Dolphins Tampering Penalty Harmed Saints

neugey · 08-08-2022, 12:49 PM

Originally Posted by stickman

What about compensatory picks? Those are at best a 3rd rounder.

Just throwing that out there. In this case, the Dolphins didn't actually sign either Payton or Brady, so it's not like a team actually lost someone. Unless you can prove the tampering caused Payton to resign, and that would be difficult if not impossible.

That's an even better idea. Take away the picks as described by the Dolphins and add compensatory (end of 3rd round) picks for the Saints and Pats. IMO if the league office is to be taken seriously about tampering, not only do they need to punish a team caught in serious violation, but they also need to compensate the team(s) victimized by the tampering. Since the player/coach were not actually poached (although it was attempted), a compensatory pick for each team seems fair. Maybe multiple compensatory picks for the Pats if it's been proven they were tampered with on more than one separate occasion.

08-08-2022, 12:49 PM	#1
neugey Hu Dat! Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 6,834 Blog Entries: 13	Re: Dolphins Tampering Penalty Harmed Saints Originally Posted by stickman What about compensatory picks? Those are at best a 3rd rounder. Just throwing that out there. In this case, the Dolphins didn't actually sign either Payton or Brady, so it's not like a team actually lost someone. Unless you can prove the tampering caused Payton to resign, and that would be difficult if not impossible. That's an even better idea. Take away the picks as described by the Dolphins and add compensatory (end of 3rd round) picks for the Saints and Pats. IMO if the league office is to be taken seriously about tampering, not only do they need to punish a team caught in serious violation, but they also need to compensate the team(s) victimized by the tampering. Since the player/coach were not actually poached (although it was attempted), a compensatory pick for each team seems fair. Maybe multiple compensatory picks for the Pats if it's been proven they were tampered with on more than one separate occasion. SmashMouth and Rugby Saint II like this.