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Originally Posted by quitesanemax
They lost a first round draft choice because Goodell wanted to make an example of the Patriots. Yeah, it wasn't major what had happened, but the league had warned them many times, and Belichick ignored them, and continued to do it. I think Goodell was angry about that. He saw the big deal that everyone was making of it, and knew he could throw the book at the Patriots and get away with it.
What I think is that Goodell has it in for the Patriots, and is willing to do it at the expense of the NFL.
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Bottom line, the pats got caught doing something they weren't suppose to do. What was Goodell to do? You said it yourself, they got warned many times but ignored the warnings, so they got punished. That hardly defines the comish having it in for the pats. With that being said, and as much as I hate to say it, I hope the pats do go 16-0 and make everyone forget about the '72 Dolphins. It has always bugged me to hear how they get together and celebrate after the last undefeated team has gone down every season.