Mclaren-Mercedes getting fined $100m may sound like a crippling fine, but when u realize the amount of money that goes into F1..... its sickening....maclaren probably spend that much on research for new cars anyway. (then again thats another reason why they got a fine like that for spying)
I don't really understand how spying on an NFL team to gain a tactical advantage is the same thing though. Unlike in F1 where exact plans can be copied and reproduced, the skill of players in a specific team cannot be, and if players are just simply talented, its not something you can reproduce through spying. I can understand that by knowing the tactics of a team means u can counteract what they do to a certain extent, but then again if the players are creative enough the fact that the other team knows your signals shouldn't effect it that much.
maybe its because I'm from England and therefore don't really know the full aspect of NFL... but in English (proper) football after every game the commentators bring up each aspect of great play by each team and analyze it. Added to which, anyone can watch a game and anyone can tape a game so anyone could analyze what a certain team does in a certain situation.
I'm sure that NFL is just as televised as the premiership, and that if someone wanted to work out each teams signals they could do it by watching the games other teams play and watching tapes of them.
However, purely apon the fact that they were spying, even if there was no benefit, they still deserved to be punished, would you like it if some random person you didn't know come to your house and watched you cook every day
to see if they could steal your recipes? (doesn't mean they'd be able to reproduce it but the fact that there in your house watching you is the bad part).
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