To a point, this is true. Yet the dirty little secret of the NFL's success is how good the game has been as a gambling vehicle. Though many fans follow the NFL without a financial interest in the outcome, the enduring national popularity of Night Football is more attributable to point spreads than it is to Al Michaels..To draw any other conclusion from these actions other than that the Patriots and their head coach are, in fact, cheaters is idiotic at best. To presume that the man who holds the position of Commissioner might have trouble interpreting or understanding the rules of the league he oversees is ludicrous. Regardless of the amount of raw talent the New England Patriots have on their roster it is clear to any person capable of putting two and two together to arrive at four that both the coach and the organization cheated in their win against the New York Jets in the opening day game of this season..

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