Or maybe it's worse, as Business Insider writes. "Spygate" is, according to them, why the NFL wanted to nail the Patriots for cheating.

"advanced scouts would be sent to the games of upcoming Patriots' opponents to film the play signals. The scouts would go undercover as media members, with media credentials listed under "Patriots TV" or "Kraft Productions" and were prepared with excuses of what to say they were filming if security asked."

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Sending low-level Patriots employees to sneak into the visiting locker room during pregame warm-ups and steal the play sheet. As Van Natta and Wickersham note, "The practice became so notorious that some coaches put out fake play sheets for the Patriots to swipe."
Sending employees through the visiting team's hotel to try to swipe playbooks and scouting reports.
"Scrambling and jamming" opponent radio headsets to interfere with opponent communication.

....What initially seemed like a cheap blunder trying to videotape opponents' play signals now looks like an advanced operation meant to give the Patriots a serious advantage.

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http://www.businessinsider.com/espn-report-pa...dal-2015-9

I basically don't care, I was just glad that the wretched Vikings didn't make it very far. But I don't like cheating.