[Terpfen]

Sorry, but it is bull. The Dolphins did not operate in a manner that went against league rules. They obtained tapes from CBS, not from wiring up defensive linemen, as the Chris Mortensen quote you posted implicates. There was nothing in the rule book that forbade the acquisition of additional film from networks, either from the production crew that broadcast the game, or from a TiVo. Furthermore, Moretensen's suggestion that it was the Dolphins who caused Roger Goodell to warn the 32 teams is incorrect: we now know that the warning was sent as a result of multiple complaints about the Patriots, not the Dolphins. There is absolutely no parallel, equivalence, similarity, or congruency between the Dolphins using broadcast tapes to prepare for the Patriots and the Patriots putting an employee on the sideline specifically to tape the opposing team's defensive signals. They are two totally separate situations. The only commonality is that they both involve tapes. At issue is how the tapes were obtained, and what those tapes contained. By the way, in that 21-0 loss, the Patriots were taping the Dolphins' defensive signals.

[peterpaul12345]

"Furthermore, Moretensen's suggestion that it was the Dolphins who caused Roger Goodell to warn the 32 teams is incorrect: we now know that the warning was sent as a result of multiple complaints about the Patriots, not the Dolphins"

That is not Moretensen suggestion but a fact. I've heard and read it through several sources that Goodell sent out the memo to all 32 teams because all 32 teams are doing it. These same Sports sources comments teams like the Patriots, Jets and DOLPHINS who caused Roger Goodell to warn the 32 teams. Lets not try to be hypocrites here and lay the blame all on one team when all other 32 are just as guilty.