What Should Brady's Punishment Be?

[truth18]

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/06/us/nf ... ef=edition



Hope we get off light somehow. Smh. Still the goat imo, even Jerry Rice used stickum, but this is bad.

[No-Man]

At least 4-6 games plus money, for both him and Bill, and money and draft picks for the franchise.

[LAKESHOW]

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD7i5hQYHZs[/youtube]

Here is a whole half hour worth of LYING

[LAKESHOW]

McNally: Tom sucks...im going make that next ball a f----- balloon

Jastremski: Talked to him last night. He actually brought you up and said you must have a lot of stress trying to get them done

Jastremski: I told him it was. He was right though

Jastremski: I checked some of the balls this morn... The refs f----- us...a few of then were at almost 16

Jastremski: They didnt recheck then after they put air in them

McNally: F--- tom ...16 is nothing...wait till next sunday

Jastremski: Omg! Spaz

[Higga]

Maybe a fine. I just don't think it's that big of a deal.

[LAKESHOW]

Paying Money? Paying with Merchandise? The question is, for what? The answer? To win the game. That is deep. The integrity of the game is at stake when you pay, to cheat, to win the game.

[truth18]

Maybe a fine. I just don't think it's that big of a deal.

Yeah, I voted heavy fine, kind of funny how every option has one vote. Not a huge advantage honestly just a comfort thing.

[truth18]

Paying Money? Paying with Merchandise? The question is, for what? The answer? To win the game. That is deep. The integrity of the game is at stake when you pay, to cheat, to win the game.

Meh, idk man. Andre Agassi is still considered an all time great and he was on PEDs and meth during games by his own admission. This seems like much less of a big deal in comparison to something like that. Should definitely still be punished though.

[Celtsfan1980]

Until there's evidence, nothing.

[TankShow]

He should be banned for life:

[High 5]

He should be banned for life:

[Slava]

Paying Money? Paying with Merchandise? The question is, for what? The answer? To win the game. That is deep. The integrity of the game is at stake when you pay, to cheat, to win the game.

Meh, idk man. Andre Agassi is still considered an all time great and he was on PEDs and meth during games by his own admission. This seems like much less of a big deal in comparison to something like that. Should definitely still be punished though.

Not sure of PEDs, I only read he took meth and ate taco bell for like 2 years.

[truth18]

Paying Money? Paying with Merchandise? The question is, for what? The answer? To win the game. That is deep. The integrity of the game is at stake when you pay, to cheat, to win the game.

Meh, idk man. Andre Agassi is still considered an all time great and he was on PEDs and meth during games by his own admission. This seems like much less of a big deal in comparison to something like that. Should definitely still be punished though.

Not sure of PEDs, I only read he took meth and ate taco bell for like 2 years.

Adderall is considered a PED in tennis (and many other sports). Sorry I didn't mean he was on hgh or steroids (though his mullet was on something)

[Slava]

Meh, idk man. Andre Agassi is still considered an all time great and he was on PEDs and meth during games by his own admission. This seems like much less of a big deal in comparison to something like that. Should definitely still be punished though.

Not sure of PEDs, I only read he took meth and ate taco bell for like 2 years.

Adderall is considered a PED in tennis (and many other sports). Sorry I didn't mean he was on hgh or steroids (though his mullet was on something)

The mullet was a wig.

[cl2117]

No hard evidence, no suspension.

I think they'll go heavy fine. Brady will just take it because he knows he got off light as compared to what some people will call for and the league can say they did something about it and be done with it.

[Revived]

I think an 8 game suspension is sufficient. The texts alone implicate him imo.

[LAKESHOW]

3 games

[El Turco]

fine for the crime. 4 game suspension for dishonesty and cover up.

[campybatman]

Quick-hit thoughts around the New England Patriots:

1. ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter tweeted something Saturday morning that resonated with me; it was advice on journalism and social media from Margaret Sullivan, public editor of the New York Times. Three points I highlighted were: Think more about fairness than objectivity; think about how close you can get to the truth; put yourself in the place of the people who will be affected by your work (that doesn't mean to pull your punches). I think those can apply in more areas than journalism, and in fact, they are three reasons that highlight why I think commissioner Roger Goodell has erred badly from the start with the league's handling of the Patriots and underinflated footballs, making this into a much bigger deal than it is. Over the last three days, I've digested the 243-page Wells report reading it multiple times, and with its bias and lack of fairness in certain areas, I truly can't believe what the commissioner has done to the legacy and reputation of one of the greatest quarterbacks and ambassadors in the history of the game -- all over air pressure in a football and without definitive proof he had anything to do with it.

2. Why do I think this has been made to be a bigger deal than it is? I go back to the Vikings-Panthers game from November, with teams illegally heating footballs on the sideline and simply getting a warning from the NFL, and wonder how we got to this point with the Patriots and underinflated footballs. I go back to the Chargers using an illegal sticky substance on towels in 2012 and getting fined $25,000, and likewise wonder how we got to this point with the Patriots and underinflated footballs. Put the three situations together and only one requires a full-fledged investigation that will cost owners millions of dollars? In the interest of fairness, what am I missing? Add in comments from Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers about his preference for overinflated footballs, and this New York Times story on Eli Manning and his football preparation, and it just seems we've gone off the rails here.

3. I hope my viewpoint on Goodell's poor handling of the situation isn't interpreted as letting the Patriots off the hook. From the moment the story broke, my opinion was that the team should be held accountable if all football air-pressure measurements were done correctly and science wasn't a factor. The Wells report brought to light some important details, as it naturally raises suspicions that locker room attendant Jim McNally, who at one point in 2014 referred to himself as the “deflator” in a text message, took the footballs without consent before the game and had them in a locked bathroom for 1 minute and 40 seconds. That can't happen. If we're focusing on fairness, I think even Patriots followers would acknowledge that action alone leaves the team vulnerable to some level of punishment. But how we got from there to the possibility that Brady himself will be suspended is still hard for me to grasp.

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-england-pat ... e-patriots

Pressure gauge discrepancies undermine Wells report

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... ls-report/

[Barcs]

Heavy fines do nothing. Even the bigger fines do not even come close to comparing to the amount of money they make. For them it's pocket change. Hit em where it hurts the most and suspend him without pay and dock a first round draft pick. I can't believe "heavy fine" and "no action" options are dominating the poll, when this team cheated in a CHAMPIONSHIP game. That is kind of a big deal. Brady knowingly lied. Suspend him. Must be mostly Patriots fans voting or something, because no action? REALLY? LMAO!