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New Orleans Saints accused of spying on opponents

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    Team officials deny published reports

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A brand new bombshell has just hit the new -- -- -- The FBI and the Louisiana state police now report they're looking into whether the general manager -- Mickey Loomis.

Re wired his super -- sweet so that he could spy on his game day opponents.

This after an anonymous source told ESP end.

That Loomis set up listening device to eavesdrop on visiting coaches the sources this went on for nearly three seasons.

That would be a federal crime if true one saints' official calls the accusations 1000%.

False.

Of course is just more bad news from the detonation.

The saints still dealing with the fallout from that balloting scandal you'll call -- FL officials say that players got cash bonuses for injuring opponents.

The commissioner Roger Goodell suspended -- for eight games for his role in that mess and now there's this.

And the fox -- -- correspondent Jonathan Hunt is on it and in Loomis and others are speaking out tonight about these allegations there like this is -- A load of it.

-- we haven't actually seen Mickey Loomis since the original report was -- by ESPN but he did send.

A very strongly worded email to the fox affiliate in New Orleans what you read in pot.

This report on ESPN is absolutely.

False.

It just didn't happen.

By coincidence the saints -- on already scheduled news conference today at which the allegations obviously came up.

With the interim coach offering a full some defense of his general manager listen.

While not completely abreast of what's taken place or what's -- said I just know it's not true.

I know that he's been my life and always been like a lot of people around the league and you can't get anybody find fault Mickey Loomis and that's just -- Obviously the truth will come -- now that Barack criminal investigations under -- show whether true or not this is another major blow for that organization it really -- and we remember how they flew so high in the wake of that spectacular 2009.

Season.

And the subsequent Super Bowl victory even if this did -- in 2005.

Is the ESPN reports -- to suggest.

That it would detract from that victory and the question some experts say will -- kiosks across the league is is everybody doing this.

-- Every team is gonna have that cloud of suspicion over their operations.

You know people and regular fans are gonna ask themselves -- is this team.

Is this team taking part in these types of activities and it's just it's a shame because I would guarantee that I would think that at least 90% 9599%.

Of teens are not.

But you never know.

And this is what this is the -- is can be thrown over it.

But for now the focus is -- New Orleans in the question once again is whether the saints have become since -- round bags back.

Jonathan Hunt thank you to California.

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