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If this stuff turns out to be true, simply suspending the coach for a year is a relative slap on the wrist for cheating that would have arguably altered the landscape of the NFL for at least this decade (if not more, considering that more than one franchise has hired coaches that will have an impact for years to come, who made their names as members of that coaching staff.) The fruits of the Patriots winning ways are greater than the three Lombardi trophies they collected. It's created a culture where good, team-changing players are willing to play for less money than they would demand from other franchises. It creates a culture where they can steal away a player like Randy Moss because their team is the only one he won't totally dog it most of the time for. If it's true that they cheated to win a championship, then they should be busted down SMU-style. I know there's no way that would ever happen - there's too much money at stake. That's what they'd deserve though.
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