The repercussions for the New England Patriots’ admitted taping of the Cincinnati Bengals’ sideline appear to be coming into focus.
The league is likely to penalize the Patriots and is considering discipline in line with recent penalties for violations of gameday rules, according to The Washington Post’s Mark Maske. That could reportedly mean a fine of hundreds of thousands of dollars and the potential loss or reduction of a low-level draft pick.
What kind of penalties are we talking about for Patriots?
Among the precedents reported are the New York Giants’ $150,000 fine and downgrading of its fourth-round pick for then-head coach Ben McAdoo’s illegal use of a walkie-talkie in 2016 and the Atlanta Falcon’s $350,000 fine and loss of a fifth-rounder for pumping artificial crowd noise at their stadium in 2015.