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Maybe for the unenlightened such as yourself. Jimmy Johnson said that he would send his interns into opposing team’s locker rooms and look for anything that they could find. In the corporate world that’s considered unethical and maybe even espionage but in the NFL it’s standard operating procedure. The Broncos violated the NFL salary cap back in the 90’s and were docked a draft pick. Does that mean Mike Shanahan’s credentials are questionable too? The Giants beat a superior team back in the 1992 Super Bowl with BB as their defensive coordinator. When he went to the Jets as their DC after he left the Pats the Jets almost went to the SB losing to the same team that was found to be cheating at the salary cap and keeping players they couldn’t have otherwise. He’s one of the best technical coaches in the game. He has no personality and he pushes the envelope too far on things but you are talking out your ass when you question his coaching abilities.

You can justify it any way you want, but either way, you are ignorant and dead wrong. Belichick was caught red-handed doing the illegal taping that he was specifically warned against doing by the commissioner of the league. Everybody else has not been caught. If and when others are caught, I hope they are punished even more severely and the fines and punishment increase until it is no longer worth the risk. But attempting to justify Belichick's cheating by saying that everybody does it, is mind-numbed response by an unenlightened homer attempting to blow smoke up the @$$e$ of anybody that will listen for the sake of being able to beat their own chests and revel in their team's victory. It's a game. Unfortunately, the money involved brings out the worst in participants and the fans as well. No where is that more apparent than in Boston.

The NFL was on to Belichick in 2006 but said they could not catch him and they simply bided their time and waited for him to set up his camera guy again. And now this Walsh fellow is implying that he has evidence dating back even further that will embarrass both the Patriots AND the NFL. Leads me to believe that the game against the Jets and Mangini, who had first-hand knowledge of the cheating, forced Roger Goodell's hand. If Matt Walsh fears retribution by the NFL and the Patriots for being a whistleblower than I would welcome a investigation by Specter, or whoever has the power to grant immunity from lawsuits, charges or prosecution, provided, of course, that Matt Walsh has the hard facts, tapes, etc. that he has implied to ESPN. If he does not possess hard facts than he needs to go away. Specter is correct in the fact that a more thorough investigation is justified because, IMHO, exactly none of Roger Goodell's statements regarding the evidence and the punishments have made a lick of sense.

Thanks for playing though, try again next year.