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The NFL announced on Tuesday that it has stripped the Dolphins of draft picks and fined and suspended team owner Stephen Ro s after concluding into allegations of tampering and tanking., the league revealed that Miami had violated the anti-tampering policy on three separate occasions in conversations with Tom Brady, who was under contract with the Patriots and Buccaneers, and the agent for Sean Payton, who was under contract with the Saints, from 2019-2022. NFL commi sioner Roger Goodell said investigators discovered "tampering Nick Allegretti Jersey  violations of unprecedented scope and severity."As it relates to tanking, the league wasn't so clear on its findings.MORE: Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores alleged that Ro s offered to pay him $100,000 for each lo s during the 2019 season because Miami was focused on improving its position in the 2020 NFL Draft. Ro s called those claims "."The NFL found that the Dolphins "did not intentionally lose games during the 2019 season," adding that no one in the organization, including Ro s, told Flores to tank. However, the league also noted that Ro s did share "his belief that the Dolphins' position in the upcoming 2020 draft should take priority over the team's win-lo s record."These comments were made most frequently to Team President and CEO Tom Garfinkel, but were also made to General Manager Chris Grier, Senior Vice President Brandon Shore and Coach Flores. These comments, which he took to be suggestions that he lose games, troubled Coach Flores and led him to expre s his concerns in writing to senior club executives, each of whom a sured Coach Flores that everyone, including Mr. Ro s, supported him in building a winning culture in Miami. After this, Mr. Ro s no longer made any such comments to Coach Flores.The investigation determined that Ro s did Tershawn Wharton Jersey  make a comment about a $100,000 offer, but there were "differing recollections about the wording, timing and context." The comment was "not intended or taken to be a serious offer," per the investigation.MORE: The NFL i sued stiff penalties to the Dolphins and Ro s for the tampering violations. However, neither the lo s of draft picks nor the fine imposed against Ro s were the result of the tanking allegations made by Flores.The Dolphins will forfeit a 2023 first-round pick and 2024 third-round pick.Ro s will be suspended through Oct. 17, 2022, and fined $1.5 million. During that suspension, he will not be permitted to be at the Dolphins' facility or represent Miami at any team or league event.Dolphins vice chairman Bruce Beal will be fined $500,000 and not be permitted to attend any league meetings for Byron Pringle Jersey  the rest of the 2022 season.Every club is expected to make a good faith effort to win every game. The integrity of the game, and public confidence in profe sional football, demand no le s. An owner or senior executive must understand the weight that his or her words carry, and the risk that a comment will be taken seriously and acted upon, even if that is not the intent or expectation. Even if made in jest and not intended to be taken seriously, comments suggesting that draft position is more important than winning can be misunderstood and carry with them an unnece sary potential risk to the integrity of the game. The comments made by Mr. Ro s did not affect Coach Flores' commitment to win Len Dawson Jersey  and the Dolphins competed to win every game. Coach Flores is to be commended for not allowing any comment about the relative importance of draft position to affect his commitment to win throughout the season.The independent investigation cleared our organization of any i sues related to tanking and all of Brian Flores' other allegations. As I have said all along, these allegations were false, malicious and defamatory, and this i sue is now put to rest. With regards to tampering, I strongly disagree with the conclusions and the punishment. However, I will accept the outcome because the most important thing is that there be no distractions for our team as we begin an exciting and winning season. I will not allow anything to get in the way of that.I am thankful that the NFL's investigator found my  Demarcus Robinson Jersey factual allegations against Stephen Ro s are true. At the same time, I am disappointed to learn that the investigator minimized Mr. Ro s's offers and pre sure to tank games, especially when I wrote and submitted a letter at the time to Dolphins executives documenting my serious concerns regarding this subject at the time, which the investigator has in her po se sion. While the investigator found that the Dolphins had engaged in impermi sible tampering of 'unprecedented scope and severity,' Mr. Ro s will avoid any meaningful consequence. There is nothing more important when it comes to the game of football itself than the integrity of the game. When the integrity of the game is called into question, fans suffer, and football suffers. Deshaun Watsons six-game suspension wont have much impact on the QBs contract earnings thanks to some sneaky accounting by the Browns.