There really is some truth to that. Have you ever played golf with a cheater, and had that person beat you? Yup, a lot of us have. As a good friend of mine used to say, "just play better"."Oh come on, they were only doing what every other team does, they just got caught"-Every NE homer.
Is Barry Bonds in the HOF? oh yes...why when everyone of them during that era cheated, during the home run race! (Point of interest, MLB is asinine anyways).
Will Tommy boy go in first ballot? Oh yes he will...and Bill will be put in because of that.
Last point. I grew up in the PNW and I know a lot of SeaChickens fans. They HATE the Steelers because of 'obvious' cheating and collusion by the refs. Well, what do Steelers fans say? F**K you Seattle fans!!!! Well, that is what I say anyway.