Pats fined $250K Belly fined $500K (personally liable for) If Pats make playoffs, they forfiet their 2008 first round pick.
Its official (Pats punishment)!! NFL fined Patriots coach Bill Belichick $500,000, the maximum amount according to league policy, for the use of equipment to videotape the Jets' defensive calls in Week 1. The Patriots will also lose a first-round pick in 2008 and be forced to pay $250,000 if they make the playoffs.
agreed... plus why do they lose the pick only if they miss the playoffs? they should lose one automatically and a second if they make the playoffs
http://www.turnto10.com/northeast/jar/news.apx.-content-articles-JAR-2007-09-13-0022.html By Associated Press NEW YORK - The NFL has fined New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and the team a total of $750,000 for videotaping an opponent's signals. The team also has been told to forfeit draft choices. more links to come
doesn' sound like enough punishment to me... besides, i thought the patriaCHEATS, would have opportunity to present their case on friday... tommorrow...
@Ollie Keep drinking your Kool-Aid. Just wait until Goodell personally calls you to confirm all the "rumors". Hahaha, this is nice. :lol:
Fair ruling. Goodell has left no doubt whether they cheated and who led the charade. Maybe Kraft can now eat a little humble pie, as well.
The Belichick and team fine are a load of crap. Belichick is probably paying out more then that a month to his various women throughout the country. Goodell really fucked the dog on this one, would've liked to see a suspension rather then some horseshit fine.
not stiff enough to be honest. I was expecting a bit more. Suspension of Belishits for 4 games would have been good.