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England accused of illegally taping opponentsPatriots say they were making documentaryFox Sports has played footage it claims shows members of the Patriots staff filming the Cincinnati Bengals’ sideline last week in an incident that has sparked another
NFL investigation into New England.
The video, obtained by Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer and broadcast on Sunday, is apparently taken by the Bengals’ security staff. They appear to catch Patriots staffers making a recording of the Bengals sideline, a practice that is outlawed under NFL rules. During the clip, Bengals security can be heard confronting the videographers, who apologize and repeatedly offer to delete the footage. “The damage is done my friend,” one of the Bengals staff says. According to Fox, Bengals security then alerted NFL staff, who confiscated the video.