Editing New England Patriots (section)

===Spygate===
{{Main|Spygate (NFL)}}
During the [[2007 NFL season|2007 season]], the New England Patriots were disciplined by the league for videotaping [[New York Jets]]' defensive coaches' signals from an unauthorized location during a September 9, 2007, game.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/patriots/2007-09-12-belichick-apology_N.htm|title=Belichick apologizes for 'Videogate'|last=Pedulla|first=Tom|date=September 12, 2007|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|access-date=January 18, 2008|archive-date=February 11, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211235302/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/patriots/2007-09-12-belichick-apology_N.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22190391/|title=Jets play innocent, wonder 'What is 'Spygate?'|date=December 10, 2008|agency=[[Associated Press]]|publisher=[[MSNBC]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113034635/http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22190391/|archive-date=January 13, 2008 |url-status=dead|access-date=January 18, 2008}}</ref> Videotaping opposing coaches is not illegal in the NFL ''[[de jure]]'', but there are designated areas allowed by the league to do such taping. After an investigation, the NFL fined Patriots head coach [[Bill Belichick]] $500,000 for his role in the incident, fined the Patriots $250,000, and docked the team their original first-round selection in the [[2008 NFL draft]], which would have been the 31st pick of the draft.<ref name="Ruling">{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/reiss_pieces/2007/09/final_ruling.html|title=Final ruling|last=Reiss|first=Mike|date=September 13, 2007|newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]]|access-date=February 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011112029/http://www.boston.com/sports/football/patriots/reiss_pieces/2007/09/final_ruling.html|archive-date=October 11, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref>