[Richard Kimball]

As to the penalty, Pats fined total $750,000. In Formula 1 racing, Team McLaren was fined $100 million for stealing information from Team Ferrari. There’s a cover up going on, all right.

[rawhide]

I tend to agree with you that there is a cover-up going on? And who else but Congress is going to rat this out? I’m sure the owners want nothing of this. Go Arlen Spector!

[misterrob]

The Pats were fined for breaking the rules on taping. The NFL acknowledges that stealing signs is part of their culture and there are a myriad of ways it can be done that do not violate NFL rules. That the Pats had a guy openly doing it can be interpreted in a few ways but the “Spygate” moniker is inappropriate.

[ksen]

In Formula 1 racing, Team McLaren was fined $100 million for stealing information from Team Ferrari. There’s a cover up going on, all right.

Except in football it is not illegal to "steal" the opponent's signals.

The only "crime" the Patriots are guilty of is doing it in a manner proscribed by the league.

[cherry]

for all we know, Goodell doesn’t want people to really understand what the Pats did....OTOH....maybe its deeper than we think....maybe a real investigation by non-nfl personal would show fixing the games...ala the Stealers over the Seahawks...