Cheating Patriots coach faces more scrutiny

[Fenian_Bastard]

Calling all NFL writers -- what are the penalties for players who scalp their SB tickets?

F_B, have you tried calling a media relations guy for one of the teams? I think they sign a release. I know I had to sign a few releases when I did a little intern work that covered a few different topics.

If it was not busting one of his or her own players, I think a PR guy would give the info over fairly easily.

It's might also be small print in a player's contract.

Not at eight in the morning.
Good idea though, 93.

 

[Genco_Olive_Oil]

Thanks for joining up, fanboy.

There are so many holes in your little rant it isn't even funny.

Bottom line: The NFL made up its mind before viewing the evidence. I would be willing to bet there was more incriminating evidence among the materials the league office destroyed than anything Walsh had.

And the other franchises backing up the league office has NOTHING to do with popularity. It has to do with protecting the league's image. Try thinking things through next time.

If it were all about image, how come Goodell even punished them in the first place? Wouldn't he have brushed it underneath the rug then?

And where are these many holes?

 

[Armchair_QB]

1. Nobody gets caught doing it once.

2. If one team is doing it somebody else is too.

 

[outofplace]

Thanks for joining up, fanboy.

There are so many holes in your little rant it isn't even funny.

Bottom line: The NFL made up its mind before viewing the evidence. I would be willing to bet there was more incriminating evidence among the materials the league office destroyed than anything Walsh had.

And the other franchises backing up the league office has NOTHING to do with popularity. It has to do with protecting the league's image. Try thinking things through next time.

If it were all about image, how come Goodell even punished them in the first place? Wouldn't he have brushed it underneath the rug then?

And where are these many holes?

I already pointed one out. Another poster pointed out another. I'm not interested in wasting any more time picking apart your fanboyish crap.

The league couldn't brush it under the rug the first time. The word had already gotten out. Also, the Patriots defied direct league instructions to stop the illegal videotaping and had to be dealt with.

Now the NFL wants it to go away. That is why evidence was destroyed and that is why everybody who was paying attention knew that the commissioner had already made up his mind before he even met with Walsh.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I'd say the biggest fine in the history of the NFL pretty much obviates the "everybody does it" defense.

 

[Genco_Olive_Oil]

I'd say the biggest fine in the history of the NFL pretty much obviates the "everybody does it" defense.

It does? Even though I wonder how you can draw that parallel, I'll give it to you and respond with this: So what? How does that fine and forfeiture of a first-round draft pick in September automatically mean that something is not right with the events of yesterday's meeting? I understand it raises our suspicions, as it rightfully should, but I don't know if there's anything more to be found. A negative cannot be proven. What happened in September happened in September; Matt Walsh did not reveal any information that Commissioner Goodell was not already informed of during yesterday's meeting. Do we just let random people come forth with accusations now?

 

[hockeybeat]

I just want to say Genclive_Oil is my favorite handle. Ever.

 

[outofplace]

I'd say the biggest fine in the history of the NFL pretty much obviates the "everybody does it" defense.

It does? Even though I wonder how you can draw that parallel, I'll give it to you and respond with this: So what? How does that fine and forfeiture of a first-round draft pick in September automatically mean that something is not right with the events of yesterday's meeting? I understand it raises our suspicions, as it rightfully should, but I don't know if there's anything more to be found. A negative cannot be proven. What happened in September happened in September; Matt Walsh did not reveal any information that Commissioner Goodell was not already informed of during yesterday's meeting. Do we just let random people come forth with accusations now?

The penalties already levied are only part of the reason to think there is more. The Patriots did enough that the NFL was forced to penalize them.

The real reason for suspicion is the destruction of evidence. As I have stated many times, that was a mistake from a PR perspective. That is where the impression of a cover-up comes from, at least in my mind.

 

[outofplace]

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news;_ylt=AjrUN4cPXn1TN5YYLsU8ris5nYcB?slug=ap-spygate-specter&prov=ap&type=lgns

This response is even less surprising than Goodell's.

 

[Herbert Anchovy]

Somebody tell the noble inspectatore the Dow is crashing.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I'm convinced.
Oswald didn't do it.

 

[93Devil]

I'm convinced.
Oswald didn't do it.

Ruby was just showing him the gun, too, and it just went off.