re: my penalty for Belichek

To me, this is serious in that the Patriots have been publicly caught cheating twice in recent years. They need to be punished severely for that reason, not because the actual offense is so outrageous.

I agree with the poster above who said Brady should be punished the $25K along with whichever ball boy they blame this on. Brady was more likely to be behind it than Belichek was.

In terms of a team punishment, I'd go with cap penalties. Put them at a competitive disadvantage.