WHITE WASH
My friends’ verdict:
Belichick gets a $500k fine himself, the organization gets another $250k fine, no suspension for Coach Hoody Sweatshirt. They lose a 1st rounder if they make the playoffs this year, if not, a 2nd and 3rd rounder.
What's not fair in all this is that the "investigation" is now over. The greatest team of the decade with the biggest star in the league, both accused of cheating, ADMITTING they cheated, and there's no broader investigation into how often the Pats did this, how much of an assistance it was to them, etc. WHITE WASH!
This penalty looks stiff on its face, but mort is saying they still have another first round pick next year (from a trade with the niners), so this won't affect them much, not to mention the likelihood that this will be a pick in the high 20's. Apparently there's a whole list of cheating allegations. SI reports teams' radios going out at key plays of their offensive drives, and further suspicions that pats' interior linemen were wired to pick up opposing qb's audible system. there's a ton of stuff out there, I'm sure exaggerated, but very possibly true. Let's hope goodell continues to dig. To not fully investigate-and for owners not to demand an investigation-is a bad job. Looks like the most we can hope for is 1)this ruling causes them to curb some of their cheating, making a more level playing field for honest teams, and 2)their reputation will be tarnished.
2 comments:
uh, no attribution to the actual authors of this post?????
Yes, there are sooo many honest teams out there. No one would ever think of cheating. Thats why coaches have been covering there mouths for the last 10 + years. Because no other team ever hired lipreaders to steal plays. Competitors try to gain an advantage, its what they do. Also, note that Bellicheck never did anything to hide the camera man, there was nothing furtive about the videotaping, which goes with what he stated - that it was a misinterpretation of the rules.
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