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[-Jrabbit]

Rage? Why? It's pretty obvious that this sort of contact goes on between teams and potential free agents and their representatives, all the time. The Bears are just lucky beneficiaries of Goodell's get-tough stance, and the 49ers were in the way.

Remember when the Bears signed Muhsin Muhammed one minute after the start of the free agency period a few years back? No way does that happen without some technically-illegal early contact.

The 49ers were trying to decide between trading for Briggs and waiting for his free agency, and got caught phoning Rosenhaus (on trade deadline day BTW) to talk contracts. They were mostly guilty of being stupid - and a bit unlucky.

This will doubtless cause other NFL teams to be a little more careful about their cheating techniques. More amusing than anything.

[Donegeal]

So there is no rage about this because it is so common or is there no rage about it because the 49ers suck? What if this were to have happened during their dynasty? Would there have been rage then?

[-Jrabbit]

OK, I'm raging:


Feel better?

[Donegeal]

Yep. Do you?

[Lord Avalon]

[snoopy369]

So, Sloww, looking forward to having Pacman join the team this year? (Also, i'd be very curious if Dallas ends up being penalized for tampering... it really sounds like Pacman has decided to become a cowboy from what I've read (in the print news), and several Cowboys current and former have talked to him... but he's still a Titan... )

[-Jrabbit]

No one's going to touch him until Goodell lifts the suspension.

[snoopy369]

Nothing can happen with him, realistically, until he lifts the suspension, but that will happen eventually - and if it doesn't, the NFLPA will object (rightly) that he can't suspend him indefinitely for what are in the scheme of things not THAT serious of offenses (certainly worth a year's suspension, not worth more though, based on how others have been treated).

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Donegeal
So there is no rage about this because it is so common or is there no rage about it because the 49ers suck? What if this were to have happened during their dynasty? Would there have been rage then?

It's not cheating in an actual game, which is a huge difference, and they didn't benefit from it, which is possibly another huge difference.

It's obvious that you're one of those "THE PATRIOTS ARE MY SECOND TEAM" bandwagoners like reis, et. al, so go away.

[snoopy369]

I'm fairly sure Don isn't a pats fan

[Lord Avalon]

Seahawks sign CB Marcus Trufant to 6-yr $50.2M deal, $20M guaranteed.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by snoopy369


I'm fairly sure Don isn't a pats fan

That's why he said "second team". Don was sure rooting hard for the holders of the magical 18-1 this year.

[Donegeal]

I picked up Brady in a trade for S.Alexander after his MVP season in a keeper league.

[Imran Siddiqui]

This be why there is no rage:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/peter_king/03/25/tampering/index.html

In the past year the league has sent out two strongly worded memos reminding teams of the anti-tampering policy, yet stories of teams and agents talking about looming free agents at the Scouting Combine last month -- a week before free-agency began -- were everywhere in Indianapolis. And when several free agents signed in the opening hours of free-agency (one, guard Justin Smiley, had his deal with the Dolphins in the first half-hour of the signing period), it just reinforced that tampering before the market opens is the NFL's dirty little open secret.

[Donegeal]

So there is no rage because everybody does it?