Sports → Re: [NFL] Redskins acquire 2nd pick in draft

Its the nfl and not unlike the Belichek cheating or whats going to happen to the saints for offering bounties. No official rule against it but its considered cheating. The penalty has already been decided behind closed doors. Notice in the press release he specifies they have not received a WRITTEN report from the league. Maybe its false but i doubt it. It has some pretty good sources and neither team really denied it. They just deny doing it. Also they say they are looking forward to free agency but they dont say they plan on spending the normal cap. You dont consider front loading contracts cheating considering the lack of the cba? Because i sure would. But if you want to consider cheating a strong word lets just go with righting a wrong.

Well first of all, just about everyone did it. One obvious example is the Julius Peppers contract. But since we did it arbitrarily "the most" we are being punished severely for it. Another example is the reverse, since there was no CBA, there was no salary floor either, and the Bucs were under that. Where is their penalty? The league is a complete joke if it allows this penalty to stand.

Here's a great article on this:

»espn.go.com/blog/nflnati ··· ts-worst

The league is hilarious.

NFL: "Let's have a lock out and no CBA, a byproduct of which is there is no salary cap in effect for a while."

Washington: "Cool. Let's front load a bunch of contracts to fit payments into the uncapped window."

NFL: "Wait! There are no explicit rules, but you can't do that because you violated the spirit of the non-existent rule and, well, because! Waaaahhh!"

Washington: "Ruh-roh. We're screwed."