Not only because of Spygate, but because of how they were punished for it. Here's a few ways I think they probably should have been punished!Originally Posted by Goldenboko
...Why?
Because of "Spygate"? Something that got blown out of proportion, many teams in the NFL do, and is really stupid because if you just watch the team you'll see that the work done by the offensive line, the wide receivers, the QB and the Running backs are what push the offensive, not defensive signs.
But then again, I guess everyone hates winners.
EDIT: Total love the fact Green Bay one, Favre is awesome, I love to see the older guys still showing how its done :o
- At minimum, the outcome of the Jets game where they were caught reversed
- AFC East Division title, should they mathematically win it (which they did), surrendered to the second-place team (which this season would be the Bills)
- Ban from 2007 Playoffs, regardless of record, division title, or wild card status
- The draft pick they received from San Francisco either stripped or surrendered to another team (they lost their own 1st round draft pick, not San Fran's, who I think finished with 4 wins, and thus, they pick 7th as a result)
- OR, at maximum, automatic 0-16, banned for the season, and all non-division opponents on their schedule awarded a win, with division opponents awarded 2 wins
See, if a team did this on the NCAA level, which is a LOWER tier than the NFL, that team would be surrendering wins, and possibly National Titles. In the Olympics, which is believed to be the highest tier in sports, any form of cheating, drug or otherwise, results in surrendering medals (look at Marion Jones). I don't get how the NFL (or the other major professional sports leagues, for that matter) has LOWER standards than the NCAA, and to me, that is sad! I do not take kindly to cheating at all, even to the most minor of degrees! Cheating is still cheating, and I feel that cheaters should never be rewarded, period! I feel that the NFL has been doing so, as evidenced by the lack of an asterisk by their 2007 season and records associated with it, not to mention the fact that the Commish destroyed the confiscated tapes without even letting the public know the full extent of Spygate. Those destroyed tapes could be a LOT more damning to the Pats than the one they got busted with. Those tapes could have contained evidence that Spygate had been going on for YEARS, thus putting a HUGE stain on the Super Bowls that they won, especially when you consider the fact that the Pats won all three of those Super Bowls by a margin of three points each. Somehow, I think the true extent of Spygate was covered up by the Commissioner.
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