Earlier this morning, there was a report that the Patriots were definitely going to be punished for committing a “game-day violation” as part of their videotaping scandal. Now, the league office is pushing back on that report. 
The NFL released a statement denying that any final decision had been made, via Adam Schefter of ESPN.com (Twitter link). “The investigation is ongoing and there has been no discussion of any potential discipline. Any suggestion of potential discipline or a timeline on an announcement is pure speculation,” the statement read. Schefter had reported that the official punishment was going to come down in the next two weeks, and obviously Roger Goodell took issue with his reporting.
Schefter cited a couple of examples of potential discipline, which have come up repeatedly throughout this process. One is the $250K fine for the Browns and four-game suspension for then-GM Ray Farmer for in-game texting, and the other is the Falcons losing a fifth-round pick and being fined $350K for pumping in artificial crowd noise to their stadium.
Everything has indicated for a while now that Goodell will hand down some sort of punishment, but it’s interesting that he took the unusual step of releasing this statement in response to a specific report. Perhaps the Pats have a chance to escape from this latest controversy unscathed after all.
False accusations. Patriots should be compensated for this BS
Lol they are caught. Deal with it in therapy or something.
False?? THEY ADMITTED IT YOU NUMPTY!!!
You do know it was on tape right? LoL
Lmao!
Get on with the punishment. How long does it take to prove if the football side of the Patriots know about the video or not.
You are pathetic. Let me guess …Giants fan?
…or he’s a logical human with a working set of eyes and ears
Lol dynasty over and btw Pitts was relevant with two super bowl wins with Ben genious
You mean the team you lost to twice in the SB
You Boston sports fan are truly insufferable. And this is coming from a Philly sports fan, so I feel like I can speak on behalf of other insufferable fans. But you’re the worst of the bunch.
As a Penguins fan from Pittsburgh, I can verify I am supposed to regard the Philthedelphia fans as the lowest of the low (criminal, rude, vile) and while all true, they are quite pleasant compared to Boston’s racist chowderheads.
Maybe no fine or draft picks lost. Oh boy – the haters will be crying in their soup if that happens.
There will be a symbolic fine of $100,000 for breaking the rules but with no intent to cheat.
Bs? They been caught multiple times cheating now they need to be punished! Sooner the better
Pull the plug on Travis Scott & Big Boi and have Goodell & Schefter battle in a steel cage death match at halftime of the SB.
Coverup: Activated
Hahaha. You poor thing. Your Steelers haven’t been relevant since 1979.
Don’t care about the Steelers. Trash them all you like. But, again, that’s just ham fisted dime store deflection on your part.
And your Pats, through whom you have vicariously lived your sad, chowder eating life have NEVER been relevant without cheating. Never. And still are not.
You know that living a life built of vicariously celebrating things you watched other people do is already pathetic and empty, so, you will not allow knowing deep inside that it’s all a fraud stop you either.
It’s all you have. It’s all any of you have.
So, the cult will never acknowledge that they know the truth. But, you do.
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Amazing. Everything word of what you just said is completely wrong.
“You don’t tell the truth until *I* tell you to tell the truth!”
-Roger Goodell
Goodell does a pretty good Tony Montana too – “Me, I always tell the truth…even when I lie”.
Another coverup like Spygate when they burned the evidence?
Who cares?
Brady and belichick are both out the door to different teams after they lose to the Titans tonight… or Chiefs next week.
Baaawston will be rubbing shoulders with the Bengals and Redskins of the league in 2020.
Losing at home to a middling Titans team?
Weakest ending to a long running criminal enterprise since the final Sopranos episode.
Watch the last 30 minutes of the Irishman.
There may be happy endings for everyone!!!!!
Patriots lose! It’s a great day across the country.
Take them out to the back forty & shoot them in the head & put them out of their misery! Titans slay the elderly Patriots!
All you patriot haters. Probably still su cking your moms T i T.
If your team hasn’t won 6 SB in your lifetime. Than Shut the Fu Ck up!!! You all are irrelevant & your team will never compare as the great franchise in NFL history.
You weren’t even born when the Super Bowl started ! There are 7 or 8 storied franchises that have had better teams than that bunch of cheating pansies !