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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere's what a REAL punishment for sports cheating looks like: $100 million fine
When the McLaren team were caught cheating, they were fined $100 million!
And, excluded from any possibility of competing that year, all their competition points were taken away, and excluded from earning more, with the result that they were put in last place for that year.
(I guess think of it as having all your wins taken away and being relegated to the worst in the standings, with no option to rise, even if you win a game).
So, I think Patriots fans should take their puny fine, 4 game ONE PLAYER suspension, and draft pick losses and be grateful it wasn't worse.
Full disclosure: I know f*ck-all about football, but Ed Schultz has covered the story from the beginning, and the facts seem pretty clear to me!
Omaha Steve
(99,714 posts)I was shocked.
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Coventina
(27,172 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Blue_Adept
(6,402 posts)And think just how much financially that would kill part of the region in so many ways. It'd take a nice dagger and stab it pretty well in the revenue loss. And I'm not talking about the team itself, but everything else.
Coventina
(27,172 posts)They just weren't allowed to benefit from it, aside from experience and technical information.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,714 posts)yeoman6987
(14,449 posts)They have a good case too. Way overboard when you compare it to other punishments in the NFL.
mythology
(9,527 posts)For example Lance Armstrong lost his Tour de France titles for cheating. People in international sports get banned for a couple of years.
Instead the NFL suspends cheaters for a mere fraction of a season.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)Take away their share of the TV money for a year.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)NOT fuck around.
Punishment tends to be swift and severe.
IMHO, that's usually a good thing.