NFP: Al Davis In Violation Of League Rules - New England Patriots Forums

JSn · 10-07-2008, 07:33 AM

The National Football Post | Davis In Violation Of League Rules

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League sources have confirmed to us here at The National Football Post that the NFL League Office has sent Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis a letter informing him that he was in violation of NFL league rules when he falsely accused the New England Patriots of tampering with then Raider wide receiver Randy Moss. This violation of NFL team policy and guidelines will certainly come with a hefty fine.

NSpatsfan · 10-07-2008, 07:42 AM

In an evil Mr Burns voice "Excellent"....

JAYHAWKS34 · 10-07-2008, 07:47 AM

nice it makes him look even more pitiful then he already is

JSn · 10-07-2008, 07:47 AM

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Originally Posted by JAYHAWKS34

nice it makes him look even more pitiful then he already is

True, and no easy task.

Sicilian · 10-07-2008, 07:48 AM

This is a good thing. Too bad the human memory is very selective. Once someone says something definitive like, "The Pats tampered to get Randy Moss." The public ear will ALWAYS remember that, and very few will hear or remember the fine for FALSE INFORMATION.

I guarantee you I'm going to have to explain it to someone who calls them the cheatriots again and uses this as a new example of, "an organizational culture of cheating."

***richpats*** · 10-07-2008, 07:53 AM

Average NFL fan (outside of NE): That is BS - everyone knows the Pats cheat. Al Davis told it like it is. What a stupid rule.

captadamnj · 10-07-2008, 08:01 AM

Unfortunately, it's not like he cares. He achieved his goal of creating the smear headlines, which got front page mediot coverage, how much mainstream publicity is this likely to get? Not much.

fitch · 10-07-2008, 08:15 AM

When this first came out, I posted that the Patriots brand had again been damaged by these comments. A fine, from this Commish, is nothing. A draft pick should be sent to the Patriots for this action. If I were Kraft I would accept nothing less.

billdog3484 · 10-07-2008, 08:22 AM

i dont think the nfl needed to say he was in violation of league rules to embarrass him. he has already done that to himself enough

Schmo · 10-07-2008, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by fitch

When this first came out, I posted that the Patriots brand had again been damaged by these comments. A fine, from this Commish, is nothing. A draft pick should be sent to the Patriots for this action. If I were Kraft I would accept nothing less.

At first I thought that this is just homer talk and a little excessive. But if the Patriots had been found guilty of this, then they would have most likely had to send a pick to the Raiders, right? It actually makes sense to me that a draft pick would be adequate compensation for a false accusation. Davis basically just made an effort to swipe a pick... a monetary fine just isn't enough in my eyes.