When cheating and NFL are in the same sentence, it can only mean The New England Patriots, Bill Belichick, Josh McDaniels, Tom Brady, etc. Hopefully the NFL can learn from other pro sports and have nearly all their records excluded and most with lifetime bans. Not holding my breath though.
Lifetime bans seem a little harsh! Aaron Rodgers admitted he would doctor his balls, over inflating them.
(Why does this sound dirty?)
I would like to see Belichek suspended for the Super Bowl, let McDaniels coach instead.
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McDaniels was probably the one letting the air out of the footballs.
I think the Patriots should be punished by having to forfeit the title game and be banned from post-season play, regardless of their record, for a season or two. That is the only fitting punishment that can be levied for the transgression. It will prevent everyone on the team from receiving a bonus for post-season play, will prevent the team owner from receiving financial rewards for post season play and will lower the overall enthusiasm of the fans to attend the games or watch them on TV knowing their team isn't going anywhere for the next year or so.
Fines and withholding draft choices just isn't going to have the same effect . . .
Let's see..PENN STATE has been given a "pass" and has wins reinstated..seems to say to me..."just
wait awhile and it will be out of the spotlight"....business as USUAL....just be patient. The
WHOLE of the sports arena is so tainted with deceit and deception that is is becoming obscene..just what I would want MY KIDS to emulate....NOT
And how many bowl victories did Penn State have during the time of their suspension home? Zero, right? That means zero revenue from bowl games and zero victories in bowl games to use to recruit new talent. That is why post-season suspensions are the only effective means of punishing those who violate the rules.
What did it matter that the NCAA removed some victories from the record books? Did it mean that the athletes on those teams didn't play, and win, those games? It was a laughable response to begin with, everyone knows who won those games regardless of the "official" stats kept by the NCAA.
What hurt the football program was a forfeiture of athletic scholarships and an inability to play post-season, not the altering of the historical won/lost stats.
I think they should have to forfeit their spot in this year's Superbowl to Indianapolis, and I'd be happy to see a 1 year suspension of Belicheck and anyone else who was guilty on the team of cheating. I agree that fines and draft choice restrictions aren't enough, this was egregious.
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