BoysFan4ever
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They'll lose draft picks I would think but they've been there, done that.
So basically you can cheat in this league, and the worst they can do is fine you, and take away a draft pick?
Well they suspended Sean Payton for a season I think right?
Would Bill go away for a year?
Payton got suspended for bounty gate, which doesnt give you an unfair advantage, what the Patriots have done is far worse in the spirit of the rules and the game.
I think being without Peyton hurt them a lot but that's me.
of course it did, it was a very unfair punishment because i think what Belichick has done is far more worse.
I'd say trying to hurt players is far worse than deflating balls or that SpyGate stuff but that's just MO.
I dont remember anyone getting hurt. and i dont think it was ever proven that the Saint players tried anything dirty to hurt anyone.
They may never fully escape it, but in their mind they really don't care about it. They have their 3 rings and Kraft has his gazillions of dollars he raked in from the Super Bowl and the money he gets indirectly from those SB victories.
When SpyGate was covered up, I specifically cited that there is no reason for the Patriots to not cheat again if they know that the rewards of winning far outweigh the punishment of getting caught.
This is why I think I may only have about 8 more years of being a fan of this league. Goodell is an awful commissioner and can't see the forest for the trees. Eventually this stuff catches up to you and between the lies and the changes in the game the league becomes less fun to be a fan of.
Don't believe me? Just ask MLB fans.
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Problem with that logic is their gameplan called for a ton of running plays against one of the worst run defenses in the league.Games typically start tied at 0-0. The Pats wouldn't have "known" they didn't need to cheat until well into the 3rd quarter according to the score.
Everytime Belichick sneezes, the haters accuse him of cheating. The Patriots line up in a perfectly legal formation and run a perfectly legal play and they get accused of cheating.
So please forgive me if my instinctive reaction to more of the same is to have myself a nice chuckle and move on with my day.
This could possibly keep Belichick out of being enshired in the Hall of Fame. One can only hope.
I am not a closet Pats fan, I am a proud Pats fan and have never denied it. I spent large periods of my life in New England so I have no problem admitting they are a team I root for except for once every 4 years when they play Dallas.Closet Pats fan coming out now?