Fred in Lynn said:
What game? Filing a complaint regarding equipment problems that are the responsibility of the other team and the refusal to shut down communications altogether seems like a competition matter, at least one that allows for review. Moreover, one complaint seems aimed directly at the procedures and policies of the NFL and not the Patriots (refusal to shut down both sets of communications), while the other is directed at the organization (operation of communications). Why should the Steelers or any other franchise care about who piled on the Pats before.q
It's a game because - as Tomlin himself admitted - this happens across the league and we never hear anything about it. The only reason we're hearing about it now is because of the NFL-created circus that went on for the last 8 months.
We know there is nothing to the allegations because the bolded part of your post is simply incorrect - the league is the supplier of the equipment and it's their responsibility. Further, it defies belief that the Pats would do anything improper at this game, or that the NFL would allow the Pats to have the chance by not closely monitoring situations like this.
The danger comes if the Steelers push this too far. Since we know there's nothing to it, an "investigation" only makes all participants look even more foolish than they do now. And that's the best case scenario. The worst case is that it prompts an overreaction from the Pats (or the league office in reaction to the Pats) and then things spiral out of control.
It's a stupid, destructive game and Tomlin is a fool for playing it, for all of the reason that have been pointed out in this very thread.