The NFL’s official announcement regarding bounty discipline | ProFootballTalk

Must read for any NFL fan. Of course there will be countless discussions of how the punishment for Bountygate makes Spaygate look minor, though I’m sure there will be plenty of Pats-haters saying the NFL went easy on us for whatever reason.

But maybe, just maybe, this will give us a little more perspective that while Spygate was undoubtedly bad, the Patriots never went to the level of deception that the Saints did, and that the effect on the field and to the NFL brand was viewed as far worse for Bountygate.