Originally Posted by Blitzkrieg

Bonds cheated so his performance wouldn't decline, which affected baseball games but also records. Patriots cheated which affected the games they played and also records.

We don't know for sure how much the juice helped Bonds, we don't know for sure how much the spying helped the Patriots.

But answer me this.. What's the difference between the two? Why are the Patriots and Belichick let completely off the hook on this and still respected as one of the great teams of all-time.. but Bonds isn't respected as one of the best hitters ever?