I asked those two questions above because when the story 1st broke, Belichick made a statement (which he never repeated) that he felt what the Pats had done was not a violation of the commissioner's memo. I initially took that to mean they were taping for archive and not for use in that game.
Legalistic hair-splitting? Maybe.
One other thing, and I have not heard any mention of anything like this on the radio up here, but I would not be surprised if, after the Pro Bowl, the Patriots mount a legal challenge to the penalty exacted on them by the league.
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