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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LombardiChick" data-source="post: 344642" data-attributes="member: 3669">Thanks, SteelerTim, I'll look at that.<a href="http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/extras/askreiss/05_13_08/" target="_blank">I just wrote a long one with a link and a bunch of text from the NFL's Constitution and Bylaws</a>, but it's just TMI. I'll go for brevity instead, but click if you want to see details on this.I'll just say where I stand on this: I think the Patriots were wrong not to follow the 2006 memo that was issued - but if the C&B that was current at the time contradicted that memo (it did - and what BB did was to follow the NFL Constitution and Bylaws, rather than the memo), then that is the NFL's fault, not the Patriots'.The C&B seemed to me to have been poorly written - it leaves room for BB's interpretation of it. (You can read it at the link.) It twice talks about the current game - implying that it applies to use of fresh videotape during that game.The Pats didn't do that.This could be argued all day (but who wants to??), but my point is this: I think the Pats probably deserved a whack for following the C&B but ignoring the memo, but what they do not deserve is to have their Super Bowl victories called into question over this.That's about all I can say at this point. I'd rather talk about the Packers, frankly.</blockquote>

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