[aroostook war]

This is total BS. Remember when Bernie Brewer was stealing signs from the top of the beer stein? Crossing one white sock over the other for fastball, curve, location? Big deal... part of the game... Anyway, it’s still baseball season.

[misterrob]

Teams interview guys cut from their upcoming opponents teams all the time. Legal yes. Ethical? Well....

Goodall did the right thing though. No one will dare do this again and that’s the point of the punishment.

[Shermy]

I guess the unwritten rule is eyeballs, binocs, pad and pencil, —ok

Recording equipment — no.

[Go Gordon]

This is total BS.

Apparently this is not a first offense. The Pats were caught before, but the tape went missing. In addition, before the season the Commish informed each team that taping other teams' signals was specifically a violation of NFL rules. Then the Pats go out and do it anyway? Coach is lucky his rearend didn't get suspended for a large chunk of the season in addition to the fine.

[Sonny M]

Remember when Bernie Brewer was stealing signs from the top of the beer stein? Crossing one white sock over the other for fastball, curve, location? Big deal... part of the game...

Bernie didn't have video professionals recording and disseminating footage and syncing it back up.

This was a professional job.

That said, do you remember what happened when Norm Charlton thought Mike Scoia was stealing signs?

He broke his arm, his only regret was that he admitted why he broke the guys arm (he was suspended after saying he did it on purpose).

[1L]

>>Anyway, it’s still baseball season.<<

Baseball season ended when training camps (or fall practice for colleges) started.

[zencat]

Big deal... part of the game...

Actually it's not, the rules are agreed to before the start of any game, without which the true idea of a game does not exist.

Now we can debate whether this rule should exist. But at the time of the game it was against the rules, and therefore should not be and isn't a part of the game.