The Facts:
Following up on a
previous item. ... New Orleans Saints general manager Mickey Loomis had the ability to eavesdrop on the game day communications of opposing coaches from 2002 to 2004, ESPN reported Monday. But the Saints swiftly denied the allegations and even threatened legal action against the network for the report. Loomis strongly denied the allegations to FOXSports.com NFL insider Jay Glazer.
Reported by FOXSports.com
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
"This report on ESPN is absolutely false," Loomis wrote in an email. "I have a monitor in front of me in my booth that provides the league-issued stats for the game. I have a small TV with the network broadcast and I have an earpiece to listen to the WWL-AM radio (flagship broadcaster) game broadcast. ... To think I am sitting in there listening and actually and/or doing something with the offensive and defensive play calls of the opposing teams makes this story and the unnamed sources that provided the false information that much less credible. It just didn't happen. ..." The report from "Outside the Lines" stated the US Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Louisiana learned of the alleged listening device Friday. The federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), passed in 1986, makes it a crime for anyone to intercept communications with an electronic or mechanical device. However, ESPN said it could not definitively determine whether Loomis actually used the device. The NFL said Monday it was not aware of the allegations. ... Stay tuned.
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