Judge Roger Goodell: The Law Enforcer

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008...   The new NFL commissioner has continued to lay down the law in the NFL.  As many know earlier this season the New England Patriots were caught cheating by video taping signals from the sideline.  As a result the league did a “full” investigation and penalized the Patriots and their head coach, Bill Belicheat.  The commissioner took away the teams first round draft pick (pick 31) and made the organization pay $250,000.  Roger Goodell also made Bill Belicheat pay $500,000 because it was under his command and knowledge that it was done. Recently the San Francisco 49ers were caught tampering with the league’s anti-tampering policy by contacting Lance Briggs’ agent Drew Rosenhaus during the season. Due to the violation of the policy the San Francisco 49ers fifth round draft pick will be forfeited.  They will also swap third round draft picks with the Chicago Bears.  The swap will involve San ... (link)