Cheating

[Hairless Cat]

I would rather have a season like this one than know my team was cheating and winning.

The year we found out about sauerkraut et al really pissed me off.

[ThPantherFan]

Wow! I love this. You are to be commended for starting this. I try to be a very honorable person. I admire those that have stood up for the right thing, even when it is not pleasant to do so. Anything, not allowable in the rules, should be penalized because it alters the outcome of a game that has rules and order so to make it fair for everyone/team.

Spying or interference of any kind on another team is illegal. I also would say that any altered crowd noise should be penalized too. If your team is good enough to have 70,000 screaming fans, then the 12th player is allowed. If the guy in the box plays amplified noise of any kind, penalize the team.

I've often thought that domed stadiums are a disadvantage to open domed venues. It should be one or the other.

[Davidson Deac II]

I don't mind if the team bends the rules a bit. Some of that is just part of football, and most other contest.

But blatant out and out cheating such as Alosi? Not only is it dishonest and dishonorable, its also stupid. Did the guy really think that with all the cameras that cover a NFL game that he wouldn't get caught?

If a Panther did this, I would say can his a$$ and disown him completely even if he was an integral part of the team.

[Sandy Claws]

Cheating is such a harsh word, lets use 'finding a competitive edge'.

Sugarcoat.

Call it what it is.

[Sandy Claws]

I don't mind if the team bends the rules a bit.

So you're OK with cheating?

[Lumps]

If you're cheating, you're not winning, you're cheating. Can't do both.

[panthers55]

If you're cheating, you're not winning, you're cheating. Can't do both.

Funny. I don't think that the Patriots have to give back their Superbowl trophies because they supposedly cheated by filming other teams practices including the one over the Panthers. At the end of the day the record just reflects the wins and losses no matter how they were earned.

Problem is that many times cheaters do prosper. At least in the short term.

[Khyber53]

If you win by cheating, you've won nothing.

If you lose by being honorable, then you've lost nothing.

The opposite for both is equally true.

[Davidson Deac II]

So you're OK with cheating?

I said bending the rules, thats not cheating. For example, straddling the line between a good hit on a quarterback and a late hit is bending the rules.

[panthers55]

If you win by cheating, you've won nothing.

If you lose by being honorable, then you've lost nothing.

The opposite for both is equally true.

Honor aside, longevity is counted in wins and losses not how you got them. In a win or get fired league, the pressure to bend the rules is tremendous.

[JungleCat]

If you're cheating, you're not winning, you're cheating. Can't do both.

Yep. It's getting away with a lie until you're caught.

[Sandy Claws]

straddling the line between a good hit on a quarterback and a late hit is bending the rules.

Straddling the line? The hit is late or not, legal or not. Middle ground does not exist.

[g5jamz]

Winning while cheating must feel like succeeding when you know standards are changed in your favor.

*runs*

[CatMan72]

I'd rather win with honor, there should be an * engraved on each of those Patriots SB trophies as far as I'm concerned.