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14 Sep, 2007 8:15 am
... a stern "cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater" warning to New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick,
the NFL handed down a steep fine which will cost the Super Bowl coach ... I don't know whether a half million dollars out of pocket will hurt Belichick's wallet or not. I have no experience as a Super Bowl winning coach ... seems to be that it's neither "ordinary" (in fact, this fine was pretty
extraordinary) nor "necessary" in Belichick's line of work. So, from a business expense perspective, I would say no ...
18 Sep, 2007 5:31 am
I continue to wait for one of the many commentators who love to call Patriots' coach Bill Belichick a
"cheater" to explain how his conduct differs from the common "cheating" evident during every sports contest. Is intentional breaking ... s unprecedented punishment is too lenient. Even
the usually reliable Gregg Easterbrook has overheated, "imagining" that this event (along with Belichick's failure to get as worked up over it
as Easterbrook is) might lead to the coach's lifetime banishment. This is ...
13 Sep, 2007 9:04 pm
The NFL has annouced its verdict in the New England Patriots taping scandal: Coach Bill Belichick is
being fined $500,000 and the Patriots $200,000 plus one or two draft picks. Here's my question: is Bill worried about bouncing tomorrow's rent
check? Notably, if he were a ... 't illegal, just prohibited by a very vague league rule.) Thus, the default should be that Belichick will get
reimbursed by the Pats. But something is wrong with this analysis, as the actual, distinctly administered, fine ...
16 Sep, 2007 2:17 pm
The TaxProf blog, which gets its second salute from the Law Blog today, tackled an interesting question: Whether Bill Belichick (pictured), head coach of the New England Patriots, can deduct the $500,000 fine - the biggest ever for an NFL ... for cheating
.No professional
football game is played without someone breaking the rules. It is expected that people will break the rules, McIntyre wrote. Meanwhile, ESPN has reported that Belichick got a contract extension through at least the 2013 season.
17 Nov 10:55 am
Bill Belichick, coach of my beloved New England Patriots, has been pilloried in the media for going
for a first down Sunday night on 4th and 2 from his own 29-yard line with a little over 2 minutes remaining while leading the Indianapolis Coats 34-28. It turns out that Belichick...
17 Sep, 2007 5:15 pm
See this WSJ Blog entry for details.
26 Sep, 2007 7:12 pm
Jonathan Lee Riches© (known on Dreadnaught as the JLR) has filed his most recent complaint against the New England Patriots, for "Illegally Spying On My Life." The text of the complaint
is as follows: 1 Since the 1970's Bill Belichick and Defendant's have been in a vast conspiracy with
video equipment to illegally tape anything [...]
28 Sep, 2007 1:38 pm
... , on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, filed a Class Action RICO lawsuit against The New England Patriots and Coach Bill
Belichick in The United States District Court For The District Of New Jersey. The complaint states that the core of the lawsuit is that the
Defendants, during a game with the New York Jets on September 9, 2007, instructed an agent of the Defendants to surreptitiously videotape the New ...
29 May 8:00 am
What if the New England Patriots' drafting principles were applied to the way law firms hire new lawyers - how would managing partner Belichick
operate in The Am Law 100? Aric Press asks the question and answers it.
17 Sep, 2007 4:57 pm
I had some fun this weekend (before the Patriots romp over San Diego) reading this post by some contributors at the excellent Tax Prof Blog run by Paul Caron. These tax professors
determined that the fine was most likely deductible as an ordinary and necessary business expense under Section 162. I replied with the practicioner perspective here.
13 Sep, 2007 9:05 pm
Today, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell fined New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick the league
maximum of $500,000 for having a staff member videotape the New York Jets' defensive signals in violation of ... be for flouting the court's authority, not simply the illegality of
circumvention. With this in mind, I think the league has treated the Patriots and Belichick quite fairly. They have been taught that disobeying
the commissioner is painful. Although I might have suspended Belichick if I ...
3 Oct, 2007 1:47 pm
... . The two people I'm most interested in today are New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick and
Bruce Bereano. Belichick fascinates me because he has just awful people skills, which is usually a recipe for disaster for almost any
profession, much less an NFL coach. ... weaknesses can still have such great success. Yesterday, I bought the late David Halberstam's biography of Belichick to try to get some insight into him. With Bereano, obviously he does not need to do ...
14 Sep, 2007 5:09 am
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell fined New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick $500,000, and ordered
the team to pay an additional $250,000 and lose one or more draft picks, for violations...
14 Sep, 2007 12:52 pm
As a life-long Boston sports fan (here, here, and here), I of course have been following the news about the $500,000 levied by the NFL on Patriots Coach Bill Belichick for videotape spying in last Sunday's game against the New...
17 Sep, 2007 3:20 am
On Friday, I blogged the results of a question posed on the TaxProf Email Discussion Group: can New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick deduct the $500,000 fine levied by the NFL for videotape spying in the Pats' opening game against...
19 Sep, 2007 8:48 am
The Wall Street Journal and its Law Blog have picked up on my prior posts (here and here) on the deductibility of the $500,000 fine levied against New England Patriots coach
Bill Belichick for videtape spying in the Pats' opening...
29 Sep, 2007 9:13 am
... as saying "What Mangini did is a disgrace. He wouldn't be a coach in this league without Bill, and this is how he repays him." King's
column identifies two code violations ... be seen whether NFL coaches really do disapprove of Mangini blowing the whistle on Belichick, and
whether he will suffer social sanctions that often come with breaking unwritten " ... too much angst over Mangini's free agent hiring practices. Technorati Tags: Mangini,
Belichick, Patriots, Jets, NFL, covenants not to compete Share ...
15 Sep 4:51 am
... down by 11 points with just 5 1/2 minutes left in the game, they rallied for an electrifying win over the Buffalo Bills. It was classic Tom Brady hooking up twice with old
standby Benjamin Watson for 2 touchdowns in the last few ... on defense. Sure, part of that may be absence of Mayo, but the Bills seemed to get 15 yards for every screen pass
they tried. I'm sure Belichick will be working on those errors. And what about the Pats running game? Hey, it's great that Brady still has the
ability to ...
19 Sep, 2007 1:35 am
... NFL-style, have been debating the appropriateness of the fines imposed on the New England Patriots and their coach Bill Belichick for violating NFL filming rules, the tax world has been pondering the tax implications of ... they are paid or incurred in carrying on a trade or
business. The Patriots are in the business of operating an NFL franchise, and Belichick is in the business of being employed as an NFL head
coach. The critical portion of the analysis involves the interpretation of the phrase " ...
17 Nov 2:04 pm
... . If Holder really wants to bomb Khalid Sheik Mohammad back to the stone age, it'll be a tricky political situation. [WSJ Law Blog] * What does it say when lawyers are lining up to
defend Bill Belichick's controversial decision to go for it on fourth down during the Patriots' loss
to the Colts on Sunday? ... get off Tom Brady's illegitimate child-having jock." Ahh, that feels better. [Tax Prof Blog] Crime and Justice - Bill Belichick - Tom Brady - New York - Death Penalty
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