Weak.  I still stand by taking away both 1st round picks and the 2nd round pick as well as suspending Belichik for 4 games as well as warning the rest of the league that the next team would be cripling themselves by doing this (lose whole draft and banning the head coach for life).

I've never been a fan of the Patriots and never will.  That being said, i think the punishment overall was pretty good.  A lot of people are saying that the 500k fine to Belichick is nothing for him.  500k is still 500k.  I'm not sure what he makes this season and i may be way off.  But, lets say he's set to make 3 mil.  Thats roughly 17% of his salary.  In comparison, if you make 30 grand a year, thats about 5 grand.  If you got a $5,000 fine that would hurt a bit.  The 250k fine to the club is pointless but some fine was needed.  The draft picks were perfect.  No more, no less than what i thought they should have gotten. (Take the whole draft away???  Come on now, no way)  I probably would have thought a 2 game suspension would have been fine as well.

The fact is, everyone tries to figure out the other teams signals.  Why wouldn't you.  The problem is they tried to record them and got caught, plain and simple.  They still have to play the game.  As an opposing coach you should know that the other team will try to figure you out,  Why???  BECAUSE YOUR DOING IT TOO.

For the record, I didn't give you that PQ.

The point in the game at where they got caught is meaningless.  If i stole your car, took it to a chop shop and got it all broke down and sold out then got busted, should I get a stiffer penalty than if I get busted on my way to the chop shop.

If someone gets busted with steroids right after they started their first cycle, should the get less of a penalty than someone whose been doing it for a while and just gets busted?

I guess i haven't stolen too many cars.  Oh well.  The point is that he cheated and got caught.  The point in the game that he got caught means nothing.