The difference was EVERY OTHER team was doing it from the first or second row of the stands. The Pats had someone standing on the sidelines. All the rest moved their camera people up into the stands. When the Pats didn’t. They were fined.
Yes they were - yet at the time it was treated as if the Pats had done something that no other team had ever done.
Denver illegally skirts the salary cap.... not cheaters. Indy illegally pumps up the volume.... not cheaters. Other franchises do things and get caught and fined? Not cheaters.
“Spygate” was blown way out of proportion by the media, and was all about a rookie commissioner making a name for himself by going after Kraft and Belichik.
Now this crap? The “ball boys” would have to be in on this - and the sour grapes Dolts - may well have tampered with the ball themselves while it was in their possession.
Aaron Rogers was interviewed earlier this year - and talked about his preference for an over-inflated ball. He’s not cheating though - he’s Aaron Rogers - and it’s the Packers...
Being a Red Sox and a Pats fan - I can now understand what Yankees fans must feel like....