So now teams get their picks "downgraded" when they are cold busted for cheating

We were screwed in 2011. We got the NFL death penalty. I think behind closed doors even the NFL realized this.

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The Giants have like the 6th best record in the NFL. How far of a drop is that? And there's a provision that it can't drop more than 12 picks? Really? That'll show them!

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...What did I miss?

I see.

Thank you.

I mean it doesn't seem like the biggest deal in the world. Not much of a "cheating." Then again the deflated balls and fictional bounty system didn't seem like cheating to me either.

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We gained no competitive advantage on the field by what we did.

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One could argue that allegedly trying to take out another team's best player could be a competitive advantage......








Not this guy though

It is all bull shite manufactured because Goodell and the NFL needed a scapegoat to make it seem like they are tough on player safety.

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an ill-advised but completely legal "hit people where they're injured" locker room speech.

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I remember growing up announcers talking about stuff like this like it was nothing. Like it would be in the injury report that a player had an injured ankle, and the announcers would joke about the opponents targeting it for a competitive advantage. Or players saying openly that they would wrap both ankles because they didn't want the opponents to know which one was hurt.

Then suddenly after the bounty shite all of this stuff that had been the status quo for decades became an unspeakable offense. It's like people don't remember that the NFL revelled in being a brutal game. It was everyone doing it, but they decided to make an example of us.

I understand that maybe a change needs to be made in regards to safety, but this has never been about that. Goodell and the NFL don't give a God damn about safety. This is only about covering their arse and the bottom line. They are totally devoid of anything resembling integrity.

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frick Roger Goodell

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Nothing more needs to be said

Patriots and Giants were actually caught cheating actively participating in a scheme which gave them proven competitive advantage over other teams detrimental to the core of the game of football and all they got was a glorifies slap on the wrist. Video taping opponents practices, deflating balls, piping in crowd noise, illegal communication, etc... Are all active things that give you an advantage.

And none of them got penalized at all when compared to the saints. A small player suspension or a small draft pick in a lesser round moved back.

The Saints did literally nothing wrong and lost their entire front office, half the team, the coaching staff, a full season of football, the best DC we had, the end of our small golden years, the death of a possible dynasty, and an entire draft and a half which set the franchise back multiple years with massive depth problems because the players and coaches did what every other team in the league does, they motivated themselves to play well.

There is no evidence the Saints did anything wrong. We had less personal fouls and injuries than half the league when 3GW was here. And we didn't do anything differently than colleges who hand out helmet stickers.

Meanwhile, people like suh stomp on people's heads, and get a fine for $100,000 for actually trying to injure people.

I will never forgive the NFL or Goodell for what they did to this franchise and I look forward to going and taking a steaming shite on Goodell's grave when he's dead.

I might move to that town, get a few dogs, and walk them over there every day to shite.

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It's kind of hard to wrap your head around logically how much they punished us for what we did.

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It's literally impossible to logically wrap your head around one of the most asinine illogical events in NFL history.