“Teams interview guys cut from their upcoming opponents teams all the time. Legal yes. Ethical? Well....”
Ethical - yes. Understanding another coaches system is one thing. Using ELINT to steal another teams plans during a game is something different.
On top of that, the Pats were warned about this more than once, and did it anyway.
The rationalizations are getting sickening.
Of course, when your eight-term senior senator’s most notable act was driving a girl off a bridge and leaving her to die while saving his own ass, rationalizations become a way of life. It must be something in the water up there.