No, I don't think the game should have been forfeited. But I think a pretty good argument could be made for it. Especially, as I understand it, the Pats had been warned by the league about this very thing before. (If I'm wrong about that, my apologies.) The league is only going to impose a forfeit in an extreme--and I mean very extreme--situation and this wasn't that extreme. But you could say, because it was a TEAM cheating there should be a zero tolerance policy. otherwise, cheating goes on all the time (not that that makes it all right); OL grab jerseys ifthey think they can get away with not being seen, people bite and gouge in pile-ups, etc. I do agree with the above statement that, because the tape was seized before it had any chance of being used, no damage was done.