Is there a single Patriots fan who wants to know the truth or are you just happy with your three Super Bowl titles regardless?
I would love for the truth to come out. So we can finally stop this BS.
Let's use a little common sense...
The NFL controls the helmet audio because they turn it off after 25 seconds passes on the play clock.
You could have a second radio in the helmet that is not controlled by the NFL, but doesn't the NFL inspect these helmets before during and after the game?
If they did have a second radio, the NFL is monitoring all frequencies. Even if they weren't, Every NFL fan that believed the Pats are cheating would smuggle in a scanner of their own. Hoping to break the conspiracy wide open.
Let's go back to Spygate.
Video taping is really unnecessary to steal the signals. It would take more time using recorded media.
Give me 2 guys in the stands with hands free cell phones. One watches the coordinators and the others watches the play.
Guy 1 "Coordinator is flapping his arms"
Guy 2 "Defensed Blitzed"
Guy 1 "Coordinator is flapping his arms with one leg in the air"
Guy 2 " Defense Blitzed with safety"
Guy 1 "Coordinator lifted his leg"
Guy 2 "There is no play, it is a timeout"
Guy 1 "Nevermind, Coordinator is pissing on the hydrant"
Relay that info to the QB and you now have a completely different ball game.
Do this in advance and then you can practice this. Isn't that scouting? Hasn't that been a long practiced technique in all sports?
If the Pat's have been cheating all this time, do you really think they would have lost the 2 Superbowls? Do you think they decided to play it straight against one of the Manning brothers? You could say the the Giants gave 3 plays, 2 of which were fake. But what about the helmet audio? The Giant's couldn't counter that. You can't use a jammer because that would jam all frequencies.
The asterisks can go on the titles. But the footnote should read, despite repeated accusations, there is no real evidence of cheating.
http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/tech/post/_/id/2573/robert-griffin-iii-helmet
David Viglione, an expert on communication frequency and a former resident agent of the Buffalo office of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), says helmet hacking is more complicated than it might appear.
“The radio spectrum at NFL games is usually monitored pretty close by the league's frequency coordinator,” he said. “They have special equipment set up to locate almost any interference problem. If there was an overriding signal, they may be able to see it and record it.”
Fortunately for NFL coaches, Viglione adds that actually intercepting communication would be very difficult, and hackers would need to record it and then use special software to decode the signal.