NFL commissioner, Roger Goodell said the Patriots were indeed within their rights to field 11 players, but since he'd already spent $7 million dollars hiring an investigative team upon receipt of the complaint, the investigation will continue, saying, "the chances are pretty good that they cheated somewhere else in the game." 

Patriots' coach Bill Belichick seemed unphased by the charges, saying, "I understand the rules are complicated, it took me a few minutes to memorize all of them myself, but at this point we're focusing on Buffalo — we have to put together a solid game-plan for dealing with their forthcoming cheating allegations."