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Message: [QUOTE="Orangeman, post: 1470852, member: 972"] I don't see the language you and Patriots' fans keep referring to...I see a rule that you can't video record team signals, especially from unapproved areas, for use during a game to gain an advantage. That doesn't seem to ever have changed. Of course it doesn't explicitly state to my knowledge (because no rule is ever absolutely explicit about every potential use) that you can't use those recordings for FUTURE games, which the Patriots seemed to take as an opportunity to build a vast library of video on opponents (particularly divisional opponents they knew they'd see more often). I see a warning letter that seems to imply that certain franchises are violating the spirit of the rules So, I don't think this issue of whether it was legal to tape opponents' signals from the sideline angle during games was legal for future use is closed. I think the Patriots violated the spirit of the rules and thus the rules. [/QUOTE]