lusdawg
Practice Squad Player
- Joined
- Jun 29, 2006
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I just wrote this to Florio (pardon the grammar - I'm pretty pissed off right now):
"http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5855075
Now, mind you, the Broncos have 3 of the highest fines in league history, yet get off with a mere $50,000 fine. It took 2 weeks for the Broncos to report this although there was knowledge of this by coaches and ownership. Also, the same main players are in place now that were then: Vincent, Pash, Goodell, etc. The Broncos organization denies having viewed the tape, and the NFL took their word at face value. So, $50,000 each to McDaniels and the Broncos organization.
Fast forward to 2015 with the New England Patriots having maybe deflated some footballs (the more we view the evidence, the less convinced we are that anything did, indeed, happen to them. After all science does not lie), the organization is fined $1,000,000 and two draft picks when it was shown that neither Belichick, nor Kraft had any knowledge (even if deflation really did happen). As you well know, “Vincent” (yeah, it was him that made the penalty, right?) still killed the Patriots as an organization because of a past indiscretion by Belichick.
Again, all the same major players are in place now, and the Broncos took 2 weeks to report this - I would certainly consider this to be lack of cooperation - yet one gets less than a slap on the wrist while the other gets a death sentence. Does this league have any kind of set standards?!?!"
"http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5855075
Now, mind you, the Broncos have 3 of the highest fines in league history, yet get off with a mere $50,000 fine. It took 2 weeks for the Broncos to report this although there was knowledge of this by coaches and ownership. Also, the same main players are in place now that were then: Vincent, Pash, Goodell, etc. The Broncos organization denies having viewed the tape, and the NFL took their word at face value. So, $50,000 each to McDaniels and the Broncos organization.
Fast forward to 2015 with the New England Patriots having maybe deflated some footballs (the more we view the evidence, the less convinced we are that anything did, indeed, happen to them. After all science does not lie), the organization is fined $1,000,000 and two draft picks when it was shown that neither Belichick, nor Kraft had any knowledge (even if deflation really did happen). As you well know, “Vincent” (yeah, it was him that made the penalty, right?) still killed the Patriots as an organization because of a past indiscretion by Belichick.
Again, all the same major players are in place now, and the Broncos took 2 weeks to report this - I would certainly consider this to be lack of cooperation - yet one gets less than a slap on the wrist while the other gets a death sentence. Does this league have any kind of set standards?!?!"