[discostu]

Coaches bitch and moan constantly, the Jets could have been ignored while some other team got busted and a quiet message to Kraft that there could be a second bust.

I think it’s about an idiot Senator with too much time on his hands. It’s a stupid rule, it’s always been a stupid rule, it’s probably going to be post dated this off-season when they finally give the defense a radio helmet. Specter needs to rent a life.

[Richard Kimball]

We disagree on this one. The Pats have also been accused of jamming the radio helmets when the other team gets a good drive going.

Personally, I think Goodell knew that some of the Pats illegal activities involved Super Bowls, and wanted it buried, so he made a minimal fine, destroyed the evidence, and counted on the fact that all the major news media have massive contracts with the NFL (NBC, ABC, CBS, FOX) to keep the coverage from getting too deep.

[Minn]

It’s a stupid rule

That's always been my take. With all the high tech cameras around today, with all the cameras around football stadiums on game day, and with 60,000 people in the place, how on earth could you ever hope to ban any sort of recording of events on the field? Why would you even try. Seems like the Pat's mistake was filming from the side line, instead of from the big hair of some woman in the cheap seats.

Recording another team's pre Super Bowl walk-through on the other hand, is a whole different matter.

[Boston Blackie]

I think it’s about an idiot Senator with too much time on his hands. It’s a stupid rule, it’s always been a stupid rule, it’s probably going to be post dated this off-season when they finally give the defense a radio helmet. Specter needs to rent a life.

Its about the pissing contest between the NFL Network and Comcast. Specter has accepted money from Comcast and as you know we have the best senate money can buy.