The Final Score

ANTHONY: Spygate? Is that still going on?

Have you all seen the Sue Simmons video on YouTube? It's hilarious. I love the way she accents the bad word.

(Disclaimer: If you go look for yourself, remember it has a very bad word. That's why I'm not linking to it.)

Why am I talking about Sue Simmons? To illustrate how the news cycle works. Three days ago it was Joba's fist pumps. Two days ago it was Nelson Figueroa and the "softball girls" antics of the Nationals. Tomorrow it'll be something else.

Spygate ended for me a long time ago. I've tuned it out since. So when Jim wanted to debate Bill Belichick today, I read my man Bob Glauber's column.

If Bob says it's over, then it's over. So should Belichick get into the Hall of Fame. I say yes. Because Spygate wasn't that big of a deal.

JIM: Belichick was caught cheating for eight years!

Hey, I'm sick of this story, too.

But that doesn't mean we should ignore it and forget it ever happened. No way.

I'm still at a loss as to why we are so eager to put this behind us and say, let's just move on as if this guy didn't blatantly break the rules and cheat for eight years.

To me, he's not a Hall of Famer right now. No way. He broke the rules. Of course he knew what he was doing. And, as a result, those titles they won should be tainted.

Let's see him win a few Super Bowls now that he's been caught.

And, yes, Anthony, I read Glauber's column, too. He was surprised all he saw was opposing coaches giving signs on the videotapes. But wasn't that the illegal activity? What else would there have been on the tapes?

(Yes, I know there was a big hoopla over the non-existence of a Super Bowl walk-through, and now because Matt Walsh doesn't have that tape the Pats are happy to say, 'I told you so.' But the cynic in me finds it too hard to believe Belichick cheated for eight years and suddenly didn't for the biggest game of the season. Tape or no tape.)

Look, here's the deal: Belichick's teams had an advantage over teams that (presumably) were not cheating. It's a against the rules. This is not Wikipedia here, Anthony. You can't just erase that from his resume. He cheated, and that should be mentioned every time you mention his titles. Until he wins one without outside help.