and the commishioner of the NFL who has favored the Patriots in the past ruled the other way.  Authoritarian figures are clearly divided on this.  Given Goodell's history I take the fact that he actually punished the Patriots (thought titles should have been taken for this and spygate) as vindication that this was just too strong to ignore.  Also I like how you refuse to refute my Belicheck point

when you're basically the face of the NFL and their star, you can do whatever you want lol

lol, yeah because the Patriots haven't had the 2 largest penalties in the history of the league levied against them (By Goodell).  Guess what Bub, if Kurt Warner (potentially impacted way, way more than you in the 'spygate' drama) calls it bullshit.  Then, yeah, your opinion doesn't really amount to much.  :)

Oh so now it's not about money, it's about public perception of your image?  But, I thought it'd been tarnished by this?  How would you be the face of the NFL, with such a tarnished image?  Doesn't really pass the smell test.  Especially given the rest of the country was 'utterly convinced' of guilt.  Even though the Judge disagreed.

It is about money. He's the face of the franchise and the face of the NFL, him missing any game time or any games or any marketing potential,loses the NFL money. He loses game time, the entire league loses money. Its pretty simple.

Haha, yeah, which totally explains why they're appealing.  Makes perfect sense. :)

In reality, the fact is, Goodell wants to protect the authority the commissioner has under the CBA.  And he cares little for anything else beyond that.  People like to suggest this all 'changed' in 2011 when the new CBA was agreed upon, however, people neglect to inform themselves of history.  The Commissioner has always had this authority, and the league has always aggressively defended that authority.  The difference is, Goodell continues to abuse the essence of the CBA, and as a result, has lost _5_ cases, challenging that authority.  5 Major cases.

Like I said its pretty simple and straight forward all ready with what I stated. No more really neesd to be said lol

Kurt is a class act and of course he's not going to make excuses.  The Pats did become a more offensive team after the tapes of the other team's offenses stopped being use though.  Curious at the very least.

Huh?  Do you even follow the NFL?  Every team still tapes, it's just a matter of location, not whether they can or cannot tape.  Additionally, the defenses shifted, mainly due to the pissing and moaning of the Colts Owner for Pats defense beating up their receivers (which was a rule changed after that season ended).  There's really nothing curious about this stuff, if you actually took the time to research them.