Oh sure. Hell, teams accuse each other of using lip readers watching the
guy calling the play all the time. That's why you see coaches wearing
headseats covering their mouths when they're talking in them. There are
rules that govern this stuff. Teams are allow only X frequencies for
communication. No other team is allowed to use that frequency and being
caught using them is punished, etc. but it seems that everyone looks for
that "edge."
I didn't know about the rules governing the use of cameras until this
"scandal" busted. I guess the home team is allowed one "extra" camera in an
endzone angle, and one camera on the 50. The league ensures that both teams
have access to all other film generated during a game ("game films"), and
the home team is allowed to generate their own game film from the extra
cameras, in theory so they could focus on one or two players at a specific
time. All other filming is not allowed.
-----Original Message-----
From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:02 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: OT: A very timely movie clip
Oh, only certain angle of the field may be recorded? That I didn't
know. But at any time someone could be watching with binoculars, etc,
right?
On Jan 22, 2008 4:55 PM, Jim Majorowicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It wasn't so much that they were trying to intercept and determine the
play
> calling signals for use during the game, but that they were filming them
to
> interpret them for the next time they played that team. It wasn't so much
> that they were trying to catch the signals (Not technically against the
> rules) but that they broke a specific rule to do it. A team is only
allowed
> so many cameras to film a game and they are allowed only certain angles.
On
> whole, was it cheating? Yes. They got caught, the camera was seized.
Was
> it a big deal? Only to people who hate the Patriots.
>
> Personally, I look at it like NASCAR. The teams there are always looking
at
> ways to bend the rules to find an edge to get that extra 2 or 3 miles per
> hour that could mean the difference between coming in first or coming in
> second. It happens in all sports. Everyone is always looking for that
> "edge".
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:30 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Re: OT: A very timely movie clip
>
> Im not a huge/regular football fan/watcher, so I have a question for you:
>
> Is what they did (or rather got caught doing) really that outrageous?
> Don't teams watch each other all the time to try to guess hand signs,
> etc, in all sports? Heck, you see people covering thier mouths while
> giving plays on the sideline all the time.
>
> No flames please. Im not defending the Pats coaching staff - Im
> asking an honest question to those that are bigger sports fans than I.
>
> TIA!
>
>
> On Jan 22, 2008 4:01 PM, Kent, Larry CTR USA IMCOM
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > The Pats...cheaters and beaters...
> > ________________________________
> > From: Sherry Abercrombie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 4:00 PM
> > To: NT System Admin Issues
> > Subject: Re: OT: A very timely movie clip
> >
> >
> >
> > Now that is funny!!
> >
> > I must say though, I'm going to be cheering for the Pats. I mean, come
> on,
> > they are one game away from a perfect season, ya gotta want them to win.
> >
> > On Jan 22, 2008 2:41 PM, Micheal Espinola Jr <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > > "Did you happen to catch the professional football contest on
> > > television last night?"
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