After being busted for videotaping on the sidelines, the New England coach Bill Belichick was fined the NFL maximum of $500,000 Thursday and the Patriots were ordered to pay $250,000 for stealing an opponent's defensive signals. Commissioner Roger Goodell also ordered the team to give up next year's first-round draft choice if it reaches the playoffs and second- and third-round picks if it doesn't.
NFL rules state "no video recording devices of any kind are permitted to be in use in the coaches' booth, on the field, or in the locker room during the game." They also say all video for coaching purposes must be shot from locations "enclosed on all sides with a roof overhead." I think this is as clear as any rule can be. Anybody with an IQ over 45 should be able to read and interpret this right. So-called genius Bill Belichick says he always follows rules and in this case, only his interpretation was wrong. What the hell. How do you mis-interpret this rule? He also added "we have never used sideline video to obtain a competitive advantage while the game was in progress". Oh ok. That makes a lot of sense. So what was the video for? Was he making some short films for You-tube? Were they testing their new handy-cam? What is this dude talking about? I hate the Pats, Brady and the hoody and this is another reason to hate these guys. I love the fact there is this taint on this so called dynasty. They are good and they have run a good franchise, but I do believe both the hoody and Brady are way over-rated. Give me Tony Dungy and Peyton Manning any day.
NBA's off-season got worse as Greg Oden had a micro-fracture surgery on his knee and is not out for the season. Thats a shocker. Micro-fracture surgeries are coming out of nowhere these days. Amare's surgery happened 2 years back in the off-season without any warning just like Oden's. Oden went for a routine knee checkup and he is now out for the year. This is bad news for both the Blazers and the NBA which planned to showcase Greg Oden from day 1 against Tim Duncan. As bad an idea as that was - letting the whole World watch Duncan eat him alive on national TV, that season opener loses all lustre now. Wonder if the NBA switches it's schedule around because of this. This is real bad for the Blazers. Nothing to look forward to now.
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Well, it is kinda 50/50 with regards to Greg Oden. Amare had the same surgery and came back fine. Penny Hardaway had the same surgery but didn't look the same after getting back.
Greg Oden is still young, and he'll have time to recover. Hope it goes well for him.
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