<![CDATA[Once a cheater, always a cheater...]]>so the patriots have been implicated in another cheating scandal involving the organization paying a company Tom Brady co-owns for "services". These guys cheat so much the NFL won't be able to make it go away soon.

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@pumpkin-eater said:

Yep. It is illegal under the terms of the latest collective bargaining agreement.

If it is against the rules.....then it is just a rule being broken.......Not a legal statute or ethical tenant.

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@tour2ma said:

So basically the Pats have end run the salary cap?

Not if a legitimate service is being provided by the company the player owns.

For all we know that company could be completely unprofitable.

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@pumpkin-eater said:

so the patriots have been implicated in another cheating scandal involving the organization paying a company Tom Brady co-owns for "services". These guys cheat so much the NFL won't be able to make it go away soon.

This though it would seem would have nothing to do with the on field game......Just a money issue.

But lets ask this.....if player A owns Company X that provides widgets.....and Team B....for whom player A works need widgets, why would it be improper for team B to buy its widgets from Company X.

Where is the conflict of interest?

Is there a rule prohibiting this kind of arrangement?

If so, why? It all seems pretty up front to me......unless something else is going on.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561289https://brownsboard.com/post/561289Tue, 22 Dec 2015 18:12:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:28:31 GMT]]>The NFL also destroyed the patriots cheating library in a private room in Gillette stadium before anyone else could see it so...

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561271https://brownsboard.com/post/561271Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:28:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:26:47 GMT]]>A key line from that article:

"The NFL says it is aware of the arrangement and has taken no action, despite questions from some specialists in sports law and economics about whether teams should pay for services by for-profit companies owned by their active players and whether the relationship provides value to Brady that should be counted against the club’s salary cap."

It may be unethical but I'd bet my bottom dollar it's not breaking the rules.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561269https://brownsboard.com/post/561269Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:26:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:19:45 GMT]]>http://mweb.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25421960/report-patriots-pay-a-tom-brady-owned-company-run-by-suspect-partner]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561262https://brownsboard.com/post/561262Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:19:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:12:10 GMT]]>

@mudfly said:

So....Brady taking less $ to help his team might not be true?......he just gets it funneled through the back door?....

Interesting....

Well... "officially" it might be true... 😉

Is Brady supplying the team with Uggs?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561260https://brownsboard.com/post/561260Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:12:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:07:00 GMT]]>link?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561216https://brownsboard.com/post/561216Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:07:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:01:52 GMT]]>That's a great, against-the-rules way of beating the salary cap, isn't it?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561215https://brownsboard.com/post/561215Tue, 22 Dec 2015 15:01:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 14:30:43 GMT]]>So....Brady taking less $ to help his team might not be true?......he just gets it funneled through the back door?....

Interesting....

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561207https://brownsboard.com/post/561207Tue, 22 Dec 2015 14:30:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 12:09:42 GMT]]>I've never cared what the Patriots do. To me, they never stop searching for an advantage, and if it's against the rules...so what. Take one of our 6th round draft choices, or fine my billionaire owner a million dollars. Ho-hum. It DOES bother the ethical side of my brain, but whatever.

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@tour2ma said:

So basically the Pats have end run the salary cap?

Yep. It is illegal under the terms of the latest collective bargaining agreement.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561154https://brownsboard.com/post/561154Tue, 22 Dec 2015 10:53:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 08:01:41 GMT]]>If you aint cheating, you ain't trying

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561150https://brownsboard.com/post/561150Tue, 22 Dec 2015 08:01:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 07:23:45 GMT]]>Another borderline business the Patriots are involved in. It might be legal but is it ethical?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561147https://brownsboard.com/post/561147Tue, 22 Dec 2015 07:23:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 05:06:53 GMT]]>I always wondered why more teams don't do this. I mean, in college, they're looking for every way imaginable to funnel more money to the players, and they find those ways.

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561142https://brownsboard.com/post/561142Tue, 22 Dec 2015 05:06:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 03:44:02 GMT]]>So basically the Pats have end run the salary cap?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561130https://brownsboard.com/post/561130Tue, 22 Dec 2015 03:44:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 02:36:14 GMT]]>Some how we got Bernie in the supplemental draft

No cheating going on there

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561092https://brownsboard.com/post/561092Tue, 22 Dec 2015 02:36:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 02:30:46 GMT]]>Can someone check if the Browns ever helped one of their players companies?

Lord knows, only the Pat's have ever cheated the NFL

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561090https://brownsboard.com/post/561090Tue, 22 Dec 2015 02:30:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 02:15:52 GMT]]>Damn, can you hike that tee up a little higher? A cheater pumpkin eater?

]]>https://brownsboard.com/post/561082https://brownsboard.com/post/561082Tue, 22 Dec 2015 02:15:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Once a cheater, always a cheater... on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 02:14:24 GMT]]>bill buttichek is the "godfather".......

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