To the principles office you go Billy...
I wonder if Goodell would suspend a coach... I would roll away laughing if cheating Billy got put on the shelf for a week or two..
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/sports/14088132/detail.html
BOSTON -- New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has been summoned to New York by the NFL Commissioner, SportsCenter 5 reported Tuesday.
SportsCenter 5 reporter Mike Dowling said Belichick has been called for a meeting Friday with Commissioner Roger Goodell to answer allegations that a Patriots employee was videotaping New York Jets' coaches signals during the season opener on Sunday.
That's against National Football League rules.
Belichick had no comment, saying it was a league matter.
The NFL is investigating the charges after NFL security confiscated a video camera and tape from the Patriots employee during New England's 38-14 victory Sunday.
"The rule is that no video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches' booth, on the field, or in the locker room during the game," the league said in a statement from spokesman Greg Aiello. "Clubs have specifically been reminded in the past that the videotaping of an opponent's offensive or defensive signals on the sidelines is prohibited.
The photographer was accused of illegally videotaping Jets' defensive coordinator Bob Sutton's hand signals, apparently to relay onto the field.
Jets head coach Eric Mangine, a former Patriots defensive coordinator, claimed he saw the spying, but he was remaining mum about the investigation.
"Those are all league-related matters and anything that deals with an issue like this or anything on a team-by-team basis, they all go to the league," Mangine said.
Patriots cornerback Ellis Hobbs is saying he's offended by the accusation.
"We take pride in what we do. We know the rules of the game. By no facet or shape or form have we ever tried to cheat or anything like that because we don't need to," Hobbs said in a statement.
The Green Bay Packers claimed that a similar incident happened with the same employee during a Nov. 19 game last year. The camera man was escorted off the field.
If the NFL finds the Patriots are guilty of spying on another team, the team could be fined or have to forfeit a draft pick.