What if someone Hacked the playbook of one of the Superbowl teams?

[mackdaddy]

And all of the insider gossip of preparing for the game, and released it through wiki-leaks. Maybe even some non-public discussion on some infraction by the players or coaches being handled internally was made public. And all of this could be tracked back to some say Russian Gambling oligarchs. Somehow I think the sports betting would be affected.

Would fans then "get it". Hey they did not "influence" the field, or officiating, or the players on the field themselves. But it would seem to me to be a bigger deal than a pound or two of ball inflation.

I have not seen any real data that the voting machines or tabulators were hacked. But the election itself, how people thought of the two candidates and their parties WAS affected. With all of the other issues, the election was close enough that this was a factor in the election outcome. Not the only factor, but not a minor one either.

I hope one day that who we elect for president will be more important that the Superbowl game. May the odds be ever in your favor!

[doc03]

1. Oh my that would be serious stuff even the Republicans would be investigating that nt

[global1]

2. They Would Probably Replay The Game.....nt

[EL34x4]

7. That's highly doubtful.

See: New England Patriots.

[Wounded Bear]

10. No game has ever been replayed....ever...nt

[Cracklin Charlie]

3. Good analogy, mackdaddy!

Didn't they have a big dust-up recently about someone letting the air out of the footballs? I believe they may still be talking about it.

Edit to add: I wonder if Trump ever chimed in on that controversy.

[andym]

4. Well Coach Belichick of the Patriots

has been accused of unethical behavior that almost reached that level-- stealing signals, and various other underhanded tricks.

[Orrex]

8. Excellent response!

Because the unambiguous disclosure of Belichick's cheating has done absolutely nothing to diminish his rabid fanbase.

This suggests that Trump's chumps won't question their devotion to him even if it's irrefutably proven that he stole the election outright.

[benld74]

5. Patriots accused of this in the past

Belichek was fined
The tapes that were created under his request
We're taken by the NFL and destroyed
Nobody got to see them
Pats win over Rams in Super Bowl?
Rams players cited Pats players shouting the play
The Rams were going to use, during the Rams cadence before ball was snapped.
I'm not fan of Pats

[MFM008]

6. if its New England

that's just what you can plan on.
Brady and his saggy balls.

[jmg257]

9. That is a pretty good analogy...not enough shannigans to actually steal the game, but enough to

have some notable influence on the outcome...even for a huge underdog.


Constant stream of questionable info and behavior to affect people making their decisions of who to support.

"I have not seen any real data that the voting machines or tabulators were hacked. But the election itself, how people thought of the two candidates and their parties WAS affected. With all of the other issues, the election was close enough that this was a factor in the election outcome. Not the only factor, but not a minor one either."

Spot on!

[Blue_Tires]

11. What makes you think the Patriots aren't already doing that?

[Exilednight]

12. If they get caught, then they lose draft picks.

In the day of free agency, it's not a big deal.

[LeftInTX]

13. It would be DEFCON Level 1. On par with 9/11

Well, not that bad. But, you get the idea.