Agreed. We approach the game from the perspective of being fans, and team loyalty does play into how we view our favorite teams. For the players, though, its a business first. In a lot of cases they tie in $$$$$ to loyalty, and whatever it might take to secure that paycheck (playing time). If Allen had said no to the Heat, and the Celtics moved to replace him, folks would be critical of Allen for not seeing the writing on the wall and taking care of his own business.
I don't think it has anything to do with that at all.
I think folks are just tired of the Spygate card being flipped every time there's a whiff of a team-level disciplinary action within the league. I'm not even a Pats fan, and I think it's just old. I'd be willing to guess that a lot of folks don't even know what the league's rules on taping that are to begin with (post #20 lays it out succinctly).
And then there's the fact that comparing what the Pats did to what the Saints did is like comparing apples and oranges...
And then there's this. People wondered why the NFLPA didn't jump into this right away, and there's the reason. I think they were afraid that even one player might say they didn't know it was against the CBA to do that. Just coming off the last off-season, that would have been an extremely bad look for the union.
Agreed. They had to plan for the future at some point, and after it was announced Peyton would sit out the season, the Colts front office was taking heat for not planning ahead a bit more diligently.
Agreed. A couple of years ago, when the Saints were dealing with the theft of Vicodin pills from the team's medical locker, it was implied the Loomis was attempting to sweep the incidents under the rug as to avoid attention from the league. That story pretty much disappeared before the pre-season of 2010. Now we have Loomis again close to the center of a second team controversy, and in this case, he disregarded a directive from his boss to stop any bounty systems that might exist. If Loomis makes it past the NFL draft and is not fired, I'd be surprised.
I agree on A.J. Smith. It's amazing that guy continues to have a job.
Weak sauce...
I think folks are just tired of the Spygate card being flipped every time there's a whiff of a team-level disciplinary action within the league. I'm not even a Pats fan, and I think it's just old. I'd be willing to guess that a lot of folks don't even know what the league's rules on taping that are to begin with (post #20 lays it out succinctly).
And then there's the fact that comparing what the Pats did to what the Saints did is like comparing apples and oranges...
But by all means, post your next argument...
It's tiresome...
Equating Spygate to something like this is a bit silly.