Recent content by dsturdy5

I believe I said I would expect equal punishment for all involved in a previous post. I'm not deflecting anything, I'm wondering why the difference in how the two (and others) are treated.

Me as well. The taping may have had some impact, it may not have. However you can't tell me that circumventing the salary cap didn't help the Bronco's two Super Bowl championship teams.

I have a love/hate relationship with McDaniels. Him as the OC in the super bowl scares the hell out of me.:( However, about that salary cap infraction...

1. How does using a legal formation go against the spirit of the rule? I supposed the tackle catching a td pass goes against the spirit of the rule. So does the Seahawks' fake field goal? And when the Titans and Lions both used similar formations this past season? How about when Alabama used...

1. The Patriots were the first (presumably only) team caught after the league directive to knock it off in early 2007. I'm not saying they weren't wrong but they weren't alone. They were caught. Nothing else has happened since then for them to be considered "cheaters", as in the present...

This phenomenon does not pertain to any one fan base. There will always be bandwagon jumpers. I am about the same age as you. When I got to UConn in 1997, there were a ton of Pats fans (coming off of a Super Bowl) but by my third or fourth year, the end of Pete Carroll and the rise of the...

Just so I'm clear, we are all ok with UConn being labeled as a basketball factory where the players don't ever go to class for eternity because of the APR thing right? That's how the Patriots are treated because of their being caught taping signals 7 years ago.

I teach digital literacy/citizenship as part of my class and one thing I can tell you is that many adolescents/teens put more stock in what comes over their phone than what is said/done face to face.

Well, the Maryland compliance office recently sent out a tweet asking their fans to remain hands off with recruits and potential recruits for fear of NCAA sanctions. Not sure how the NCAA, or anyone, can manage this. I mean, can I pose as a fan of another school and create potential violations?

Yes and I took your post to imply that they won their division and got a bye and two home games as a result. If that wasn't the intent, my bad. I would add to my list above that the only reason they hosted Baltimore after the 2012 season was because Baltimore beat Denver, otherwise they would...

I never said they didn't film signals, they didn't film practices. People throw it out there that they filmed the Rams like it's fact, they didn't. They did what numerous other teams did. They filmed signals from the sideline instead of from the end zone camera boxes (picture what is above...

I've seen this explained two different ways. 1. Each team uses its own balls. 2. The balls supplied by the teams are put into a pool and shared by the two teams during the game. Not clear to me either way.

They are alleging one of the balls passed inspection prior to the start of the game but became unusable during the game. Again, the NFL says this happens pretty regularly.

Vince Wilfork is a great person, had a chance to meet him a few times. He once got a citation from the MSP for dropping his plow during a snowstorm after a game to help clear the roads after a game so people could get home.

Two things... 1. As a teacher, if a kid cheats (mine or anyone else's) I hope the penalty is the same for all parties involved. 2. Let's say that the recording in 2007 was cheating, what have they done since then to be "cheaters"?