You guys should read my "thoughts and notes" in the journal and written on Monday. I mentioned both the Pats and the Formule 1 issues, although shortly.
I think the Formule 1 fine was overstated, wherein the NFL action might have been the absolute minimum acceptable penalty and he could have been a bit stronger such as a 4 game suspension for Belichick or something similar.
BSD's editorial is good, but reads too much like a fan of a Pats rival. You seem emotionally distressed that the NFL didn't lower the boom harder.
In this case, I have to agree with Kirby's accessment. The NCAA and the NFL are both cash cows, but with different agenda's...at least publicly. Universities don't move, but teams do. The infraction hardly justifies the killing of their entire season and, perhaps, the team itself.
By the way, Coach Belichick makes 3,000,000 a year salary. I know he probably has endorsement deals and other things to raise that figure, but don't think he's going to feel a half million bucks go out of his bank account without it hurting.
