Cheating and More Cheating

The New England Patriots have been caught cheating. 

The study I referenced in yesterday's post confirmed that athletes were among the groups of high schoolers most like to cheat.  The survey went on to say "Athletes in the high-profile male sports such as football, baseball and basketball are more willing to cheat than other athletes. "

It is all about winning, right?

No wonder the high school athletes are cheating.  Just look at the professional ones.

Comments

[Steve]

Glad you linked this with the previous post - I surfed over here this morning intending to comment on the striking similarity between what the Patriots were caught doing and what is apparently going on in schools across the nation.
One thing that has concerned me with the discussion of what the proper punishment should be for the Patriots is that people have pooh-poohed the benefits that might have accrued to them via the use of a camera to record defensive signals. I think that's missing the point, because the punishment that the NFL decides to dole out shouldn't just return the Patriots to their pre-cheating position, it should involve them losing something they otherwise would have had even if they hadn't cheated. Otherwise, there isn't much of a deterrent effect. The same is (or should be true) in a school setting: if you cheat on a test, the teacher doesn't just take off points for the answers that you got by cheating, the teacher gives you a failing grade.

[Carrot Top]

It's a shame that such a good team has to cheat. For one reason,they have Tom Brady,who is a great quarterback. When fans see what happened,it might lower the Patriots' reputation.

[dbpro37]

All the pros are cheating and some people dont know it so they work their tail of to be as good as them. It is not fair.

[Wahoodude]

The athletes need to get the right mindset and stop cheating. They need to stop setting bad examples for others. It isn't a way to have competition if everybody's cheating no one would want to compete.