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Originally Posted by Hio  What Belichick and the Commish both agreed on was that Belichick mis-understood the rules and agreed on the punishment which is the maximum fine possiable for a coach. Do you know how much 500k cuts into a NFL coach's salary...ALOT!
Along with the guarentee loss of atleast 1 draft pick this is a fine unlike no other made.
This punishment is good enough as it is | Misunderstood the rules?????? Do you really buy that crap????? The rule in question states: Quote: |
"no video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches' booth, on the field, or in the locker room during the game."
| To further clarify the NFL sent a memo to all teams dated September 6th that said: Quote: |
"Videotaping of any type, including but not limited to taping of an opponent's offensive or defensive signals, is prohibited on the sidelines, in the coaches' booth, in the locker room, or at any other locations accessible to club staff members during the game."
| Now let's see the game in question was played on the September 9th.
HMMMM Videotaping of any kind.....seems clear enough to me, and all I have is a high school diploma........Bellicheat?? College educated. Hey what do you know the more education you have the dumber you turn out to be.
ESPN reported today that the NFL has ordered the Patriots to turn over all videotapes that they currently have, it would seem a former assistant has claimed the Bellichek actually has tapes of all the different coaches and coordinators in the league and has used them to help game plan.
It would seem that this story may not yet be over......
It makes you wonder, the Patriots have some great players, and you really do not want to take away from their play on the field, they are the ones making the tackles, breaking tackles and making the catches and passes, however, if they know ahead of time what the opposing team is going to do because they know their signals, is this fair????
As a fan I know that during the game there is a stealing of signals that occurs, as a player in high school I myself have done it. However, during the game, you rely on picking up what the other team does as the game progresses, you do not go into the game already knowing. Herein lies the difference.
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