Appropriate Pats Punishment; Sports Guy Misses the Point

For all Sports Guy readers out there, I direct you to his column with Aaron Schatz on the Pats Cheating with caution, it is another homer response. Both Belechick-ites fail miserably to draw parallels between this event and other forms of cheating that have occurred in the NFL. Cheating by players is not the same as cheating by a coach. Cheating by front office men, even if the coach is amongst them, is not the same as a coach showing up Sunday afternoon with a plan in place to cheat during the competition. Parallels would be miking the visitors locker room or tapping into their communication devices. Would SG even attempt to defend, or explain those types of actions? I hope not. Plain and simple, this is having a buddy stand behind a poker opponent and advise you on his cards. Where I'm from, if you got caught doing that, you would end up like Worm and Mikey McD in Rounders and you would not be welcome at the game again. Of course, this is big business, and that is not an option, nor is forfeiting last week's game(even if it would improve The Count's record). Being a very fair person, I believe I have the solution. For the Jets game this season at a minimum, up to every game this season, but most likely just the Jets, or perhaps one game for each of the other AFC East opponents, the Pats should lose all communication privileges. No helmets with green dots, no headsets to coaches upstairs, NO HAND SIGNALS to players on the field. This is where the violation occurred, this is where they should be punished, not at the 2008 Draft. Put them back to the Stone Age of football when plays were shuttled in from the sidelines by players so they appreciate the existence of this technology in the game and why it is wrong to steal this from your opponent. If they manage to win this/these game(s), they will have proven that the fuss is about nothing, if they don't, their punishment comes in the form of losses, which they deserve in their quest for "the first-ever 16-0 season in NFL history."-SG Most likely, they will be made to look like the fools they are... Really Bill, the first 16-0 season? Nah, you're not a homer, and Belichick is not a genius, he's a scumbag.