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"...to love a good āPatriots are cheatersā story..."
"back-to-back allegations by ESPN and Sports Illustrated...
Ben Volin | On Football: Amid raft of Patriot allegations, only a few points are salient - The Boston Globe
conĀ·jecĀ·ture
kÉnĖjekCHÉr/
noun
noun: conjecture; plural noun: conjectures
1.
an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
"NFL owners flat-out admit that Deflategate was owner-driven revenge."
"the owners encouraged the commissioner to be extremely tough on the Patriots for Deflategate. No owners commented on the record, but several made it clear that they wanted to see the Patriots be punished severely"
"Deflategate wasnāt about deflated footballs. It was about punishing the Patriots"
"The Patriotsā videotaping of opponents between 2000-07 wasnāt necessarily illegal"
"in 2008 the NFL publicly exonerated the Patriots of cheating before the ā02 Super Bowl"
"...the true story is how widespread this type of filming and scouting was across the NFL during that period. As former Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson said in 2007, āThis is exactly how I was told to do it 18 years ago by a Kansas City Chiefs scout.ā
"A lot of the juicy allegations sound like sour grapes."
"again, more context is needed to assess the misdeeds. We donāt know how widespread this type of 'cheating' was across the NFL."
"Nothing against the folks at Sports Illustrated, but they didnāt quote one person on the record, except for a couple of former players who donāt really have any actual knowledge..."
"Those reports sound like pure jealousy."
The ESPN article is interesting because it quotes former Patriots coaches and employees detailing their espionage (as anonymous sources, of course).
the standard of guilt was reduced to a preponderance of the evidence, i.e. āmore probable than not.ā
With a federal court ruling, the NFL got exactly what many observers of the league had predicted: Tom Brady would have Commissioner Roger Goodellās four-game suspension thrown out.
Judge Richard Berman basically said what many had been saying since the NFLās botched investigation was concluded:
there was no evidence Tom Brady was guilty of anything connected to the under-inflated footballs found in the AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts.
Tom Brady exonerated by judge
"back-to-back allegations by ESPN and Sports Illustrated...
Ben Volin | On Football: Amid raft of Patriot allegations, only a few points are salient - The Boston Globe
conĀ·jecĀ·ture
kÉnĖjekCHÉr/
noun
noun: conjecture; plural noun: conjectures
1.
an opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information.
"NFL owners flat-out admit that Deflategate was owner-driven revenge."
"the owners encouraged the commissioner to be extremely tough on the Patriots for Deflategate. No owners commented on the record, but several made it clear that they wanted to see the Patriots be punished severely"
"Deflategate wasnāt about deflated footballs. It was about punishing the Patriots"
"The Patriotsā videotaping of opponents between 2000-07 wasnāt necessarily illegal"
"in 2008 the NFL publicly exonerated the Patriots of cheating before the ā02 Super Bowl"
"...the true story is how widespread this type of filming and scouting was across the NFL during that period. As former Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson said in 2007, āThis is exactly how I was told to do it 18 years ago by a Kansas City Chiefs scout.ā
"A lot of the juicy allegations sound like sour grapes."
"again, more context is needed to assess the misdeeds. We donāt know how widespread this type of 'cheating' was across the NFL."
"Nothing against the folks at Sports Illustrated, but they didnāt quote one person on the record, except for a couple of former players who donāt really have any actual knowledge..."
"Those reports sound like pure jealousy."
The ESPN article is interesting because it quotes former Patriots coaches and employees detailing their espionage (as anonymous sources, of course).
the standard of guilt was reduced to a preponderance of the evidence, i.e. āmore probable than not.ā
With a federal court ruling, the NFL got exactly what many observers of the league had predicted: Tom Brady would have Commissioner Roger Goodellās four-game suspension thrown out.
Judge Richard Berman basically said what many had been saying since the NFLās botched investigation was concluded:
there was no evidence Tom Brady was guilty of anything connected to the under-inflated footballs found in the AFC Championship Game against the Indianapolis Colts.
Tom Brady exonerated by judge