The New England Patriots have been accused by the New York Jets of stealing play calls through video taping the Jets sideline. The NFL has taken action and has penalized the Patriots by taking next year's first round draft pick away from them and issuing Bellichick a $500,000 fine and the team a $250,000 fine. I found what legendary NFL coach Don Shula had to say about "spygate" to be interesting:"The Spygate thing has diminished what they've accomplished. You would hate to have that attached to your accomplishments. They've got it," Shula told the Daily News yesterday. "Belichick was fined $500,000, the team was fined $250,00 and they lost a first-round draft choice. That tells you the seriousness or significance of what they found.
I guess you got the same thing as putting an asterisk by Barry Bonds' home run record. I guess it will be noted that the Patriots were fined and a No.1 draft choice was taken away during that year of accomplishment. The sad thing is Tom Brady
looks so good, it doesn't look like he needs any help."
It will be interesting to see how spygate will affect the Patriots legacy. My guess is that as long as the Patriots keep winning, no one will really care. With Tom Brady and Randy Moss, the Patriots winning is a very likely possibility.
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