It’s been quite the week for reconsidering legal action. Earlier, the woman who wanted a restraining order against Randy Moss chose to cancel her charges. And now, the BOSTON GLOBE reports that a lawsuit over New England’s Super Bowl XXXVI victory has been dropped.
Last month, a group of fans along with ex-St. Louis Ram Willie Gary filed the $36 million lawsuit, claiming the Patriots committed “fraud, racketeering and breach of contract” by secretly taping a Rams pre-game walkthrough.
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The NEW YORK TIMES reports that new allegations of Bill Belichick & the Patriots secretly videotaping opponents have surfaced.
This time, a former New England player (who wishes to remain anonymous) says Belichick was recording other teams’ signals throughout the 2000 preseason - Bill’s first year in Foxboro - and tried to use the information in the season opener against Tampa Bay.
But Mike Florio of PRO FOOTBALL TALK begs to differ that these brand-new accusations are actually “new”. Read more…
It’s not just senators who are up in arms about the Patriots’ cheating ways. The CINCINNATI ENQUIRER reports that because of Bill Belichick’s illegal videotaping, some fans & players from Super Bowl XXXVI are suing for a super refund.
A lawsuit was filed in New Orleans on Friday, claiming the illegal videotaping of a Rams walkthrough gave the Pats an “unfair advantage” in the game, which they won 20-17. The suit charges that the Patriots “committed numerous crimes including fraud, racketeering and breach of contract in addition to violating Louisiana’s unfair trade practices and consumer protection act.”
And now the fans want their money back - and it’s quite a lump sum: Read more…
John Tomase of the BOSTON HERALD has news that’ll surely cheer up Pats fans today: “new allegations have emerged about a Patriots employee taping the Rams’ final walkthrough before Super Bowl XXXVI. According to a source, a member of the team’s video department filmed the Rams’ final walkthrough before that 2002 game. The next day, the Patriots upset St. Louis, 20-17, on a last-second field goal by Adam Vinatieri for their first championship.”
Tomase has more detail in the piece, but you get the idea. We really are starting to wonder just how many people in the NFL despise Bill Belichick. We imagine there’s plenty of this going around all over the league, but leaks like these, the day before the Super Bowl, aren’t a coincidence.
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RAMS RB JACKSON WANTS MORE HIP-HOP IN HOME DOME: Tired of the quiet, apathetic atmosphere at home, Stephen Jackson wants to crank it up in the Dome:
The ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH reports that the Rams RB would like it to be “a little more lively” in the Edward Jones Dome on Sundays.And he thinks broadcasting block rockin’ beats is the answer: “You’ve got to look around the league. There’s hip-hop played everywhere. I don’t know why we think it shouldn’t be played here.
“I think we need to get our fans behind us. And we can’t do it if everything’s quiet.”If Jackson really wants the fans behind them, maybe the 2-9 Rams should try winning some games.
