Pats have the worst fans in the NFL

[boot man]

Success breeds contempt.

New England the worst "_______" ever. Fill in the blank.
According to the rest of the country, the Patriots cheated all season long, the Coach has no class, Brady is arrogant, Harrison is dirty, the list goes on and on...

Kinda like the way i feel about the Yankees.

[NIB]

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[Slipknot]

Originally Posted by NIB

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I saw this elsewhere


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During the first game of the season against the Jets on 9/9/2007, the Patriots were caught filming the Jets coachs with a hand-held camera on the sidelines. The league determined they had broken a league rule and handed down a punishment of losing their first round draft pick and 3/4 of a million dollars.

First, I want to make it clear what the Patriots were NOT penalized for by the league:

1 ) The Patriots were NOT punished for "stealing signs". "Stealing signs" is not and has never been illegal in the NFL.

2 ) The Patriots were NOT punished for taping the Jets sideline. Taping the opposing team's sideline from an approved location is not and has never been illegal in the NFL.

3 ) The Patriots were NOT punished for using these video-taped clips during half time. Using videos during the game IS illegal and it was determined by the NFL that the Patriots did not do this (particularly because the tape was taken away before the Patriots employee made it to the locker room).

4 ) The Patriots were NOT punished for getting a competitive advantage during the game against the Jets. The commissioner stated this explicited after he delivered his punishment ... and no informed person would argue the taping had any impact on the outcome of the Jets game regardless.

The Patriots WERE punished for taping during the game FROM THE SIDELINES. A memo in 2006 established that the location of the camera is important ... and the Patriots violated the rule. The punishment was the result of the commissioner wanting to make an example out of Belichick, since it's clear Belichick was openly ignoring and violating the relatively new rule.

From game 1 forward, the Patriots were under intense media and league scrutiny in regards to their taping practices and their compliance with other league rules. If ANY team has FOLLOWED league rules during the 2007 season, it was the New England Patriots.

Most trolls who believe the Patriots were cheating ignore the facts of what "spygate" actually is. After considering the facts, if you think the 2007 Patriots team is "a bunch of cheaters", that's your opinion, but I think you're wrong.

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I think the media are whiners if they don't like it That Bill never really explained why they taped on the sideline anyway. He did explain that it was their interpretation of the rule(meaning not using the film during the game) , but the media still whines that he didn't explain it enough so you had one douche not even vote for him for the coach of the year because of that He is pretty consistant how he coaches and doesn't go into any detail with injury reports, there is no way he will go into the spygate reasoning ever.

The Pats will take care of business on Sunday.

[ThomCat]

[QUOTE=boot man;555653]Success breeds contempt.

New England the worst Team to Provoke ever. Fill in the blank.
According to the rest of the country, the Patriots cheated all season long, the Coach has no class, Brady is arrogant, Harrison is dirty, the list goes on and on...

[Pete_G]

Originally Posted by boot man

Success breeds contempt.

New England the worst "_______" ever. Fill in the blank.
According to the rest of the country, the Patriots cheated all season long, the Coach has no class, Brady is arrogant, Harrison is dirty, the list goes on and on...

Kinda like the way i feel about the Yankees.

This is basically how I feel as well. I've gotten better at letting it all roll off my back since this is the same deal we give the Yankees and Yankees fans every year. We're the Yankees in multiple sports now (at least in regards to winning) so we might as well get used to it.

Here's another saying. "Living well is the best revenge." The Patriots are a decent team, the Red Sox just won the World Series, and the Celtics don't look too bad either. It's a good time to be a sports fan in New England...

[spence]

We are not the Yankees. Period.

It's a silly thought.

-spence

[BassDawg]

While we tend to agree for the most part, SK, I have to respectfully disagree about calling them frauds. They would be frauds if they tried to defend their bad apples. Don't we also have our share of drunken rebel rousers that frequent Gillette and tarnish our rep? How's about the juvenile "Yankees Suck!" Crowd?

If The Kraft's move is considered classy, and it most certainly is, then by the very nature of what WTHR is doing for Anna and her family they also get a move upwards on the Class Acts Chart. They didn't make the boos happen, but they are trying to "put the toothpaste back into the tube" ~so to speak. Not too shabby a peace offering if ya ask me ?