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Old 09-15-2007, 07:42 PM   #1
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Infracation- use of a videocamera during a sports event???

Penalty 750,000 in fines, removal of a first round draft pick and serioulsy harming the reputation of one of the sports greatest all time coaches.


This town should start to see how crazy Goodall and this punishment really are.
This was entirely orchestrated by the frenzied NY media and bought into by the 31 other NFL teams and their fan base who have an ax to grind against BB and the pATRIOTS.

BB and the Patriots organization have suffered irreperable harm from this Witch hunt!!!


Goodell is a tool
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Old 09-15-2007, 07:47 PM   #2
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A lot of people are saying it wasn't enough of a penalty, so it's hard to reasonably argue it was too much.

Chicago Sun Times - "Belicheat got off too easy"
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Infracation- use of a videocamera during a sports event???

Penalty 750,000 in fines, removal of a first round draft pick and serioulsy harming the reputation of one of the sports greatest all time coaches.


This town should start to see how crazy Goodall and this punishment really are.
This was entirely orchestrated by the frenzied NY media and bought into by the 31 other NFL teams and their fan base who have an ax to grind against BB and the pATRIOTS.

BB and the Patriots organization have suffered irreperable harm from this Witch hunt!!!


Goodell is a tool

Agreed. This punishment is entirely unacceptable, and I would hope that the Patriots management would appeal it.

Goodell is a 1st class martinet and needs ro be reined in before he further damages the league. I can only hope that someday some incriminating photos of Goodell will surface. Then we'll see who has the last laugh.

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A lot of people are saying it wasn't enough of a penalty, so it's hard to reasonably argue it was too much.

Chicago Sun Times - "Belicheat got off too easy"


Everybody used to say the earth was flat. Who cares
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A lot of people are saying it wasn't enough of a penalty, so it's hard to reasonably argue it was too much.

Chicago Sun Times - "Belicheat got off too easy"
Excuse me, but a lot of people are talking out their @ss....

There is no excuse for this sort of a penalty. None at all. Anyone claiming to be a Patriots fan who accepts this penalty as reasonable needs to take a long cold shower and sober up.

This is only the start of a league-wide witch hunt against New England. It will keep going until Goodell and his puppet masters can be brought down or New England is torn apart.

It might be Goodell who is talking, but it is Bill Polian's hand up his @ss that's making his lips move.
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A lot of people are saying it wasn't enough of a penalty, so it's hard to reasonably argue it was too much.
Well a lot of people believe in global warming.

Why have so many people fallen for the "they cheated" fallacy? Media ratings, pure and simple. Never mind if the story is true or total garbage. Of course, many people don't have the sense not to believe everything they hear.
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Infracation- use of a videocamera during a sports event???

Penalty 750,000 in fines, removal of a first round draft pick and serioulsy harming the reputation of one of the sports greatest all time coaches.


This town should start to see how crazy Goodall and this punishment really are.
This was entirely orchestrated by the frenzied NY media and bought into by the 31 other NFL teams and their fan base who have an ax to grind against BB and the pATRIOTS.

BB and the Patriots organization have suffered irreperable harm from this Witch hunt!!!


Goodell is a tool
BB was the victim of a modern day lynch mob.

Their pent up jealousy exploded in tirades of vicious accusations and
demands unequaled since people use to hunt and unjustly condemn people as witches and burn them alive.
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This is the most severe penalty in the history of the NFL. A coach is NOT all owed to be fined more. A 3rd round penalty was the penalty for repeated cheating in contracting for players.

I know this doesn't compare to the $100M racing fine.
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The people who think it's not enough consider it a direct instant impact to the game and is a major advantage to those who use cameras against those whose don't. I'm not going to even mention that these same people are fans of teams that are rivals of the Patriots.

Every team tries to steal signals, but they are not penalized. Add a camera to the mix which may or may not give the Pats an advantage (depending on if the other team changes their signals the next game) and it's the reason why the Pats win every game.

I agree with being penalized because it is the rules, but do we really think any other team will be looked into stealing signals? Goodell never said it was an issue in the NFL, but supposedly every team does it.
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For years we were held up as the model franchise.
It is no wonder the rest of the NFL is Jealous and sick of us.
The 1st round pick was EXCESSIVE.
I can't wait for GOODELL to fall someday.
He is the kind of IDIOT who deserves to have thousands of Patriot fans PISS ON HIS GRAVE!!!
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