Patriots get caught with camera man taping NY Jets coaches playcalling

[NT!]

yeah i'm pretty sure most coaches do stuff like this, it's just that people are already trying to make excuses for how hard the Pats are going to own them this year.

[tdarko]

Belichek is a douche but this isn't the reason.

[kidcolin]

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If all they were doing was focusing a camera on certain coaches then who cares. I'm sure this happens all the time.

Eavesdropping on radio signals is another matter though.

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Why? It's just an arms race. Did it used to be OK to try to catch signals from your own sidelines, but cameras with zooms was another matter?

I mean, I get what you're saying, but I don't really see how you make the distinction. Spying is spying. Teams employed radio communication with the QB/booth/etc partly due to convenience, and partly because it's harder to spy on. Maybe now teams need more security on their radio lines.

[NT!]

yeah i'm struggling to see how this is any different than having a guy upstairs with binoculars, other than leaving evidence

[gusmahler]

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If all they were doing was focusing a camera on certain coaches then who cares. I'm sure this happens all the time.

Eavesdropping on radio signals is another matter though.

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Why? It's just an arms race. Did it used to be OK to try to catch signals from your own sidelines, but cameras with zooms was another matter?

I mean, I get what you're saying, but I don't really see how you make the distinction. Spying is spying. Teams employed radio communication with the QB/booth/etc partly due to convenience, and partly because it's harder to spy on. Maybe now teams need more security on their radio lines.

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I guess it's a question of who supplies the radio. I was under the impression that the radios were kept at the stadium. Thus, visitors to NE get radios supplied to them by NE. Using this to spy just seems wrong in a way that using a zoom lens isn't.

If the radios were supplied by the NFL (or each team supplies its own radio) and NE has absolutely nothing to do with them, it is still wrong for NE to eavesdrop, but less wrong. But would this only lead to each team hiring technical "geeks" to hack into radios?

[kidcolin]

hey, if the Pats were hiring EE geeks, my resume would be on its way already.

[mmbt0ne]

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I guess it's a question of who supplies the radio. I was under the impression that the radios were kept at the stadium. Thus, visitors to NE get radios supplied to them by NE. Using this to spy just seems wrong in a way that using a zoom lens isn't.

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Either way, the game was played in New York.

[Degenerasian]

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Does it really surprise anyone that Belichick would engage in this kind of behavior?

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Not at all. I've been saying for years that besides being grossly over rated he is also one of the biggest scumbags in the NFL. Just one more incident that further proves that.

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I don't think Belicheck is overrated, but I do agree he is a scumbag. I remember when asked about the Jets Kerry Rhodes being a top player in the NFL he said "He wouldn't start on my team." Yeah right, GTFO.

[Kneel B4 Zod]

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Does it really surprise anyone that Belichick would engage in this kind of behavior?

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Not at all. I've been saying for years that besides being grossly over rated he is also one of the biggest scumbags in the NFL. Just one more incident that further proves that.

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I don't think Belicheck is overrated, but I do agree he is a scumbag. I remember when asked about the Jets Kerry Rhodes being a top player in the NFL he said "He wouldn't start on my team." Yeah right, GTFO.

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too bad he never actually said that. the reporter [censored] up the story

[fredd-bird]

You know, in high school we ran a no-huddle offense (all the time) and plays were always being signaled into the QB who made line calls. We combated this by having 3 coaches sending in signals, only one was real obviously. What a novel idea.