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Originally Posted by donofriose
I understand why Brady got punished. I am confused why Kraft/Patriots got punished though. I was under the impression that the report, which is what the punishment was based on, cleared pretty much everyone except for Brady and the two locker room guys.
To me it is like suspending a team for a drug violation. Doesn't make sense.
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The NFL is obviously responding to the need to punish the organization for allowing a culture of cheating. Over the years, team management and ownership have looked the other way and denied everything in numerous cases of alleged or actual cheating. Bob Kraft has already said that he would accept the league's punishment so it's all over except for the dust and smoke settling. Now, Bob, go and sin no more.
BTW, the NFL doesn't need to prove that this culture of cheating exists to the same level that it would if this were a court case.