Oh man this is a great resource to use next time I hear someone complaining about how the Patriots are nothing but cheaters!
I never said they were nothing but cheaters. I said that they get lighter punishment (and that was before I realized that we are still waiting on a decision about Brady - he may get nothing). By contrast, A-Rod never had a positive test, and he got A YEAR'S SUSPENSION.
And to whomever said that Sean Payton "had to know": you have as little evidence of that as I have that Bellicheater "had to know". But I think any rational person that had gotten hammered over videotaping an opponents practice would be motivated to become more deeply involved and more completely aware of all of the happenings within the organization, lest it run afoul of the rules again. However, given that the penalties are so light, why bother? Why not keep cheating? America has no concept of shame anymore.