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JAMIE: MORE FALL OUT OVER THE
NEW PATRIOTS TAPE GATE.
REMEMBER NOW THE PATRIOTS
COACH WAS FINED $500,000 FOR
ILLEGALLY VIDEOTAPING JETS
COACHES.
E COACH AND HIS TEAM WERE
ALSO SLAPPED WITH $250,000
FINE BY THE LEAGUE.
WELL NOW A JET SEASON TICKET
HOLDER FILING A MULTI-MILLION
DOLLAR LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
COACH AND THE NEW ENGLAND
PATRIOTS, DOES THE GUY HAVE A
CASE?
JOINING US FROM ATLANTA IS
FORMER PROSECUTOR SHANNON AND
DEFENSE ATTORNEY DAVID
SCHWARTZ IS WITH US AS WELL.
DAVID IS IN THE STUD ROW WITH
ME.
SHANNON, NEXT TIME COME TO
NEW YORK AND VISIT US.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
JAMIE: THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US.
LET'S START WITH YOU, SHANNON.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?
IT'S A SEASON TICKET HOLDER
WHO WAS INTERESTING, HE'S AN
ATTORNEY ALSO, HE USED TO WORK
FOR RALPH NADER HE'S GOING TO
SAVE ALL THE SEASON TICKET
HOLDERS FROM TAPEGATE.
>> I'VE GOT A SINGLE COMMENT.
THIS IS A BUNCH OF BULL-HOOEY.
THIS IS SO TYPICAL OF THE
PLAINTIFF'S BAR CAN YOU WASTE
MORE TIME AND JUDICIAL
RESOURCES?
$184 MILLION?
DID YOU SEE A GAME, DID YOU
HAVE FUN, DID YOU ENJOY
CHEERING, DID HELL CHECK GET A
$500,000 FINE.
THE ABSURDITY OF THIS IS
BEYOND ME.
IT'S AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE
LEGAL PROFESSION FRANKLY.
JAMIE: DAVIS?
>> SEEING A GAME AND HAVING
FUN IS NOT ALL WHAT FOOTBALL
IS ALL ABOUT, JAMIE.
THIS IS A CHECK AND BALANCE ON
THE NFL.
NOW OF COURSE THE NFL WAS
GOING TO COVER IT UP AND
GET -- THEY DON'T WANT HA TYPE
OF BAD PUBLICITY, JAMIE.
A LAWSUIT IS THE PERFECT WAY
TO CONDUCT SERIES OF CHECKS
AND BALANCES ON THE NFL.
NOT A QUESTION OF DAMAGES.
LET'S GET BELICHICK AT A
DEPOSITION, FIND OUT HOW MANY
OTHER TIMES HE'S DONE THIS.
SEE HOW MUCH HE'S BEEN
CHEATING THE FANS OF THIS
GAME.
JAMIE: SHANNON, WOULD BE
INTERESTING TO KNOW HOW MANY
OTHER GAMES WERE IMPACTED BY
THE INFORMATION THEY GOT.
IS THIS NOT THE ONLY WAY?
>> NO, THIS ACTUALLY ISN'T THE
ONLY WAY.
THE LAWYER SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
THIS.
ALL THEY HAD TO DO WAS CONTACT
THE COMMISSION AND WE EXPECT
PROFESSIONAL INDUSTRIES ARE
GOING TO HAVE A COMMISSION AND
COMMISSIONER TO HOLD THE TEAMS
AND PLAYERS AND MANAGERS
ACCOUNTABLE.
THEY COULD HAVE PURSUED THIS
THROUGH PUBLIC ADVOCACY,
CONTACTED THE COMMISSION AND
ASKED FOR AN INVESTIGATION
INTO ANY FORMER CONTACT BY
BELICHICK.
JAMIE: WHAT IF THEY WANT
THEIR MONEY BACK?
>> THEY'RE MONEY BACK?
>> GET THE COMMISSIONER ON THE
PHONE GIVE YOU THE WHOLE
STORY, TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES
BELICHICK HAS CHEATED IN THIS
GAME AND HOW MANY NFL GAMES
HAVE BEEN COMPROMISED.
>> DAVID, HAVE THEY TRIED
BEFORE THEY FILED THE
RIDICULOUS LAWSUIT AND WASTED
RESOURCES?
>> THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.
GET GOODELL ON THE PHONE HE'LL
GIVE YOU SUCH A FULL ANSWER
ABOUT THIS WHOLE SITUATION.
>> YOU'RE ASSUMING THAT THE
COMMISSIONER IS A WRONG DOER?
TIMES THEREABOUT HOLDING FEET
TO THE FIRE AND MAKING UP FOR
THE BILLIONS EVER NODS THAT
THESE FANS CONTRIBUTE TO THE
GAME.
>> IT'S NOT ABOUT THE $90
MILLION THAT THE ATTORNEY IS
GOING TO GET IN HIS FEES.
>> HE'S NOT GETTING -- HE'S
NOT GETTING THE MONEY.
BET BELICHICK IN A DEPOSITION.
>> WAIT, IF YOU KNOW HE'S NOT
GETTING THE MONEY THEN THIS IS
A FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT.
IT'S FRIVOLOUS?
YOU ADMITTED --
>> IT'S NOT FRIVOLOUS.
SOMETIMES ABOUT INVESTIGATION
AND GETTING TO THE TRUTH AND
FACT ESPECIALLY WHEN THE FANS
CONTRIBUTE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
TO THIS SPORT.
LET'S LET IT HAPPEN.
JAMIE: SHANNON, WOULD YOU
FEEL BETTER IF IT WAS FOR LESS
MONEY?
>> IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY
IT'S ABOUT AN ABUSE OF THE
PROCESS.
THERE IS NO REASON THAT THE
CITIZENS AND TICKET HOLDERS
CAN'T PETITION THE
COMMISSIONER HAVE
INVESTIGATION BEYOND WHAT HE'S
DONE.
YOU DON'T NEED JUDGE TO TELL
HIM TO DO IT.
WHY DON'T YOU DO IT IN WHAT I
IS FISCALLY CONSERVATIVE TO
START OUT WITH, IF YOU'RE N
SATISFIED DO SOMETHING THAT IS
LEGALLY PLAUSIBLE AND
REASONABLE.
THIS IS HYPOTHETICAL BAD LAW
SCHOOL QUESTION.
JAMES: WE REPORT, YOU GUYS
DECIDE.
FAIR AND BALANCED, THAT'S HOW