NFP: Al Davis In Violation Of League Rules

JSn · Oct 7, 2008

The National Football Post | Davis In Violation Of League Rules

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 · Oct 7, 2008

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

JAYHAWKS34 · Oct 7, 2008

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

JSn · Oct 7, 2008

JAYHAWKS34 said:
nice it makes him look even more pitiful then he already is

True, and no easy task.

Sicilian · Oct 7, 2008

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 · Oct 7, 2008

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 · Oct 7, 2008

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 · Oct 7, 2008

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 · Oct 7, 2008

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 · Oct 7, 2008

fitch said:
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.

Leave No Doubt · Oct 7, 2008

fitch said:
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.

Couldn't agree more

A fine is nothing and doesn't do much to deter this type of thing from happening again. It's known that ever since Spygate the Patriots are uber-sensitive and vulnerable to attacks such as these,so slapping a fine (while better than nothing) does little to stop anyone from hurling more false accusations against them in the future. I hope Kraft doesn't settle.

WhiZa · Oct 7, 2008

The reason a draft pick won't be sent over is because Al is not leveraging these deformating comments to make his team better. It's just his opinion and he himself will be fined. On top of that, Oakland can't afford to lose any more draft picks.

NJPatsfan26 · Oct 7, 2008

WhiZa said:
The reason a draft pick won't be sent over is because Al is not leveraging these deformating comments to make his team better. It's just his opinion and he himself will be fined. On top of that, Oakland can't afford to lose any more draft picks.

Was going to say the same thing....they really cannot afford any draft picks....or a new coach...or Al Davis....maybe they should just be disbarred as a team....

Leave No Doubt · Oct 7, 2008

WhiZa said:
The reason a draft pick won't be sent over is because Al is not leveraging these deformating comments to make his team better. It's just his opinion and he himself will be fined. On top of that, Oakland can't afford to lose any more draft picks.

Good point.

Sivy · Oct 7, 2008

Sicilian said:
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."

Yep, this is true. Much like how I have to explain to people how the jets taped signals as well. It just never ends witht he selective hearing.

fitch · Oct 7, 2008

If Goodell is such an ass kicker and wants to stop teams from calling out each on issues like this he needs to pounce on Davis. Believe me if the Patriots had something like this the New York Daily News would be banging the drum for Patriots to give up a pick or picks and for Belichick to be suspended for a game.

Koma · Oct 8, 2008

WhiZa said:
The reason a draft pick won't be sent over is because Al is not leveraging these deformating comments to make his team better. It's just his opinion and he himself will be fined. On top of that, Oakland can't afford to lose any more draft picks.

I can see the point of not taking picks away from Oakland, but how about the same approach as the penalty for the 9ers attempted tampering with Lance Briggs: Have the Patriots and Raiders swap spots in the draft. Drafting at Oakland's spot in the 4th round while they select at New England's spot would be a nice little bonus for the Patriots.

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