“OTAGate”: Years After Deflategate and Spygate, Pat McAfee Joins NFL World in Accusing Bill Belichick, Patriots of Cheating

The biggest cheating scandal in NFL history was caught in 2007. No one expected such a thing could ever take place, as modern technology was fairly new at the time. Bill Belichick, head coach of the team, was accused by the New York Jets of videotaping their defensive signals. Upon being found guilty, the team was fined $250,000 and Bill was slapped with a whopping $500,000 fine, the biggest fine in the history of the NFL. The team also had to give up a first-round pick as a penalty. This whole scandal was called Spygate. The crazy thing is, this isn’t the only time the team has been fined for cheating.

In recent news, the Patriots are under scrutiny yet again for violating the rules. The fans had no time to waste before showering the team with ridicule and taunts. Pat McAfee also took to Twitter to mock the team and call the incident “OTAGate”

Did Bill Belichick cheat once more?

In between Spygate and OTAGate, there was another. The team was once again penalized a staggering $1 million. Tom Brady was also suspended for four games in a regular season. The NFL fans are convinced that this is yet another of their cheating attempts. Although the issue isn’t as clear as in the previous two instances, they were found guilty. It was rumored that the team has violated league rules. And now they are to be penalized for two OTA dates.

The Patriots will have to miss one of the sessions on Thursday, and the other one in next week. The league hasn’t come out with any information yet. So it is still unknown about the depth of the violation, and if the punishment will be expanded.

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A similar incident happened in 2018 with the Baltimore Ravens. They were also punished with 2 days off for violating NFL policy during the preseason. The team was fined a total of $150000.

The NFL world reacts to the scandal

The internet totally broke after the whole incident. As there is no official statement from the team, fans have all sorts of theories about why the team was punished once again, and what exactly took place for the NFL to penalize them. There is no shortage of theories on the internet. One of the fans wrote, “They stay cheating, the Patriot way.”

Some other users wrote.

Some fans went ahead and blamed Belichick

Some were funnier than the other

In conclusion, the whole issue is yet to unfold. It is not the Patriot’s first attempt, so it is obvious the fans aren’t shocked.  Sometimes teams miss their OTA practices voluntarily, but that’s not the issue here. So, it could be much worse or nothing at all.

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