sportingnews.com - 3/26/2008
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Mike Florio wonders whether the NFL's punishment of the 49ers over the tampering of Bears linebacker Lance Briggs will set a precedent.
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MORE THAN TWO CALLS DID IN NINERS
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... phone calls to agent Drew Rosenhaus. The additional evidence? Internal e-mails exchanged by key members of the team’s front office during key moments of the timeline. Kawakami also throws a few fastballs at the 49ers for their alleged tactics in spinning the story in a manner that makes it look like they were busted for doing not much of anything. We can’t do Kawakami’s remarks justice, so we’ll merely invite you to read them right here . Meanwhile, some Internet hack has written about the whole tampering thing for SportingNews.com.
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