re: Arthur Blank Admits Falcons In The Wrong!

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Even Troy Aikman knows you're a moron..... “Sean Payton did not cheat,” Aikman said of the Saints coach who was suspended a full year for Bountygate. “There was nothing that Sean Payton and the Saints did that was illegal. And they did not give themselves a competitive edge. I maintain, regardless of whatever was said in the locker room, and in that locker room, is not anything different than what’s been said in any other locker room around the league. There’s no proof on the field of what took place that guys were targeting players. You can always pull out a play here and there. They were one of the least penalized teams for unsportsmanlike conduct. So there was no evidence that anything translated to the field that they were trying to hurt players. And they did not give themselves a competitive advantage.

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Sigh. You're arguing 2 different points.

A) Did you cheat by the letter of the law? Yes. Same way the Falcons cheated by the letter of the law.

B) Did it matter? (The point you're arguing). My answer would be no. You cite stats that show they were the least penalized teams for unsportsmanlike conduct.
Same way I cite the obvious that ATL sucked balls at home the last 2 years and went 6-10.

Moral of the story is that it was still cheating by the definition of a rule book. Now whether or not it translated to anything is a different argument. It looks like the Saints and Falcons still cheated though. Nothing changes that point.

This is a classic case of say something over and over again until you make it true to yourself...