NFL 2007
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- tommyo0
So since Jimmy Johnson and Barry Switzer did it then it's fine? Therefore everyone cheats? Watching the coordinator from across the field is one thing, video taping him from behind is another thing completely.
Putting this into context with one of the examples you gave: A runner on second base stealing the the catchers signs would be like watching the opposing coordinator from across the field, your side of the field. Video taping from behind the opposing teams bench is like bugging the dugout. In baseball of course this wouldn't make much sense since it's not a sport of team planning as much as a sport of individual circumstance.
Throwing away game plans in the trash, revealing your signals from across the field all involve sloppiness of the team and maybe their secrets aren't being guarded enough. The Jets didn't do anything stupid that got their play calling stolen. When the league proposed allowing one defense captain be mic'ed up so that the coordinator could call plays via headset...guess who was one of ten teams to vote against it. Billy Belicheat and the Pats.
'Trying to figure out the opposing team's offensive/defensive schemes is part of the intellectual side of sports, and has been going on since the dawn of the game.'
I agree to a certain extent...however please explain how placing a guy behind the opposing teams bench and video taping their signals is 'intellectual.' That's about as 'intellectual' as using steroids so you can hit the long ball.