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Must have been miserable since 94 when Kraft bought the Patsyes thanks
This fine is on Kraft and his back office which was the reason for my comment. Sorry that I don't kiss Bob's rings at every turn..Must have been miserable since 94 when Kraft bought the Pats
The penalty itself can not be surprising to anyone on this board.
While its true that the film gave no competitive advantage whatsoever
BB admitted they they broke a rule AND
they had previous infraction(s).
They were not going to get away scot free.
The third rounder stings however, especially if its a high third rounder.
This one is on Kraft and Bill. It was mistake that never should have happened.
How is it on Bill? He literally had NOTHING to do with it at all.
Sadly it is deserved for stupidity alone.
What does cheating even mean at this point ?
Multiple teams have been caught violating the CBA when it comes to practice times, contact and how much they can practice in full equipment. That's clearly giving them an advantage over other teams but nobody cares.
Teams have been violating the unallowed tech equipment rule on the sideline/boxes that might give them an advantage over other teams during the game. Nobody cared.
Teams have been over and underinflating footballs, purposefully building stadiums where the opponents have their sideline in the open sun or using non-allowed substances on their equipment and really nobody cared except that one time where thermodynamics were the actual culprit.
Teams have been trying to steal and decipher signs for decades. Nobody cared except the one time where a team had their video guy standing in the wrong place.
Others are abusing holes in the rules to let the time run down in their favor.
To me the only thing in recent years that ever rose to the level of actual "cheating" was Tomlin's tripping adventure. At least that is the only thing I can think of.
Everything else is just business as usual where everyone tries to find an edge.
Don't forget a 2017 4th as well...F the NFL. We will just have to lean on our comp picks then....
So, the running tally now is: 1st (BB in 2000), 1st (Spygate in 2007), 1st (Deflategate in 2014), and 3rd (Dumb ass vid guy in 2019).
Patriots penalized for encroaching opponent's area during 2021 game with BillsSo, basically, the Pats need to get everything right 100% of the time even when a supposed infraction wasn't by the football ops part of their organization. No wiggle room for honest mistakes. Good to know.
Same as alwaysIt's funny, everyone on the internet is saying we got off easy. Everyone here says the opposite.
Paul "The Patriots damaged the league" Tagliabue slapped them on the wrist and virtually nobody knows about it.Now compare a team like the Broncos who were caught paying both Terrel Davis and John Elway millions under the table to circumvent the salary cap and win back to back superbowls and their punishment??.... A 2nd round pick
The frustrating thing about this is that Schefter, who is pretty reliable with league information, believes that the Patriots' penalty was due to their history:
As you pointed out, "nobody cares" when other teams violate the rules. I saw a tweet about this last night, but, since 2007 (when the Patriots "history" started), the Steelers have the following scandals/violations:
- Team doctor busted by the Feds for PED distribution
- Fined for faking injuries
- Tomlin interfering with play on the field
- A type of bounty/reimbursement system that James Harrison recently talked about
- Deflated footballs, twice
There are probably more, but all of these have disappeared from people's memories. Even in the cases where the league did issue a fine, no one remembers them and they don't represent a pattern of behavior. You can come up with a similar list for teams like the Jets, Ravens and Seahawks, but they all avoid having "a history."
As per Schefter:
$1.1 million in club fines.
Loss of 2021 third-round pick.
Patriots’ TV crews not allowed to shoot games during 2020 season.
A very slow day just got very busy!!!
The penalty itself can not be surprising to anyone on this board.
While its true that the film gave no competitive advantage whatsoever
BB admitted they they broke a rule AND
they had previous infraction(s).
They were not going to get away scot free.
The third rounder stings however, especially if its a high third rounder.
This one is on Kraft and Bill. It was mistake that never should have happened.