League Investigating Charge that Patriots Improperly Monitored Jets' Play Signals
NFL officials are investigating an incident in which a New England Patriots employee who was on the field during Sunday's triumph over the New York Jets at Giants Stadium was accused of videotaping Jets coaches on their sideline signaling play calls to players on the field, a league source said.
If the allegation against the Patriots is substantiated, it would be a violation of league rules and the Patriots perhaps could be punished. There long have been tensions between the two organizations, intensifying most recently when Eric Mangini left the staff of Patriots Coach Bill Belichick to become the head coach of the Jets prior to last season.
By Mark Maske |
September 10, 2007; 3:24 PM ET
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Posted by: prophet | September 10, 2007 3:55 PM
Good point. It goes back a long way, but this round of tensions started then.
Posted by: Mark Maske | September 10, 2007 4:21 PM
Any precedence to go from if the league had to levy a penalty on the Pats?
Posted by: Brendan | September 10, 2007 5:30 PM
New York Jets vs. Patriots. What's new?
Posted by: gac12 | September 10, 2007 8:00 PM
I don't remember an exact case. But the commissioner is pretty much empowered to do what he deems in the best interests of the sport in a situation like this. I was told the competition committee probably will look at it and make a recommendation to the commissioner about what to do, but it's really the commissioner's decision when it comes to any penalty.
Posted by: Mark Maske | September 10, 2007 11:19 PM
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The bad blood between the Jets and Pats goes back a lot further than Eric Mangini - doesn't it?