True.
And as far as the whole cheating thing is concerned think of it this way:
Football is basically a small war (with a ball),which is why we all like it.People like violence/competition and rooting for one side due to a number of reasons whether reasonable or not.Soo..when a nations army is victorious in a war do we ever discredit the soldiers afterwards when you find out the general was sleeping with the enemy...no.Its no different here in this game-the pats didnt cheat they responded to orders based on the generals reconnaissance work,and they did it well,find it "moral" or not.No arguing there i hope.
So thinking of it this way,if the pats deserve an asterisk do the WWII veterans deserve an asterisk for defeat being by means of obliterating civilians?
Disclaimer:Its entirely possible that the above is crazy talk