# NFL Confirms Patriots' Mirrored Video Board Tactic Remains Legal

The NFL stated that the New England Patriots' use of reversed All-22 footage on video boards during kicks does not violate league rules.

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The NFL confirmed that the New England Patriots' use of reversed, live All-22 footage on video boards during opponents' field goal attempts is completely legal. [^1]

Photographer Roger Farrington will publish a book titled 'Starting Over with John and Yoko: The Photographs' on September 8. [^2]

Roger Farrington captured images of John Lennon and Yoko Ono at The Hit Factory studio in August 1980, marking Lennon's return after a five-year hiatus. [^3]

Former NFL strategy and analytics coach Ryan Paganetti discovered that the Patriots displayed a reversed, live view of the field on their video board during opponents' special teams snaps for over a decade. [^4]

New England logged the lowest away-team field goal percentage (76.6%) in the NFL during Bill Belichick's tenure, according to Paganetti. [^5]

The reversed video board created a mirror image of the field, showing a second set of uprights behind the actual goalpost from a kicker's perspective. [^6]

John Lennon was assassinated on December 8, 1980, four months after the photos were taken. [^7]

The Boston Globe reported that Farrington accompanied the couple from the Dakota building to The Hit Factory for the recording of the album 'Double Fantasy'. [^8]

## What this stands on

1. The NFL confirmed that the New England Patriots' use of reversed, live All-22 footage on video boards during opponents' field goal attempts is completely legal. (CBS Sports, News)
2. Photographer Roger Farrington will publish a book titled 'Starting Over with John and Yoko: The Photographs' on September 8. (RPP, News)
3. Roger Farrington captured images of John Lennon and Yoko Ono at The Hit Factory studio in August 1980, marking Lennon's return after a five-year hiatus. (RPP, News)
4. Former NFL strategy and analytics coach Ryan Paganetti discovered that the Patriots displayed a reversed, live view of the field on their video board during opponents' special teams snaps for over a decade. (CBS Sports, News)
5. New England logged the lowest away-team field goal percentage (76.6%) in the NFL during Bill Belichick's tenure, according to Paganetti. (CBS Sports, News)
6. The reversed video board created a mirror image of the field, showing a second set of uprights behind the actual goalpost from a kicker's perspective. (CBS Sports, News)
7. John Lennon was assassinated on December 8, 1980, four months after the photos were taken. (RPP, News)
8. The Boston Globe reported that Farrington accompanied the couple from the Dakota building to The Hit Factory for the recording of the album 'Double Fantasy'. (RPP, News)

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