Comments on: Specter: Belichick Was Taping Since 2000

By: Amelia B

Amelia B — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:14:54 +0000

I agree with most people here. The punishment the coach got was not enough. Charging him money is nothing. They have a lot of it. If anything, they should have banned him from coaching. What he did was the same thing as cheating, therefore, a harsher punishment would be the best thing to do.

By: Damian C.

Damian C. — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 03:11:35 +0000

The punishment that the coach and the team got was really nothing. I think they should have suspended the coach because this has been going on for a pretty long time and have gotten championships probably becacuse of the unfair taping of their opponents, but who knows. The amount of money that they had to pay is nothing that’s practically chump change. I wish they would have gotten a more serious punishment.

By: rebekah

rebekah — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:43:14 +0000

well i think that they should get a more severe punishment other than paying money because them having to pay a certain amount of money is like a little kid getting a slap on the wrist. what the coach did was basically cheating and i think that they need a more harsher punishment.

By: Stephanie Van Zant[EAST]

Stephanie Van Zant[EAST] — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:20:03 +0000

i personally don’t care about an issue like this.
if anything, the only thing that i get from this is realizing
how competitive this society has got and how they are willing
to do anything to win. i don’t think that his punishment was harsh or less than what was expected.
it’s funny how we care so much about celebrities and athletes and their lives.
i think we think they are perfect and whenever anything wrong goes on, it’s horrible!

By: Mike-West

Mike-West — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:02:31 +0000

I have to agree with Brandon and say the punishment should have been way harder, but im not a patriot hater. Even though they got to where they were with talent, i think that them cheating helped them a lot. Cheating is like failing but only when you got caught and since the Patriots were caught they should have gotten their rings taken. But when i think about it taken away their rings might be a little too harsh so i guess they could have fined them a lot more, especially Bill. But thats just my opinion.

By: Lee Davis

Lee Davis — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:57:51 +0000

If Barry bonds must suffer so must the patriots if they really were cheating. There was non-stop coverage on barry for cheating and he is only one person. The patriots are a whole organization they should be critically penalized for breaking a crucial rule. I would understand the fine if it did not give the patriots much leverage to tape other teams. This taping help them win games which should not be taken lightly by the league like it has. All I am saying is that if the league does not do any in depth researching on this matter then I would say they are supporters of cheating. The commercials about the Nfl cares does not mean anything because they are showing me and millions of others that they care about cheating other then honesty. There is no reason to even watcha football game if any team gets to cheat and only get fined for it. The patriots have won a couple of superbowls over the past decade there would not be a question about how they did it if they were taping other teams.

By: Cynthia =)

Cynthia =) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:48:23 +0000

What happened with the patriots coach being fined was enough. Their super bowls should not be taken away. It may have been chum change, but it really opened the eyes of everyone in the NFL. People don’t realize just how hard these guys work. They work all week and the games that we see on sundays are the output that they put in during the week. They make it seem that the Patriots coach knew every play but the fact is he only knew the red zone offense. It doesn’t matter whether you know the teams plays, if they are good and they practiced harder that week then they are going to win. In the end it was just a slap on the hand, but i don’t think we are going to hear about cheating from another coach again. GO DALLAS!!!

By: Brandon-West

Brandon-West — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:41:26 +0000

I think the punishment should have been way harsher and thats just not because im a patriot hater. This is clear cheating and they should have every win that they had that advantage on taken away. Some people argue that they might have won anyway, but we’ll never know and no matter what way you put it, its still cheating. Its like me cheating on a test just to get one or two answers and the teacher catches me, i might have still passed without cheating but the teacher will still fail me. When it comes to professional sports, just a little advantage can determine a win or not, espeically in tight games which they did have against the rams in the superbowl. I think they should have taken away alot more wins.

By: Abel

Abel — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 04:39:28 +0000

i really dont care about this but i guess it is wrong. and if he was caught he should ahve been fired. they shouldnt ahve punished the team by fining them also. they did nothing wrong it was al him it would suck fi they take away the teams titles over this, but i guess he shouldnt ahve cheated.

By: Silky J.

Silky J. — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 03:54:44 +0000

Our society as a whole doesn’t really care about this. They cared about Barry Bonds with his steroid use, but the fact that the NFL Commissioner destroyed the evidence, and there was no public outcry, says that we don’t care. Personally, I think Belichick should be banned, and all the Patriots titles stipped from them. But this is the NFL we are talking about, who doesn’t care about retired players, HGH use, or cheating. A famous man once said, “If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying,” so apparently the Pat’s weren’t trying hard enough.