Monday, September 17, 2007
Spy Gate and more
Hello everybody, first day on the blog and let's jump right into this and talk NFL and the spy gate that surrounds the New England Patriots. I don't doubt the Pats are a great team and those championships and superbowl rings are well deserved. I don't think you can really take away what they have done on the field, but now you really have to wonder. None of us know how long this has been going and how many people have been involved in this operation.
The commissioner, Roger Goodell, just ordered the Patriots to hand over their "Library" of video footage. Who knew they had that many tapes and apparently it's an extensive collection of all the coordinators in the league. Talk about paranoia, Bill Belichick is trying to cover everything, just in case a new coach moves into the division. Does all of this dull the shine on those rings?
Well the answer is yes. We will never know to what extent the Pats used this and if the players actually knew what was going on. You have to ask questions because if this was Tony Dungy, a coach we hold high on the moral ladder, a coach who has a best selling book on the market, we would go page by page and scrutinze all of his accomplishments. And by the way, do you think Belichick is the only one who is doing this or is he just the only one to get caught....
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I have been involved in sports my whole life and I have been around a ton of, let's just say, WAGERERS. Here's a top ten list, that will let you know, that you have a WAGERING problem.
10. You have WAGERED on the spelling bee
9. You have WAGERED on the Little League Word Series
8. When you play the ponies, and you do, you are drawn to horses who only have one name. Example: IMAGONNAGETCHA
7. You actually know a bookie, who's first name is a city. Example: Cincinnati Tom
6. You keep WAGERING against the Harlem Globetrotters
5. You left the Westminster Dog Show because you didn't feel the program was on the up and up
4. You WAGERED against Kobayashi in the last hot dog eating contest and won. Good for you
3. You and your friends watched Ocean's Eleven and and believed you too, could pull of the same sting
2. You actually have a lucky WAGERING shirt
1. You rememeber your first big WAGER. Who knew Sue Ellen's sister Krisitin, shot J.R. You did. ¶ 11:16 AM
The commissioner, Roger Goodell, just ordered the Patriots to hand over their "Library" of video footage. Who knew they had that many tapes and apparently it's an extensive collection of all the coordinators in the league. Talk about paranoia, Bill Belichick is trying to cover everything, just in case a new coach moves into the division. Does all of this dull the shine on those rings?
Well the answer is yes. We will never know to what extent the Pats used this and if the players actually knew what was going on. You have to ask questions because if this was Tony Dungy, a coach we hold high on the moral ladder, a coach who has a best selling book on the market, we would go page by page and scrutinze all of his accomplishments. And by the way, do you think Belichick is the only one who is doing this or is he just the only one to get caught....
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I have been involved in sports my whole life and I have been around a ton of, let's just say, WAGERERS. Here's a top ten list, that will let you know, that you have a WAGERING problem.
10. You have WAGERED on the spelling bee
9. You have WAGERED on the Little League Word Series
8. When you play the ponies, and you do, you are drawn to horses who only have one name. Example: IMAGONNAGETCHA
7. You actually know a bookie, who's first name is a city. Example: Cincinnati Tom
6. You keep WAGERING against the Harlem Globetrotters
5. You left the Westminster Dog Show because you didn't feel the program was on the up and up
4. You WAGERED against Kobayashi in the last hot dog eating contest and won. Good for you
3. You and your friends watched Ocean's Eleven and and believed you too, could pull of the same sting
2. You actually have a lucky WAGERING shirt
1. You rememeber your first big WAGER. Who knew Sue Ellen's sister Krisitin, shot J.R. You did. ¶ 11:16 AM
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First let me Say Levin... You Rock!
I've been watching you as long as you've been with 9. You make it all a lot of fun to watch, and you get the story told! Thanks
Now down to business.
Spying? don't they do that in baseball also? Like when the runner is on 2nd and tries to steal the signs for the next pitch? Or the managers have these elaborate hand signals we all have made fun of? (hit n run, steal, don't steal?)
In football, Short of stealing playbooks which has also happened... whats the big deal?
Maybe I don't have enough detail, maybe there was more to it than examining tapes and figuring something out.
But I see coaches covering their lips with the clipboard and taking other security measures to prevent the opposing team from having any hint of the strategy.
I don't get it... Unless there was illegal activity, I don't have a problem with it.
As for gambling?
Lotto or maybe a $5 bet on a game now and then (between friends). It doesn't even have to be 5 bucks, a dollar will do, all I want is bragging rights :)
Anyways glad to see you on the blog and on 9.
We are off to a great start. Hope the Skins can keep it up, Every game counts.
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I've been watching you as long as you've been with 9. You make it all a lot of fun to watch, and you get the story told! Thanks
Now down to business.
Spying? don't they do that in baseball also? Like when the runner is on 2nd and tries to steal the signs for the next pitch? Or the managers have these elaborate hand signals we all have made fun of? (hit n run, steal, don't steal?)
In football, Short of stealing playbooks which has also happened... whats the big deal?
Maybe I don't have enough detail, maybe there was more to it than examining tapes and figuring something out.
But I see coaches covering their lips with the clipboard and taking other security measures to prevent the opposing team from having any hint of the strategy.
I don't get it... Unless there was illegal activity, I don't have a problem with it.
As for gambling?
Lotto or maybe a $5 bet on a game now and then (between friends). It doesn't even have to be 5 bucks, a dollar will do, all I want is bragging rights :)
Anyways glad to see you on the blog and on 9.
We are off to a great start. Hope the Skins can keep it up, Every game counts.
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