Not sure if its worthy of the -gate tag but Buggate might be the newest gate in the NFL depending on how much it spreads.
Supposedly the Jets were a bit paranoid about their lockeroom going into the Pats game at Gillette stadium and asked the NFL for it to be swept to find any "bugs" or listening devices.
Pats responded by saying they have asked the NFL for a while to sweep visiting teams locker rooms since they think teams are either trying to plant their own bugs to blame the Pats or defuse the growing paranoia the league has.
NFL themselves revealed they do random sweeps of lockerooms from time to time during the season but didn't do it this time just because the Jets requested it. Nor did they sweep it because the Pats asked.
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Concerns regarding the presence of bugs in Gillette Stadium locker rooms aren’t new; it was one of the main points made last month in an article from Sports Illustrated regarding suspicions about the Patriots. No listening devices ever have been found in any locker rooms in the Patriots stadium.
As one source has explained it to PFT, the Patriots have become concerned that a team eventually will plant bugs on its own and claim that the Patriots put them there. This has prompted the Patriots to ask the league to certify before each game that the visiting locker room is clean before an opposing team enters. Per the source, the NFL has declined to do this.
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