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ESPN apologizes to Patriots in the middle of the night (1 Viewer)
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dansav
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From Steve Balestrieri
"With the news of the Deflate-gate saga airing constantly on every news and sports show, ESPN has been consistently airing erroneous and libelous information for the past several weeks. The network has been reporting that the Patriots taped the Rams walk-thru prior to Super Bowl XXXVI.
This lie has been around since the Spygate story broke in 2007 by John Tomase of the Boston Herald reported it. It was proved to be false back then, Tomase admitted so much but a lie repeated often enough becomes the truthespecially in the highly sensitive area when it comes to the Patriots..
Hannah Storm reported this on-air just last week while having a conversation with Mike Ditka. She then took to Twitter, not the airwaves to retract her statement.
The network has still yet to correct the erroneous Mort Report of the Patriots having 11 of their 12 footballs being over 2 PSI under the league mandate during the AFC Championship Game in January.
But last night, while America slept, the network issued an apology at 12:20 a.m."
Really? no crying ex-QBs on prime-time, no ex-players with axes to grind.Steve Levy at 12:20 a.m.?
- See more at: http://www.patsfans.com/patriots/blog/2015/08/20/espn-apologizes-to-the-patriots-sort-of/#.dpuf
"With the news of the Deflate-gate saga airing constantly on every news and sports show, ESPN has been consistently airing erroneous and libelous information for the past several weeks. The network has been reporting that the Patriots taped the Rams walk-thru prior to Super Bowl XXXVI.
This lie has been around since the Spygate story broke in 2007 by John Tomase of the Boston Herald reported it. It was proved to be false back then, Tomase admitted so much but a lie repeated often enough becomes the truthespecially in the highly sensitive area when it comes to the Patriots..
Hannah Storm reported this on-air just last week while having a conversation with Mike Ditka. She then took to Twitter, not the airwaves to retract her statement.
The network has still yet to correct the erroneous Mort Report of the Patriots having 11 of their 12 footballs being over 2 PSI under the league mandate during the AFC Championship Game in January.
But last night, while America slept, the network issued an apology at 12:20 a.m."
Really? no crying ex-QBs on prime-time, no ex-players with axes to grind.Steve Levy at 12:20 a.m.?
- See more at: http://www.patsfans.com/patriots/blog/2015/08/20/espn-apologizes-to-the-patriots-sort-of/#.dpuf
msudaisy26
Footballguy
What are Pats fans supposed to say here? Oh, yeah same as usual. Haters gonna hate!
Old Smiley
Footballguy
More like, "Just how in bed is this network with the league?" Hell, they fired everybody who who spoke against Goodell in the last year...Get caught and punished for cheating often enough, and the specifics start to get blurry. Props to ESPN, who could have gone with, "We accidentally cited the wrong sort of cheating."
Dinsy Ejotuz
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If only there were a way to make sure news outlets didn't incorrectly report the facts about the Patriots' cheating.
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Billy Ball Thorton
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Patriots are cheaters, everyone knows it even their fans.
No need to apologize to the cousin Eddie of the league.
No need to apologize to the cousin Eddie of the league.
mikmak8902
Footballguy
They've been caught cheating multiple times. People are going to assume the worst and be correct the vast majority of the time. Sorry, but I would tell my 13 yr old the same thing. If you want people to trust you, don't lie, cheat, or steal. If you do any of those things, don't be upset when you are deemed untrustworthy.
And I find it hilarious that Pats fans are complaining about ESPN not playing by the rules.
And I find it hilarious that Pats fans are complaining about ESPN not playing by the rules.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
Yep, at some point you lose the benefit of the doubt. This goes for ESPN and the Patriots actually - nothing I hear about either would really surprise me at this point.
mikmak8902
Footballguy
FUBAR
Footballguy
there's a reason certain celebrities have rumors cirulating around them while others are able to keep their private lives mostly out of the limelight."sorry, not sorry?"
bigmarc27
Footballguy
17seconds
root of all aliai
Old Smiley
Footballguy
Fun time for ESPN employee Tony Dungee to come out with a charming recollection of how Manning thought he was being bugged in the Pats' locker room...
The General
Footballguy
I could see Bill doing this.purestrength
Footballguy
To me, Adam Schefter sounds like he's rooting for Brady's suspension to be wiped out. If anything, ESPN seems pro-Patriots.
JohnnyU
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dansav
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JohnnyU
Footballguy
I don't remember which network I saw it, but it was shortly after the incident was reported.
dansav
Footballguy
mikmak8902
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mikmak8902
Footballguy
I think you are mis-interpreting the reason why they are hated. At least for most of us, it has nothing to do with their success. For me, it is due to their arrogant denial of the facts when caught red-handed. Robert Kraft made himself look like a complete ### when he was blasting the NFL for even insinuating that Tom Brady could be capable of cheating. Well, it's glaringly apparent that he did. If Brady had simply come out in the beginning of the Deflate-gate controversy and said "Of course I had them deflate the balls a fractional amount. I don't know a QB in the league that DOESN'T taylor the footballs to his liking", this would have been over with in the first few days.
Instead the whole organization jumped on their collective soap boxes and acted like pompous douchebags while the evidence stacked up against them. I can't even find Patriots fans that don't think Brady had those poor guys deflate the footballs to his liking. Their main argument is the same as mine ... "So what. He deflated the footballs a little. Not a big deal".
But the Patriots arrogance is what turned this into a big deal. And just when you thought they couldn't be bigger #######s, they fired the guys they told to deflate the footballs while continuing to deny that the footballs were even deflated. Figure that one out.
dansav
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One championship in ten years? And their MVP was Pete Carroll. Wow. Dominance. Break up the Pats.
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dansav
Footballguy
Or.
A regular season record of 170-54
9 AFC championship appearances with 6 titles
6 Super Bowl appearances with 4 rings
12 AFC east championships
12 playoff appearances
But whatever you want to consider dominance.
JohnnyU
Footballguy
One championship in the last ten years. And it was a gift. That's not dominance.
They have been consistently good. I'll give you that.
dansav
Footballguy
RenegadeRoy
Footballguy
Thankfully this thread exists. The other deflategate thread was becoming less salty and I need hater tears for my afternoon tea.
dansav
Footballguy
We can go back and forth I was just proving a point. Put the hatred aside and any knowledgable football fan would agree the pats have been dominant for the last 15 years
BoltBacker
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Yeah, it's almost as if he thinks a SINGLE football a couple of psi off shouldn't carry twice the penalty of a guy behind the wheel of a car on drugs endangering peoples lives. That Schefter is nuts!purestrength said:
BoltBacker
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I don't think they will ever throw an entire NFL season to draft a certain quarterback in my lifetime. Do you know any teams that have done that in your lifetime?JohnnyU said:
BoltBacker
Footballguy
Not just good posting, GREAT posting. The fact ESPN holds Goodell above criticism tells you all you need to know about both the netwotk and the man. At least you can use the national enquirer to line your birdcage or help start a campfire. I honestly have no idea what ESPN is good for.Old Smiley said:More like, "Just how in bed is this network with the league?" Hell, they fired everybody who who spoke against Goodell in the last year...Freelove said:Get caught and punished for cheating often enough, and the specifics start to get blurry. Props to ESPN, who could have gone with, "We accidentally cited the wrong sort of cheating."
I didn't think it was possible but the network is starting to even sully the image of steven a. smith.
Is this even possible? Who did you think was complicit? How do you talk a head coach into that? Caldwell got fired right after the season. If I agreed to tank a season I'd want some guarantee I was going to get to reap the benefits the next few seasons.
theplayer11
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Old Smiley said:More like, "Just how in bed is this network with the league?" Hell, they fired everybody who who spoke against Goodell in the last year...Freelove said:Get caught and punished for cheating often enough, and the specifics start to get blurry. Props to ESPN, who could have gone with, "We accidentally cited the wrong sort of cheating."
spot on
Sabertooth
Footballguy
Mods please merge with other thread.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
You are right, if you are trying towin an NFL game(or maybe even two?) the best replacement to possibly start a game for your franchise is a broken down 39 year old Kerry Collins. The front office put forth a herculean effort to win that season. I am surprised they didn't bring in Ken Stabler.
I have no idea what you are blathering on about with the coach. Do you think Bill Walsh could have "coached up" Painter and Collins from his golden girl years to win more than a couple of games on that team that was built to completely revolve around the QB position?
JohnnyU
Footballguy
I can see the Patriots not fielding their best team once Brady hangs up the cleats if someone as good as Luck will be in the next draft. I wouldn't blame them if they did. It's not like it would have been in the best interest of the Colts to go out and trade for a good veteran QB once Manning went down. That is just bad business given the perceived strength of that QBs coming in the next draft.
ninerfanatic492000
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espn doesn't check any sources anymore, they try to so hard to be the first major outlet out with news that if they merely get a whiff of something they report it. example Chris Mortensen..........guy used to be good but now he literally is throwing #### at the wall and seeing if it sticks
Blathering? Only one of us is blathering, fool. So your entire premise is based on their QB selection? By not bringing in a better FA (of which I recall none), that action alone is how they tanked an entire season. Geez.
BoltBacker
Footballguy
Nevermind, you are right. There are no possible options to acquire a QB better than a 39yo Kerry Collins as his QB rating of ~65 clearly indicates. I am obviously a "fool" and you are clearly a genius. Well done.
