coach Mike Tomlin passive-aggressively accused the Patriots of cheating past screwing upwards his (NFL supplied, managed and operated) coach-to-bus headsets.

Said Tomlin when asked about the malfunction: "That'south always the example [when playing in Gillette]." The Steelers' official website went fifty-fifty further, saying:

"This is the kind of stuff that happens to the visiting team in Gillette Stadium all the time. From the start of the game through the opening 14 minutes of the outset quarter, the Steelers' coaches' headsets were receiving the Patriots Radio Network broadcast of the game. The broadcast was so loud that the Steelers coaches were unable to communicate, and the NFL rule is that if ane team'southward headsets are not working the other team is supposed to be forced to have their headsets off. It's what the NFL calls the Disinterestedness Rule. Strangely enough, whenever an NFL representative proceeded to the New England sideline to close downward their headsets, the Steelers headsets cleared. And then as the representative walked away from the New England sideline, the Steelers' headsets once again started to receive the Patriots game broadcast."

In an shockingly out-of-graphic symbol defense of the Patriots, the NFL immediately released a argument saying that, despite Tomlin'southward accusation, the Patriots had zip to do with the malfunction. NFL vice president of football game communications Michael Signora'south statement:

"In the first quarter of tonight's game, the Pittsburgh coaches experienced interference in their headsets caused by a stadium power infrastructure issue, which was exacerbated by the inclement weather. The coaches' communications equipment, including the headsets, is provided past the NFL for both clubs utilize on game 24-hour interval. In one case the power issue was addressed, the equipment functioned properly with no additional issues."

Two days later, the NFL went farther and completely cleared the Patriots of any involvement, maxim the issue was "entirely attributable to an electric issue fabricated worse by the inclement conditions."

In laurels of this latest false accusation, the Commish has commissioned an official hat for Coach Tomlin:

VICTIM: New England Patriots

PUNISHED? No

Penalisation: Zippo to come across here. This was simply some other imitation accusation of cheating by a team looking for an alibi for a loss to the Patriots.

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AWARDS EARNED: Falsely Accused!

CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 0.0

Leaguewide Cheats:

Tampergate (ongoing) to superlative ⤴abode ⇐awards ⤵

Squad: All 32 NFL Teams

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: Tampering with gratuitous agents is rampant, it's laughable and it is confronting the rules (PDF). It's so bad across every team in the league that the NFL had to create a iii-day legal tampering flow. Even so, tampering all the same regularly occurs long before that annual three-day window opens. On March 9, 2015 the league once again felt compelled to warn all 32 teams about not tampering.

Why is tampering considered a problem? Because tampering with players still nether contract makes information technology hard for clubs to re-sign their own talent. Information technology also puts those few teams that actually follow NFL guidelines at a distinct disadvantage. In many cases, contract agreements are in place days before whatsoever negotiations are allowed to begin.

This isn't fair, information technology isn't legal, and information technology is blatant cheating past the teams who engage in the practise.

VICTIM: The entire league

PUNISHED? No merely...

PUNISHMENT: NFL commissioner and erstwhile Jets public relations intern Roger Goodell is doing all he tin can to curtail and punish the "commonplace" practice, although it admits that there is so much tampering that it is difficult to police it all.

The CheatPoints earned for this leaguewide crook is for all of this team'due south tampering incidents that have gone undiscovered or unproven. If specific instances are discovered, they are punished on top of this leaguewide penalty.

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AWARDS EARNED: Everyone Was Doing It!

CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 4.0

Headsetgate (ongoing) to top ⤴home ⇐awards ⤵

TEAM: All 32 NFL Teams

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: it'southward a mutual complaint around the NFL. In late, close games, the helmet communicators of visiting teams suddenly "malfunction" and finish working. It has been accustomed every bit standard practice in the league. Are you on the road and the game is close? Then you are going to have issues with your headset.

In contempo years, the Patriots take accused the Colts of doing it and the Jaguars have made the aforementioned charge of the Patriots. The Redskins accused the Buccaneers of disabling their headsets, and Tampa Bay defendant Dallas. The Giants openly bragged virtually doing it fashion back in 1956. The charges go on and on and on.

VICTIM: The entire league

PUNISHED? No

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CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 4.0

Spygate (until 2006) to meridian ⤴home ⇐awards ⤵

Squad: All 32 NFL Teams

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: Stealing your opponent'due south signals has always been common and never been illegal.

Said old Pittsburgh Steelers head charabanc Bill Cowher, "Nosotros had people that always tried to steal signals. Stealing someone'south signals was a part of the game, and everyone attempted to practise that." Admitted former Dallas Cowboys head autobus Jimmy Johnson: "When I came into the NFL, back in 1989, I talked to a Kansas Metropolis spotter and he said, 'Here'due south what we exercise, we videotape the opposing team's signals and and so we sync information technology up with the game picture.' So I did it." Bragged, former Denver Broncos head charabanc Mike Shanahan: "Our guy keeps a pair of binoculars on their betoken-callers every game, with any luck, we have their defensive signals figured out by halftime. Sometimes, by the finish of the first quarter."

NFL commissioner and former Jets public relations intern Rodger Goodell confirmed this himself in 2008, maxim that the issue was not stealing signals, that is allowed "and information technology is done quite widely." The result is where and how you record them. If yous chose to videotape them, then (after 2006) you accept to practice that from a league approved location. If you rent lip readers, they can practice it from your coaches lap, if you want.

After 2006, examples of allowed videotaping locations are: the luxury boxes, media booths and other enclosed spaces. Expressly prohibited locations are the sidelines, the field, locker rooms, the coaches booth or whatever other identify accessible to team coaches and staff. The point of the rule is to not permit the footage to be useful in the current game.

Prior to the September six, 2006 memo and, 2007 follow upwards, from NFL head of football operations Ray Anderson, at that place was no league brake on filming location, which is the reason the memo was sent.

Many NFL head coaches accept downplayed the significance of the practise, saying that attempting to decipher opponent'south signals was a long standing do and entirely common throughout the league.

VICTIM: The entire league

PUNISHED? No

Punishment: NFL commissioner and one-time Jets public relations intern Rodger Goodell suggested that the responsibility was on teams to conceal their messages, not on the ones trying to steal them. During his news conference before the 2007 Super Bowl he said that any motorcoach who did not wait signals to exist stolen was "stupid."

Prior to 2006, every NFL team is causeless to take done it, but none of them broke a rule. You can't punish something that is not prohibited. Filming from the sidelines was not prohibited until 2006 and filming your opponent's signals from approved locations has never been prohibited, even today.

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AWARDS EARNED: Anybody Was Doing It!

CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 0.0

Scrapsgate (ongoing) to top ⤴dwelling ⇐awards ⤵

Team: All 32 NFL Teams

SEVERITY:

SUMMARY: Sign an opponent'due south recently-cutting player to your practice squad to get intel on their plays, signals and tactics. This is not illegal and is a leaguewide practice.

Said one actor, who chose to remain anonymous equally he was still in the league every bit of 2015, "If teams have an opening at a certain position, they might non exist looking for mayhap the best role player to fill it on their practice squad. Instead, they might get for someone who has access to the opposing team'southward playbook."

"Let's say we're playing the Jaguars in seven days and you want to know more almost their playbook. From time to fourth dimension teams will sign people off of practise squads. Y'all don't have to put them on agile roster then if there's a need for more depth at linebacker and y'all're playing Jacksonville, there would be more than of a take a chance to sign a linebacker off the team you're about to play'south practice squad and hoping that the person you're about to sign will divulge information about the playbook."

VICTIM: The unabridged league

PUNISHED? No

PUNISHMENT: Not illegal.

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AWARDS EARNED: Everyone Was Doing It!

CHEATPOINTS EARNED: + 0.0

EARNED: "All Blowed Up!"

CRITERIA: Exist involved in a scandal that is blown way out of proportion past the media and fans of other teams!

EARNED FOR: Deflategate (2015) Snowplowgate (1982) Walkthroughgate (2002) Spygate (2007)

EARNED: "Avoid Media Scrutiny!"

CRITERIA: Successfully concenter less than 5% of the typical Patriots "cheating" scandal coverage!

EARNED FOR: IRgate (2013)

EARNED: "Anybody Was Doing Information technology!"

CRITERIA: Successfully "cheat" in a way that many other teams have (bonus points for not getting caught)!

EARNED FOR: Tampergate (ongoing) Spygate (2007) Deflategate (2015) Spygate (until 2006) Scrapsgate (ongoing)

EARNED: "Falsely Accused!"

CRITERIA: Exist the innocent target of a illegitimate cheating accusation!

EARNED FOR: Walkthroughgate (2002) Formationgate (2015) Headsetgate (2015) Deflategate (2015) Tuckgate (2001) Tampergate (2015: Revis) Snowplowgate (1982)

EARNED: "Goalie for the Dart Squad!"

CRITERIA: Execute a cheat that requires significant anti-intellect to attempt, let alone thinking yous'll get away with information technology!

EARNED FOR: Spygate (2007)

EARNED: "Echo The Crook!"

CRITERIA: Successfully repeat the same crook multiple times!

EARNED FOR: PEDSgate (6x since 2007)

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