Yesterday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell penalized the San Francisco 49ers for "tampering."
They violated the NFL's anti-tampering policy in regards to Chicago linebacker Lance Briggs.
Now the Niners are without a fifth round pick in April’s upcoming NFL draft. Also, the two teams are to switch picks in the third round, which is a difference of five spots (the seventh for the 12th).
Goodell said the 49ers violated the policy by contacting Briggs' agent, Drew Rosenhaus, about his client during the 2007 season.
The front office of the 49ers disagrees with the verdict and they should!
Is Goodell just trying to take the hard-nosed stance a little too much now?
If the Niners get slapped for this, shouldn't most of the other teams in the NFL also?
What team doesn't contact someone before they make a deal? You are telling me that for the last couple of years, at the strike of midnight when free agency hits, that all those players that get signed within the first 24 to 72 hours haven't spoken with any reps for that team?
That is complete nonsense.
The fact is, once again, in sports is…it’s not cheating if you don't get caught.
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6 months ago
Do you really believe that!
Have we gone so wrong that the unimportant things are more important than the real things in life!
They cheeted and should be fined Barry Bonds should be banned from Hall OF FAME.
6 months ago
Briggs was a franchised player and as such there are rules that teams have to follow in contacting him. Thats one of the reasons teams use the franchise tag, to keep other teams from pursuing them... in fact it happens to be one of the major reasons any team uses a franchise tag. The 49ers new the Bears tagged Briggs and as such should have sought the permision necessary to have those talks. It was a complete disregard for a rule the team, all teams for that matter, knew about and got what was coming to them for their behavior.
6 months ago
i agree they should have been penalized in some way but this is a bit harsh exp since the patriots have apparantly been cheating for years and basicly got off with a slap on the wrist i guess its ok for billicheat to tape defensive plays for his offense but its not ok for the 49ers to have a conversation with a player
6 months ago
This is strange. Cheating is now OK according to some of you? The Bears had a lot of disturbances with Briggs last year, and this sort of thing could not have helped. Maybe the league should have ordered the 49'ers to give the Bears their 1st and 2nd round picks if they actually did have evidence of tampering. Swapping 3rd picks and losing a 5th seems like a slap on the wrist...
Of course, I base the comment on the belief that the league actually had evidence of wrong doing. As usual with pro sports, they never actually put the evidence out there for people to make up their own minds.
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