Cheating or Gamesmanship?

I've got to tell you that I've heard quotes from the following:
Hines Ward: They we're calling out our signals in the 02 Championship game (Hines Ward has always hated the Pats)
Big Ben: We should be awarded the Super Bowl Title (Easy Big Guy)
Shaun Alexander: When we played them I thought they were one step ahead of us all the time
L.T.: Whatever they do doesn't surprise me (Does he know that Marty S. is one of the kings of stealing signals)
and I'm sure there will be many others. The Patriots are a great team because they have great players and great coaches. A lot goes in to each game and most coaches are always going to find an edge. This goes on ALL THE TIME!!!!! and in all sports. Do these players think that their coaches have never attempted to steal signals? They do every week or at least they try. So let the world come down on the Pats. They've been successful for a long time and everybody is always looking to defeat the kings and bring them down. I haven't heard any comments from any of the good teams...just the teams that stink. One college coach said it the best " In a conference of ten teams, nine of them steal signals and the one that doesn't is in 10th place. Do you think the Colts were stealing signals last year when their defense was horrible during the regular season and all of the sudden they looked like a pro bowl defense for the playoffs? Any comments from Colts camp? The Patriots tried to steal signals just like every other "good" team in the NFL. What about when the Miami defense had the Patriots signals last year and knew everything they were running? If this was the Arizona Cardinals this wouldn't be 1st page news.

Yes, I'm a Pats fan and know that most people are pissed off at this but it really doesn't affect the outcome of games. Games are played by players and the players not robots. We'd have to go back to every team thats been shut out in a game or look at the major upsets that have taken place and wonder. As I said before this shouldn't surprise anyone because it goes on all the time and every team knows it. We actually haven't heard from any NFL coaches other than Mike Tomlin (Rookie) and Herm Edwards (whose team sucks anyways) and he mentioned that he knows that this goes on in the NFL, like he said it's nothing new. Teams should do a better job with their signals and yes people, most good teams change their signals when they play a team twice in the year for this reason. This is "big news" because it's the Patriots and everbody wants them to go down.

Don't take this away from the players that work hard every year. This is really a minor thing but it's unfortunate that Goodell has to make an example out of them. They will lose draft choices and Bill may be suspended. He's still one of the best as is his team. I think this may motivate them even more.

Stick behind your team and your coach. They've brought a lot of joy to our Region the past 7 years. This is something most will forget about soon. I think all NFL teams are relieved it wasn't them. Maybe teams should worry about protecting signals instead of whining.