ESPN: Spygate swept under the rug by Goddell; MUCH bigger than we know

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(09-08-2015, 04:04 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: http://www.businessinsider.com/espn-report-patriots-spygate-scandal-2015-9

A new ESPN report is suggesting that the Spygate scandal was far more than what was let on and that Goddell had it swept under the rug. He went hard on them for deflate gate because of how bad Spygate really was.

Pre Brady, back up QBs were tasked  with memorizing defensive calls and reporting them to the coach who would mic them into Bledsoe.

Low ranking Pats staffers would get phony press credentials posing at "Patriots TV" or "Kraft production" and go to future opponents games. They had preplanned stories for security if questioned.

Tapes were given to an "amateur football historian" who worked with the team and cut for Belichick. Years of tapes were stored in a room only Bill and a select few could access.

Staffers would go into the visitor locker room to steal play sheets.

They'd go to hotels to find play books

Peyton never discussed play calls with coaches when in the Pats visitor locker room fearing that they were bugged.

When It all went down, Goddell, new at his job, had tapes smashed and documents shredded at the Pats HQ. He had the pats fess up to merely taping 8 games.

If true, this is huge.

Old news. I don't care if they taped 1 or 1,000. Let's move on and get someone in position to review/investigate/mete out punishment that has a clue what they're doing.

P.S. I'd be willing to bet a majority of teams cheated similarly in the past. Maybe not quite to the extent, but they did it. Danny Kannell said today that, when he was a rookie, standing on the sidelines before the first game with his clipboard...he was told to write down everything the defensive coaches signaled in during the game.