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by nogabebop23 2050 days ago
This happens all the time in real sports. If you get caught cheating you often forfeit your legacy because everything you've done professionally is suspect, especially if you show a longer-running history of cheating or are caught multiple times.

I'm not sure how you can differentiate the punative nature of banning someone from all future tries because they had cheated indeterminately in the past, but not invalidating all their historical record outside of individiaul cases...

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I'm trying to say this in a way that doesn't come across as snarky. Last year the Houston Astro's admitted they'd been cheating.

They did not forfeit their legacy, and in fact the very next year came within one game of competing in the World Series.

New England Patriots?