The sweatshirt slob Bill Belichick was just fined the NFL maximum of $500,000 and the New England Patriots were fined an addition $250,000 and will lose a first-round pick (if they make the playoffs) for videotaping the Jets sideline this Sunday. Excuse me for a second while I imagine the damage control that must be ensuing across New England right now.

I’m not really sure how to express my feelings into words. A big part of me is elated to see the Patriots dynasty and Belichick get tainted like this, but on the other hand, I feel like it’s going to be forgotten as quickly as Sammy Sosa’s corked bat. And is it really that big a deal? Guys try to steal signs all the time, Belichick just set up a more elaborate system to do it. He got caught, and he has to pay the price. That price probably should’ve been higher. There’s also the whole “Mangini must’ve known while he was there” angle. I’m not quite sure I buy that. I just know that I wouldn’t have wished something like this to happen to any other team. Man, I’m loving it.

(Tom Brady was obviously behind all this, seeing as how he’s the Anti-Christ)