So cheating is okay if you deem it inconsequential? Or it's okay if the team doing the cheating probably would have won with or without cheating? That hardly seems reasonable.
Cheating is cheating. No asterisks about it.
Here's something else to consider. In the September game between the Pats and Jets, the score was 38 to 14. That's a hell of a victory. Then the Pats get found out and the next time they play? 10 to 20. 1/2 is quite a bit closer than 1/2.7143. Isn't it possible that the cheating did, in fact, make a difference? Why would they even do it otherwise?
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