New England Patriots Caught Spying Was A Lie: Should the Boston Herald compensate the $750,000 the Patriots were fined?

That's a drop in the bucket. Who cares anyway. Everyone is and always has been JEALOUS of the New England Patriots. Wait until this year Senator Spector!!!!

and the money could be donated to a local charity like the Boys and Girls club organization

And they should be kept of the field from reporting such BS

Well...can't put thoughts in2 words...........

As far as I have heard there was viedo taping of the coaches on the sidelines and they have since been destroyed. When and where was this story broken. I'd like to be able to find out the truth if I've been mislead.

The videotaping came to light after a camera was confiscated from Patriots video assistant Matt Estrella while he was on the New York Jets' sideline during New England's 38-14 win last Sunday at Giants Stadium. Goodell will not change the outcome of the game.

Goodell said he had considered suspending Belichick but didn't "largely because I believe that the discipline I am imposing of a maximum fine and forfeiture of a first-round draft choice, or multiple draft choices, is in fact more significant and long-lasting, and therefore more effective, than a suspension."

it wasn't about the jets(see below) but i think the author of the article john tomase should be fired

There very well could be a bit more to the story. However, this is a perfect example of why you can't believe everything you read or hear. The press like to sensationalize everything for ratings/money.

I have not really been following this story, but are there other teams that need to be investigated?

This whole thing was blown way out of proportion from day one. They came back and won their next 17 games with no cameras on the field. The New England Patriots are a dynasty!

this is a touchy subject for me because I am a fan of the patriots and all I want is this crap to go away

Of course you do...but if it was the Colts, you'd want it to be front page news...

Well your right I do hate the colts or if it was the giants but if this happened to any other team I would feel bad

Yeah, they were wrong about this one, but what about all the other ones? Bellecheat admitting to taping the Jets - I mean, the Jets, for God's sake!!!

Would love to see them sue that old rag out of business.

The fact that they were cheating wasn't a lie, even if bits of the story were blown out of proportion.

Pshh... the Patriots are guilty as sin dude. Just get over it and acknowledge the truth.... the Patriots were cheating.

If Bellichick misunderstood the rules... then why did Matt Walsh tell Roger Goodell that Bellichick instructed him to have a "Cover Story" for what he was doing? They KNEW it was illegal.

And just because nobody can find a tape of the Rams walkthrough doesn't mean it didn't happen. It just means the coverup was successful.

http://www.sportsix.blogspot.com

The money doesn't mean squat. It's the draft pick and the loss of credibility over this trumped up issue. Please notice people that the Patriots almost ran the table after BB stopped the practice. Please notice also that the initial warning went to every team not just the Patriots. So the claims that the Patriots SBs are tainted is baseless. BB continued doing it because he thought that his reasoning was within the Commissioner's guidelines. It obviously was not. People hated and were jealous of the Patriots because they were successful, something which is sadly rampant in the U.S. That Herald article was just piling on. The reporter was hoping to grab some of the spotlight from the issue. The reporter should be reprimanded for not fully vetting his claim.

of course they should, they went out of their way to lie to the american public so yeah they owe them

The NFL acted on what a newspaper stated....even though the paper pointed the finger, it was the league that pulled the trigger....the league shoud refund the money and the Herald should keep its nose out of league business..........

It wasn't the patriots taping the Jets that was false it was when the Herald reported that the Patriots taped the Rams before the superbowl that was false Belicheck admitted to taping the Jets

thank you matthew i was wondering when someone would point that out

The Pats shouldn't have been fined in the first place. Freedom of the press doesn't mean you can lie. Not only should the Pats be reimbursed but they should be given as least $500,000 if not more for the libel and whoever reported it should be jailed.........................

Exactly.

Round it off to a mil to make up for the loss of the draft pick!

I still think they cheated lol... Do you have the article by chance?

i found this article, don't know if its the same one though.... http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/n...

They screwed up, the least they could do is TRY and make it better... although, giving them the money isn't going to make much of a dent... they need to be promised first-draft pick next year, or something like that.