profootballtalk.com - 3/25/2008
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Though the San Francisco 49ers have been tactful in their response to the ruling by the league office that they tampered with Chicago Bears linebacker Lance Briggs, they don’t agree with the outcome.
“The 49ers organization respects Commissioner Goodell’s ruling today, however we do disagree with it,” said 49ers General Manager Scot McCloughan. “This was not a ...
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The 49ers Might Have Been the League's New Sacrificial Lamb
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... PFT has a great take on this perplexing issue. Why would the league punish the 49ers when they've got no credible evidence and 31 other teams committing the same crime? They're being made the sacrificial lamb, as the Patriots were for every team that films another team's signals. Because the league wants to prove to Arlen Specter everyone that it's on top of its own legislation, the 49ers are getting screwed. ...
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