Hey Level :
No idea what it will be. I really won't be surprised if BB gets a suspension in addition to a second round pick.
I am going to cross post this here and in the Pats-cheaters thread. I have alot of negative feeling to all the Johnny come lately's who are now chiming in that .. ohh yea we suspected/knew it too. Sorry Katy. I think it is very convenient to take the moral high ground, yet admit you knew about it and did nothing. BUT the biggest offender is Mangini himself in my book. He worked for BB, he knew and was pretty much a lock to have been in on the videotaping. It has been pretty well established that he knew and worked with the videographer he turned in Sunday.
Anyway, this article from the NY Post pretty much sums up my thoughts on Mangini.. My thoughts on BB were posted a few times earlier. I am not giving him a pass or making excuses.
MANGINI: HERO OR HEEL?
"When Eric came, he said that's what they used to do," a source told Cimini. "Bill [Belichick] is going to be [ticked] at Eric. He kissed and told."
It would be easy to proclaim that Mangini did the right thing, ignoring the good-old-boys' network and bringing to light Belichick's dirty little secret. But it would naive to do so, too.
Mangini didn't blow the whistle when he first learned of the situation, while Mangini was working for the Patriots. Instead, he took advantage of the competitive advantage, and parlayed it into a head-coaching job of his own. And then Mangini blew the whistle in a manner that will eventually create for him a competitive advantage, since it will result in the imposition of some sort of a sanction on the Patriots.
But should Mangini be allowed to have it both ways? And did he bother to consider whether bringing this situation to light might indirectly call into question his own credentials to be a head coach?
Meanwhile, there's talk in league circles that Mangini will find it very hard to win the trust of anyone in the NFL moving forward. Even though Belichick has no cause to gripe about getting caught under circumstances where he knew that the opposing head coach knew what Belichick was doing, the truth is that anyone who chooses to confide in Mangini now or in the future will do so at his own peril.
Keep that in mind, Mike Tannenbaum, if/when you ever consider doing something like, say, contacting the agent for a player who is under contract with another team.
http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm
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