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Updated: September 13, 2007, 8:53 PM ET
NEW YORK -- New England coach Bill Belichick was fined the NFL maximum of $500,000 Thursday and the Patriots were ordered to pay $250,000 for videotaping an opponent's offensive and defensive signals. Commissioner Roger Goodell also ordered the team to give up next year's first-round draft choice if it reaches the playoffs and second- and third-round picks if it doesn't. "This episode represents a calculated and deliberate attempt to avoid longstanding rules designed to encourage fair play and promote honest competition on the playing field," Goodell said in a letter to the Patriots. NFL policy states that "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" and that all video shooting locations for club coaching purposes "must be enclosed on all sides with a roof overhead." ESPN - Belichick fined $500K for taping Jets' signals - NFL "Man I was watching the West Virginia vs. Maryland game when they broke the news. OOOOUUUUCCCHHHH! So that's what it feels like when your hand get caught in the cookie jar. That's good for them, cheating is cheating no matter how you slice it." |
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Re: Belichick fined $500K by NFL for taping Jets' signals
ahhh serves em right.
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Re: Belichick fined $500K by NFL for taping Jets' signals
Small price to pay if it won them a few games, and maybe even a Super Bowl
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Re: Belichick fined $500K by NFL for taping Jets' signals
What A Jackass.
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Originally Posted by blacksaint
This is just a few Quote's from around the league on Belichick and his hustling skills. I'm wondering how much is coaching skills and how much is cheating. You have to admit, the play calling in the Superbowl against the Eagles was incredibly genius. Hmmmmmm.![]()
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Re: Belichick fined $500K by NFL for taping Jets' signals
don't do the crime, if you can do the time.
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Re: Belichick fined $500K by NFL for taping Jets' signals
And Belichik remains smug. What a punk.
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Re: Belichick fined $500K by NFL for taping Jets' signals
3 Superbowl rings for a fine and a lost draft pick... well worth it for the Pats.
I still like the Pats. I'm sure they're not the only team out there doing this sort of stuff... just maybe not as extreme. They're just the only ones who got caught and made an example out of. |
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Re: Belichick fined $500K by NFL for taping Jets' signals
So What!
Everything is on film these days anyway. Sometimes while watching the game on TV they'll show the D-cord making signals to the defense. So if these calls are so secret give the defensive coaches head sets. And people been stealing signals for years thats why every O-cord and/or head coach in this league cover their mouths when they call plays. Get over it! They were fined. Lets move on. I guess those tapes had something to do with Donavan McNabb getting so tired in the SuperBowl that he couldn't call the play. Or had something to do with that last pick he through. I DOUBT IT. I guess the tapes also had something to do with the blueprint that Bill gave the rest of the 3-4 defensive teams on how to frustrate Peyton Manning. PROBABLY NOT! Losers always hate on winners. Bring on TAMPA!! The pats game plan, and draft well. This is the organization I wish the Saints were like. |
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Re: Belichick fined $500K by NFL for taping Jets' signals
Originally Posted by papz
... well, one thing is to cheat your way to 3 SB's, another is to get caught... ![]()
... and, the thing is, they just didn't "get caught"... there's a history, and the Pats had been warned to stop doing it. The monetary penalty as well as the draft pick may be 'a small price", but not the label of "cheater", which pretty much makes that "dynasty" talk crumble. |
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