ausbacker

What in the world would lead you to make this conclusion? The fact that if the Patriots are involved in any sort of apparent scandal that our team, the head coach and the administration are hung out to dry both publicly and privately?

Every time something involves the Patriots, a which hunt begins.. because unlike the Jets, we're a successful organization.

The NFL needs to crack down on their cheating arses and make an example, media market or not. That's why we have rules. They apply for everybody not just somebody when you feel like it.

Jackson 2

LOL...you're right. Take away football, and he's as dumb as a rake handle.

BradyFTW!

I think saying that there's some kind of vendetta against the Pats within the league is misguided. IMO, it's in the media, and not for any particularly sinister reason. ESPN knows that most of the country hates the Pats on account of their success, and therefore they can get people talking and get tons of viewership by feeding them what they want: anti-Patriots horse****. As always, it's all about money.

WhoaDirty

I think it is paranoia because of the huge leaps in logic at the beginning of the thread. I'm reading the argument as: The Jets weren't fined for tampering so Goddell must be in their back pocket. That's a huge leap of logic there. By the same logic Goddell must be in cahoots with Minnesota because there were no penalty to the Vikes for tampering with Favre. Could it be that there has been no penalty involved because tampering is hard to prove? The 49ers likely don't have a smoking gun to give to the league like Mangina did when he stabbed BB in the back. If such evidence surfaces, then of course the Jets should have the book thrown at them. But until that time, I'm not going to jump to ridiculous conclusions because of "a source with knowledge of the situation" says so. Instead I'm going to count down the days until the Pats get another chance to shut up that obese blabber-mouth coach ...

WhoaDirty

Exactly. It's a pretty easy argument that the Pats are the most successful franchise in the league and everyone loves to hate the person on top. The media needs an audience to make money and the best way to do that is to pile on the big dog, because that's what the losers want to see ... the winners brought down to their level.

ausbacker

I'm saying, there's been these allegations against the Jets repeatedly, you can't just sweep it under the carpet and not investigate.

Do a thorough investigation then come to the conclusion. Not the other way around.

Gunnails

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That makes some sense. However your reply is not how I understood the situation.
I thought that if Crab did not sign he would not be tradeable because he is not under contract, and thus would be eligible for the 2010 draft.

So maybe we are both rite in that maybe the 9ers could trade there rite to sign Crab, at which point Crab could still choose not to sign,,,,argh.

By the way the only way I ever remember a team getting found guilty and punished by the Commish is when someone confess and admits to tampering. Like the 9ers did.

PatsWickedPissah

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By the way the only way I ever remember a team getting found guilty and punished by the Commish is when someone confess and admits to tampering. Like the 9ers did.[/quote]

Or when Favre fessed up that the Jets lied about his injury status.

So...unless a Jet stupidly fesses up about this Crabtree tampering charge it will go unenforced like when they tampered with Curtis Martin and with Deion Branch.

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alamo

FWIW and future infomation, this isn't completely accurate. After Week 10 the 49ers could still have signed him to a 2010 contract, using part of their 2010 rookie pool (even though they would not receive any extra in that pool for him).

Brady to Brown

Tanny will never admit to tampering. He is a scumbag.