Cheating Patriots coach faces more scrutiny

Genco_Olive_Oil · May 17, 2008

Michael_ Gee said:

Using the dangerous method of deductive reasoning, it is my belief that the Pats and Belichick were punished as severely as they were for flouting Goodell's memo more than for the actual crime. Scofflaws should not scoff in the presence of a cop.
Goodell should have said this. That would have ameliorated, although not stopped, the suspicions that the Pats had done far worse, and the league was covering it up or had moved into full Sgt. Schultz mode.
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Great point.

Fenian_Bastard · May 18, 2008

Genco_Olive_Oil said:

Fenian_Bastard said:

All fanboishness aside, the Patriots paid the heaviest fine in NFL history because what they did was so egregious that the commissioner fel;t the fine was warranted. Occam's razor, folks.
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That's not even a reasonable point, though. Consider the punishments Goodell levied in his first year as Commish. From Pacman, Tank and the Patriots, Goodell was heavy with the hammer. Does that change the fact that the Pats broke the rules? No, but I think it lessens the validity your "Occam's razor" argument.

And I think Goodell realized how extreme he was in his punishments with his punishment of the 49ers in the Lance Briggs tampering case. The 49ers tampered with a star player from another franchise prior to the start of his free agency period---and they lose a 5th-rounder and swap 3rds.

So let's look at the Patriots' videotaping scandal with a little bit more nuance than what you're using to try and justify multiple investigations that have proved futile.
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I'm not trying to justify anything.
On the basis of what has been formally adjudicated by the league, and even if we'd all never heard of Matt Walsh, the Patriots already were guilty of the worst case of industrial espionage that ever took place within the NFL, as well as being guilty of, as Michael said, towering arrogance toward a commissioner they already knew was a hardbar on things.

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