Posted on 11/05/2007 10:55:07 AM PST by trumandogz
The NFL is looking into allegations that the Indianapolis Colts piped in noise during the game Sunday between the Colts and the Patriots. The charge comes after Patriots President Jonathan Kraft became the latest NFL team executive to accuse the Colts of the distracting tactic that is against the rules. "We're aware of it and we're looking into it," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said Monday. "It may just be the TV feed from CBS, but we're checking it out." Observers at the game said there seemed to be a "skip" in the sound during the game Sunday, which the Patriots won 24-20. That might confirm the long-held suspicion among many people in the NFL that the Colts play loud crowd noise to help distract opponents when the other team is on offense. "We're aware of the accusations, but there has never been anything to substantiate it," Aiello said. A Patriots spokesman said Monday the team plans no formal protest to the league. Kraft approached NFL Vice President of Security Milt Ahlerich after Kraft and his parents, Patriots owners Bob and Myra Kraft, left the Patriots locker room after the game. Kraft was angry as he told Ahlerich the league needed to look into the allegation. Ahlerich is the same person who confiscated a videotape made by the Patriots during a game against the New York Jets in Week 2 that led to the Spygate controversy. In addition, New England quarterback Tom Brady also commented on how loud it was in the RCA Dome. "I don't know how you measure levels of being deaf, but we couldn't hear anything out there," Brady said. This is the latest in a string of incidents between the teams that have fueled the growing Colts-Pats rivalry. In the past, Colts General Manager Bill Polian has vehemently argued that the Patriots have bent the rules in terms of use of replay challenges and the pass interference rule.
Cheaters accusing someone of cheating...That’s rich!!
Wow the cheaters whining about someone maybe cheating priceless
great minds think alike
“The charge comes after Patriots President Jonathan Kraft became the latest NFL team executive to accuse the Colts of the distracting tactic that is against the rules.”
I remember the Steeler accusing the Colts of the same thing. Were there other teams?
Oh Boo Hoo for Belly-puke. Poor baby! Couldn’t hear while he was cheating? Why wasn’t he thrown out of the NFL? Aren’t there any standards?
What is wrong with Colt’s fans that they cannot be loud enough on their own with out the aid of canned crowd noise.
This is nothing more than an Affirmative Action Program for Colt’s fans.
Holy Milli-Vanilli, Batman, “Observers at the game said there seemed to be a “skip” in the sound during the game Sunday?” ROFL. Dungy better go to confession.
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I don't know. This is the first I recall hearing of the charge.
I don’t think I will ever understand the concept of cheating to win. I wouldn’t feel like I had won if I had to cheat to do it. Of course, I’m not a Democrat. Seems to be second nature to them.
This is going to be fun. Hilarious if true. Didn’t seem to effect the Pats offense.
Nope, the kettle is simply calling the pot’s attention to the mirror.
This is an indictment of Colt’s fans who cannot be loud enough to support their team’s defense.
The Colts have been doing this for a long time. When the visiting team’s offense is on the field, the place turns into the Permanent Hearing Loss Dome, complete with strange squawking sounds coming from the loudspeakers at key moments. But whenever the Slit-Eyed Hillbilly is on the field, you can hear a pin drop. Didn’t matter yesterday though, because the Pats are a better team, even with the referees making non-existent interference calls against them.
I think it’s kinda nice that Tim Donaghy found work as an NFL official, even if he had to use an assumed name.
I think it’s kinda nice that Tim Donaghy found work as an NFL official, even if he had to use an assumed name.
I only watched the 4th quarter of the game. At one point, when the Patriots had the ball, I noticed that the crowd noise was especially loud. Just after I thought that, there seemed to be a rapid fire glitch in the crowd noise that lasted several seconds (imagine a stuck record, but much faster). The announcers talked normal through that glitch, so I don’t think it was a problem with the broadcast.
That Slit-Eyed Hillbilly is a neighbor of mine. Okay, not right now but her grew-up a couple blocks from my house.
I don’t think the Steelers made a formal complaint, but some players definitely mentioned the practice of piping in extra sound at Indy.
If so it will not be hard for the NFL to determine if the Colts did pump in crowd noise.
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