No concequences of significance. Just a little fine and all of the bad behavior (and its results) are swept under the carpet.

Really. Where else do you get to cheat and break the rules, but still have the results count toward the record? Ask Pete Rose about the consequences for breaking the rules… and he broke them outside the field of play.

The Pats have some really fine players and can certainly play the game, but executing when you know what is coming at you is a whole different story from executing when you have to react at the last second.

The impact of the recording of defensive signals didn’t end with the Pats getting caught. The most obvious result is that every team in the league due to play the Pats had to go back and reinvent those signals and relearn them.

Is it really a perfect season if it starts with breaking the rules?

We keep telling ouselves that sports is teaching our young men to be men, perhaps now our daughters, too. Shouldn’t we be a little more selective about what we praise?

I’m sorry that I can’t let it go, but a season that was begun by cheating cannot be a perfect season.