Dear Chiefs fans - welcome

[Darth Despot]

To Sheriff Roger's dog house.

Where the punishment never has any relationship to the alleged crime.

Enjoy the view.

 

[king of kings]

Not the pats so no big story.

 

[Beaglebay]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...ks-fined-tampering-pursuit-jeremy-maclin-2015

Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, said in a release announcing the decision that in "assessing discipline, the goal is to balance the seriousness of the violation of an important and longstanding competitive rule (the Anti-Tampering Policy), with appropriate recognition of the club's history (no prior offenses), and the cooperation shown by both the club and individual employees.

The discipline should be sufficient both to deter future violations and encourage cooperation in future investigations. The assessment of discipline here accounts for the fact that the club and its personnel were fully cooperative and forthcoming in the investigation. In this case, our staff had full access to all of the information requested, including electronic and telephone records, and unrestricted access to all club people whom we sought to interview.''

 

[Defsoul]

Nice shot at the Patriots with those last two sentences of that statement.

 

[deec77]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...ks-fined-tampering-pursuit-jeremy-maclin-2015

Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, said in a release announcing the decision that in "assessing discipline, the goal is to balance the seriousness of the violation of an important and longstanding competitive rule (the Anti-Tampering Policy), with appropriate recognition of the club's history (no prior offenses), and the cooperation shown by both the club and individual employees.

The discipline should be sufficient both to deter future violations and encourage cooperation in future investigations. The assessment of discipline here accounts for the fact that the club and its personnel were fully cooperative and forthcoming in the investigation. In this case, our staff had full access to all of the information requested, including electronic and telephone records, and unrestricted access to all club people whom we sought to interview.''

Sounds vaguely familiar

~Dee~

 

[bideau]

Comment from the Chiefs

“Today we were informed by the National Football League that our club will be disciplined for an infraction during the 2015 free agency negotiating period. While we respect Commissioner Goodell and the process, we believe that the penalties proposed in this case are inconsistent with discipline enforced in similar matters - particularly given the league's inconsistent communication of its policies on contact with potential free agents. As an organization, we take great care to conduct ourselves with integrity and operate within the guidelines of the NFL. We have been fully cooperative and transparent with the league in this matter, and we are disappointed with the league's decision. I want to make it clear that I fully support the leadership of both Coach Reid and John Dorsey. We will continue to explore our options under the appeal process.”

The other 31 can go F themselves.

Nutkick

 

[deec77]

Nice shot at the Patriots with those last two sentences of that statement.

The Pats gave them the phones KC gave them phone records as did Brady.

~Dee~

 

[Defsoul]

The Pats gave them the phones KC gave them phone records as did Brady.

~Dee~

Yes, but the Patriots didn't make Jastremski avaible for another interview after the league already interviewed him a million times.

 

[deec77]

Yes, but the Patriots didn't make Jastremski avaible for another interview after the league already interviewed him a million times.

true

~Dee~

 

[Beaglebay]

Why was it the responsibility of the Patriots to make Jastremski available? Couldn't he have simply accepted the request of another interview on his own?

 

[king of kings]

So did everyone have in player personnel have to Turn off there cell phones to the NFL. Phone records are not good enough.

 

[bishbash]

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/1...ks-fined-tampering-pursuit-jeremy-maclin-2015

Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, said in a release announcing the decision that in "assessing discipline, the goal is to balance the seriousness of the violation of an important and longstanding competitive rule (the Anti-Tampering Policy), with appropriate recognition of the club's history (no prior offenses, like the Patriots), and the cooperation shown by both the club and individual employees, unlike the Patriots did.

The discipline should be sufficient both to deter future violations and encourage cooperation in future investigations. The assessment of discipline here accounts for the fact that the club and its personnel were fully cooperative and forthcoming in the investigation, unlike the Patriots. In this case, our staff had full access to all of the information requested, including electronic and telephone records, and unrestricted access to all club people whom we sought to interview.'' Had the Patriots kissed our asses in the same way, we would've fined the Jets an equal amount for tampering with Revis.

Nice shot at the Patriots with those last two sentences of that statement.

Fixed the quote

 

[bideau]

League picked a strange time to announce punishment of Chiefs

Posted by Mike Florio on March 9, 2016, 7:43 PM EST

The new league year opened on Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. ET. Within two hours, the NFL had issued a statement announcing the imposition of penalties against the Chiefs for violating the rules of the legal tampering period in 2015. Not in 2016, in 2015.

The announcement necessarily got less attention than it otherwise would have, caught in the torrent of signings and other transactions. From that perspective, the acknowledgement of what amounts to cheating by an NFL team will get less attention than it otherwise would have from, for example, Congress or other external bodies that may eventually decide that the NFL and other professional sports leagues need to be governed by an independent agency.

But if the goal of the punishment imposed against the Chiefs was the deterrence of others in 2016 and beyond, why didn’t the NFL announce the punishment before the commencement of this year’s tampering period? The league could have tucked the memo into the late-afternoon hours of Friday, March 4, minimizing the mainstream attention but in turn putting all franchises on notice of the importance of not contacting impending free agents directly.

It’s almost as if the league chose to hold the memo until after the 2016 tampering period in the hopes of catching other teams doing the same thing the Chiefs did in 2015.

So now the question becomes whether another out-of-the-blue announcement of penalties will be issued for violation of the rules of the tampering period in 2016. Maybe the memo will be issued next March, in the hours after the 2017 league year begins.

 

[patfan64]

League picked a strange time to announce punishment of Chiefs

Chiefs appealing? Haha.

Roger is a dolt.

 

[mikiemo83]

Nice shot at the Patriots with those last two sentences of that statement.

I thought the same thing, and I am not a foil hat guy.

 

[O.Z.O.]

Nice shot at the Patriots with those last two sentences of that statement.

Yeah...the league likes to keep pretending that nobody has read the Wells report or the appeal transcripts...especially the part where Brady offered to turn over his phone but was told that wasn't necessary.

 

[Mazz22]

So the Jets get fined $100k for tampering with Revis and the Cheifs lose two picks and hefty fines?? What???

Good luck KC on the appeal. See you in court.

 

[Major A$$hole*]

Lets see if Clark Hunt Krafts and drops any attempt to appeal in a couple of weeks.

 

[chevss454]

I can't wait to see Steph Stradley's & Sally Jenkins' articles on this.

How many more teams does Roger get to manhandle before the owners finally turn on him?

 

[Major A$$hole*]

I can't wait to see Steph Stradley's & Sally Jenkins' articles on this.

How many more teams does Roger get to manhandle before the owners finally turn on him?

As many as he feels like it. The Chiefs will appeal and Rogah will give them back their 3rd rounder and cut the fines in half. Once that happens the Chiefs will go right back to applauding and encouraging him for the way he handled Deflategate and those cheating Pats. There is only one other team/fan base that he has burned his bridges forever with. The Saints. He's going to keep everyone else happy while looking tough and in charge at the same time. As long as he doesn't double cross the Jerrahs and the Maras of the NFL he is safe.