The NFL punished the New England Patriots on Sunday after members of their TV team saw footage from the Cincinnati Bengals press box during a game against the Cleveland Browns last season.
The patriots were fined $ 1.1 million and will lose their election in the third round of the 2021 NFL Draft as a punishment.
The league also banned the TV team from shooting any games in the coming season.
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Of course, this was not the first time the NFL has taken action against the patriots in recent years.
There used to be “Spygate” when patriots recorded defensive coach signals from an unauthorized stadium location. It fined head coach Bill Belichick $ 500,000, fined $ 250,000 for organizing and losing the first round of elections in 2008.
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This time the patriots confessed to this latest investigation and followed it after being caught red-handed by Bengal security. The patriots’ statement was that a video team hired by the organization had incorrectly “improperly filmed the field from the press box” to release a video series “Do Your Job” on a pre-scout to be released on the team’s website .
Regardless, the league fined the patriots $ 1 million and took away a draft for the first round of 2016 against Deflategate, which also resulted in a four-game ban for quarterback Tom Brady.
