spygate..... After an investigation, the NFL fined Patriots head coach Bill Belichick$500,000 (the maximum allowed by the league and the largest fine ever imposed on a coach in the league's 87-year history) for his role in the incident, fined the Patriots $250,000, and docked the team their original first-round selection in the 2008 NFL Draft which would have been the 31st pick of the draft.[SUP][3][/SUP] The fine garnered significant media attention for being the "maximum amount" an individual could be fined.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_New_England_Patriots_videotaping_controversy
Patriots owner <culink class="culinks" culang="en" href="http://curiyo.com/en/topic/Robert Kraft" title="" style="border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed; cursor: help; display: inline !important; float: none !important; padding: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; border-bottom-color: rgb(184, 24, 0) !important;">Robert Kraft</culink> issued an immediate response, saying the organization is disappointed by the report, which lacked "any incontrovertible or hard evidence of deliberate deflation of footballs" after a more than three-month investigation.
In a statement released in conjunction with the report, Commissioner Roger Goodell said NFL executive vice president Troy Vincent and his team "will consider what steps to take in light of the report, both with respect to possible disciplinary action and to any changes in protocols that are necessary to avoid future incidents of this type.
In a statement released in conjunction with the report, Commissioner Roger Goodell said NFL executive vice president Troy Vincent and his team "will consider what steps to take in light of the report, both with respect to possible disciplinary action and to any changes in protocols that are necessary to avoid future incidents of this type.
Funny how none of the articles I've seen show any evidence whatsoever. The *only* thing they mention is that Brady had more contact than normal with the locker room
attendants after the controversy broke. Whooop de dooooo?
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft issued a statement saying, "To say we are disappointed in its findings, which do not include any incontrovertible or hard evidence of deliberate deflation of footballs at the AFC Championship game, would be a gross understatement."
attendants after the controversy broke. Whooop de dooooo?
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft issued a statement saying, "To say we are disappointed in its findings, which do not include any incontrovertible or hard evidence of deliberate deflation of footballs at the AFC Championship game, would be a gross understatement."
Yeah, something tells me it's gonna be crickets from that sanctimonious prick. One one show they said, somewhere in Chicago some kinds from the Little League team are probably saying, "Mommy, does that mean that the Patriots are gonna be stripped of their championship the way we were stripped of ours?" "No, honey, that happens to poor black kids playing for fun, not to billion dollar sports teams."
Fucking hypocrites...
