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just heard. wow
Bill Belichick was hit with a $500,000 fine Thursday night -- the maximum allowable by NFL by-laws -- for violating the league's policy on videotaping the Jets defensive signs Sunday. In addition, Roger Goodell notified the Patriots that they would forfeit a 2008 first-round draft choice if they reach the playoffs, or second- and third-round picks if they do not qualify for the playoffs. The club was also fined $250,000.
just heard. wow
wow what
should have been more picks
weak
whats 500K to an organization and man worth millions?
Draft pick. Big wow. Look how it hurt Denver with Elway.
This is as lame as MLBs steroid *investigation*.
They lose a draft pick only if they make the playoffs. That's pretty much a given though.
They pussed out. Belichick should have been suspended.
Slap on the wrist
They lose a second AND third if they fail to make the playoffs.
They have the 49'ers #1 in 2008 already, which will be better than their own. Even when they're penalized, the Patriots still seem to somehow get over.
Seems like a fair punishment.
they should have taken both 1st round picks
Karma will catch up to the Patriots just like it did last season and the year before.
they should have taken both 1st round picks
So Wade Wilson gets 5 games because he took some stuff to get him a boner, but Belicheat gets busted for CHEATING and only get a fine?
Goodell dropped the ball on this one.
I think that's fair.
Pretty lame
A first round pick is a pretty significant penalty. It's a possible core player for a decade. A suspension is a few games.
No forefit of the game in which they were caught cheating? No suspensions? Well, the new commish is officially a joke. How he comes down so harsh on Wade Wilson and others and lets this team get away with cheating the game just shows where his allegiance lies. Way to be a corrupt, double standard up Goodell.
Lame. If I were commish, BB would've been suspended for the season, and then the team would've been stripped of all communicating and recording devices for the rest of the season.
Let em use hand signals for a year.
They lose their high 20s first but get the 49ers 1st. How is that much of a punishment for a team where their 1st would only be a backup at best?
From what I'm hearing, this may not be the end of it. Mangini said he's been trying to catch New England doing this since he signed with the Jets. I wouldn't be surprised if they pull up more evidence from past games with a Patriot staff taping the other team. If any more evidence comes out, I expect a much harsher penalty to be served.
I actually feel bad for Patriots fans. Imagine if this happened to your own team, what a ty feeling. The chants of "cheater, cheater" will follow them around for years to come.
Why not both?
So it'd be a harsher punishment for the team to suspend the head coach for a few weeks?
The Colts will make sure the Pats don't go anywhere near Arizona this February.
Lame. If I were commish, BB would've been suspended for the season, and then the team would've been stripped of all communicating and recording devices for the rest of the season.
Let em use hand signals for a year.
Agreed.
That. The draft pick. AND Belicheck suspended for a year.
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