Serious question - Do you think the Patriots long history of cheating is different than Lance Armstrong's?

[Randomguy]

Ok, so all the top guys in the sport of cycling are within a few percentage points of each other, and you gotta dope to stay ahead of your competitors.  If you are the world's best doper, you have a greater advantage over your peers, and you enjoy more success in the biggest races.  You twist the rules, work the system, play with the nuances, and boom, you are a winning rider, better than all the losing riders.

 

So the Patriots, doing the essentially the same thing as Lance Armstrong, get exposed for the cheaters they are, and are now a national punchline.  

 

So why can't football just suspend NE for a couple of seasons?