Bottom line is that this sort of thing is why they went to electronic means for the offense. The owners have balked on the expense of doing the same thing for the defense, plus the competition committe like that O has the edge over D.
If this had been cameras and mikes in the opposing locker room, that would be an entirely different thing, but there can't be any expectation of privacy on the field during a game.
The Pats got caught breaking a rule. The league will penalize them. Fine. But the next team that gets caught will get a worse penalties, and that won't be right since the league has the power to create a level playing field that takes manual codes out of the equation.
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