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Message: [QUOTE="nychuskyfan, post: 2539709, member: 3456"] Wow, this is really not complicated. Let’s try one more time with links. [URL="http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d802456c2/article/belichick-speaks-with-goodell-apologizes-for-videotape-flap"]Belichick speaks with Goodell, apologizes for videotape flap[/URL] Page 105 of the Game Operations manual says: "No video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches' booth, on the field, or in the locker room during the game." It later says: "All video shooting locations must be enclosed on all sides with a roof overhead." The Pats were taping from the sideline as explained in the story below and since the sideline is part of the field and is not enclosed, it was not permitted. Easy. ([URL="http://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/13533995/split-nfl-new-england-patriots-apart"]Spygate to Deflategate: Inside what split the NFL and Patriots apart[/URL]) Both articles above also talk about apologies. Kraft apologized to other 31 owners and Belichick to the owners and the press. They also didn’t fight as they did Deflategate. I know a bunch of Pats fans that explain Spygate away by saying others did it, or it didn’t help, which is ridiculous enough. But your refusal to acknowledge they broke the rules after they pleaded guilty is another level of drinking the Kool-Aid. [/QUOTE]