Since you brought up that case, I’ll have to comment on it. Most coaches said that the Patriots got no advantage from the taping. The issue wasn’t the taping, but the position of the camera. Coach B was heavily fined because he was the GM as well as the coach, and he was explicitly told not to use that particular camera position in writing. He thought he had a loophole and that it was a trivial matter.
That wasn’t really my point, I know why Coach Belechik got fined.
My point was that the Judge ruled that all the NFL was required to do was provide a seat for that fan to watch a game, and that it was clearly honored. Why would there be a different set of rules for the airline industry in regards to paying to use a seat for a particular time?
Obviously, when this gets to court, I doubt they will use this case for precedent, but I brought it up because it is the first one that popped into my mind, and many football fans aware of the outcome.