[sparklite2]

Patriot fans must be so proud.

[big'ol_freeper]

First four letters in the title tell me all I need to know. Not credible.

"..the Jealousy and Envy Crowd what I meant was that there are gonna be people that oppose Brady just 'cause he got the girl, oppose Brady 'cause he's tall and good-looking and a star quarterback and wanted him punished on that basis... a lot of alignment against Brady was simply based on jealousy and envy and a lot of people hoping Brady got the four games just 'cause it's justice. "Nobody should be this lucky to be that good-looking, that tall, that good an athlete, with that good-looking kids get the beautiful girl. Nobody should have that kind of luck!" Those people are all over the place. You'll find them all over the place, and those are the people that will be upset here.” ~Rush Limbaugh

[maineman]

Calm down, it’s ESPN reporting this.

[TangibleDisgust]

that franchise has a long history of cheating.

[safeasthebanks]

Just read the entire ESPN article that this WaPo article references. Had a lot of good information about Spygate that I never knew or had forgotten.

Ultimately it probably won't change any minds on either side, but was very interesting just to see the inner working of the NFL and the various personalities involved.

Most importantly, I do think it did a good job of laying out how Spygate is connected to Deflate-gate (in terms of old grudges and perceptions, not the actual actions behind the "cheating" (?) in each case, obviously).

[gallandro1]

I see ESPN is taking marching orders from their overlords... the NFL. The fact this is a hatchet job is so patently obvious. You get you butt handed to you in court... the solution... more “leaks.”

Hopefully this time around the leaked info has a little more credibility than Chris Mortensen’s previous “reporting.”

Get over yourself Goodell...

[McGruff]

Are you crying? There’s no crying in football.

[nascarnation]

“If you don’t cheat, you look like an idiot; if you cheat and don’t get caught, you look like a hero; if you cheat and get caught, you look like a dope. Put me where I belong.”

Darrell Waltrip, 1976

[billyboy15]

PATRIOT JOCK SNIFFERS UNITE!!!! WE MUST DISCREDIT THIS STORY!!!

[TBP]

So the Pats cheat systematically. No news here.

[RayChuang88]

Mind you, the Patriots probably learned it from the Raiders, who were known to pull off similar shenanigans during the 1970's and 1980's.

[woweeitsme]

The guy reporting this is Matt Bonesteel? Really? Sounds like a made-up The Onion name.

[Dr. Thorne]

Belichick is a cheating POS who should have been thrown out of the NFL long ago. Brady is his cheating scion. They are both scummy.

[catfish1957]

As a Saints fan, I remember how badly we were rightfully slapped after the Bounty-gate scandal, (which truthfully is/was more prevalent than anyone admits).

Discouraging that there happens to be one certain team that thinks they are exempt from discipline for bad behavior,

[Travis T. OJustice]

Sour grapes. Poor, pathetic losers.

[2CAVTrooper]

More unproven BS.

[11th Commandment]

Rush on this story today....