Is ASU going too far in their effort to decipher opponent's signals? Our columnist thinks so.
In sports, gamesmanship is synonymous with the game. The whole cheaters never win mantra that we tell our kids when they try to sell us short a few Monopoly bucks is simply that, a mantra. Integrity is great and when you're sitting around a table and trying to sink your friend's battleship, it's probably best that you play fair and square.
But when winning is your job, you'll do everything you absolutely can to accomplish that goal. Hence we have pine tar, spitballs, stickum, steroids and the collection of other immoral means of gaining an advantage that have become notable for the controversy they've brought to their respective sports.