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Originally Posted by Steve Dallas
Except it wasn't just 1 play of substitutions. There were 8 minutes of sideline footage shown, and if you watch the video of when the videographer was being confronted by security it shows they were still recording it as the spoke. Who knows how many minutes were filmed beyond the 8 that were already on tape.
I don't know what's going to happen with this, however you have to admit that recording sidelines is a bad look.
We all know the Pats will be fined, and may lose or have something done with draft picks.
Even if this was just on the videographer...as a Patriot fan you HAVE to know that recording sidelines like that would look bad.
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Nothing was filmed beyond the confrontation......the tape was immediately turned over to the NFL. Not a single person from the Pats organization aside from the person who was taping, saw this tape.
The reason this was being recorded is for the patriots web cast called "Do Your Job"...….this tape was being recorded by an independent contractor for that purpose only.
After the tape was turned over to the NFL..... the PATS released this statement.
"We understand and acknowledge that our video crew, which included independent contractors who shot the video, unknowingly violated a league policy by filming the field and sideline from the press box.
When questioned, the crew immediately turned over all footage to the league and cooperated fully. The production crew for the "Do your Job" web series is independent of our football operation.
We accept full responsibility for the actions of our production crew at the Browns-Bengals game."
I am not a Patriots fan......not even close.....I'm a Falcon fan.
You could give the Bengals the PATS playbook...and they would still lose against them......they are outmatched in size/speed/talent on both sides of the ball.
But people love to hate the PATS......I don't personally like them....but stating the PATS were cheating to beat the Bengals is ridiculous.