Falcons Accused of Piping in Crowd Noise May Lose Draft Pick

[Daytona Fin]

Falcons being investigated for piping artificial crowd noise into their stadium the past two seasons, per sources. The offense is expected to result in discipline with the Falcons being fined and quite possibly losing a draft choice. A Falcons team spokesman said: “We were informed during the season that the league office is looking into crowd noise during our games. We have cooperated fully with them, and we’re awaiting the outcome." Atlanta is accused of piping in the noise while the opposing team was huddling, trying to call its play. The tactics originated from the Falcons' game operations department, per sources. Some around the league have argued that silent counts have rendered crowd noise more irrelevant and it’s difficult to discern how much of an advantage it gave the Falcons. But it was enough to have the league look into it, and now the Falcons are facing stiff penalties.

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[DisturbedShifty]

Watch. They will get in trouble and the Pats won't.

 

[fishfanmiami]

Probably stiff penalties and a loss of picks where as the Pats will get a good talking to by the comish if that.

 

[MD]

Stifle-gate :rolleyes2:

 

[Daytona Fin]

Owning up to it, now there is a concept.

Falcons owner Arthur Blank mentioned Tuesday that they were “wrong” to pipe in artificial crowd noise during the 2013 and 2014 seasons while the opposing teams were huddling.
”It’s not really a fine line,” Blank told The Associated Press. ‘‘I think what we’ve done in 2013 and 2014 was wrong. Anything that affects the competitive balance and fairness on the field, we’re opposed to, as a league, as a club and as an owner. It’s obviously embarrassing but beyond embarrassing it doesn’t represent our culture and what we’re about.”
The league is currently in the process of investigating the situation, but it appears as though there is at least a chance that they could be docked a draft pick for this.
‘‘We’ve got some information internally,’‘ Blank said of the investigation. ”Not all, clearly, until we see the full report. But we’ve dealt with it internally the best we can, which was limited because we haven’t seen the report.
”We’ve gotten some information from the league but until we read the full report and until they publish their findings, we can’t be totally clear. We’ve talked to a lot of people and we’ve cooperated and we’ll be anxious to read the report.”

http://nfltraderumors.co/falcons-facing-stiff-penalties-for-pumping-crowd-noise-into-stadium/

 

[Rev Kev]

They should lose all their picks this year - All this cheating will stop if the penalties are harsh - take all this grey area competitive nonsense away... far away...

 

[MRojas4]

Noisegate?