Implications of Patriots cheating on Fantasy Football results in Week 1

L.T. may have a good point when asked about the Patriots cheating scandal. He reiterated the often used phrase: If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying. There may be some merit to this phrase but lets be serious for one moment, the Pats didn't need to cheat against the Jets. They could have spotted them 10 points and put their mothers in for the o and d-line and still won by a healthy margin. Thats not even the point of my rambling. What everyone really wants to know are the implications this has for the Fantasy Football squad in Week 1.


Lets assume that Belichick doesn't get suspended and the Pats don't lose any picks. Instead they have to forfeit that game. Does this mean that all Patriot stats are now voided and they receive no points. I sure hope so. I lost my big Fantasy league at the hands of Tom Brady. I would like nothing more than to see 0 pts by his name instead of 30 and a 'W' next to my team name for week 1 instead of a 'L'.

This seems a bit harsh. Its not the Fantasy owners fault or even Tom Brady's fault. However there are inherent risks to everything. As far as Fant. Football is concerned, there are injury risks, starting-role risks, natural disaster risks among others. This cheating was simply another form of risk that is caught after the fact and must be retroactively corrected. When Oklahoma was found in violation of rules during their 2005 8-4 season, they were stripped of all 8 wins (they have since appealed this). The same should happen for the Patriots' first game.