Not a Ghost, er Specter, of a Chance for New England

Posted by Charger_Girl

May 14, 2008 |

After meeting with Matt Walsh earlier this week, Senator Arlen Specter is calling for an independent investigation (similar to the recent Marshall investigation into baseball) into Spygate. He criticizes Roger Goodell for taking matters into his own hands and destroying the evidence, claiming Goodell’s actions are “an insult to the intelligence of the people who follow it.”

In Specter’s press conference, he also alluded to the fact that Goodell stated the tapes he destroyed were only recorded during the latter part of 2001 and early 2002. Specter says that some of the tapes Walsh subsequently turned over proved the Patriots have been taping opponents since Belichick became the head coach in 2000; as well as after 2002. Essentially, then Goodell is a liar who perjured himself to a U.S. Senator. Sounds to me like Goodell is an insult to the intelligence of the NFL.

Walsh told Goodell earlier this week that Belichick was “the man behind the curtain”; solidifying that fact, in my mind anyway, that Belichick masterminded the entire fiasco and is blatantly unethical.

Walsh also informed Goodell the Patriots players scalped Super Bowl tickets over two years; in addition to using injured-reserve players during practice. Goodell thanked him and said that he would investigate. YEAH RIGHT?!!!! Goodell has absolutely no intention of doing anything else; on that you can be sure.

Quite simply, folks, nobody just suddenly decides to commit a one-time unethical act on the spur of the moment. The likelihood that Belichick is a serial offender looms extremely large in the grand scheme of things. Particularly with the recent glory the team “earned” - and I do use that term loosely.

The Boston Herald published an apology to Robert Kraft and the Patriots claiming that the alleged taping of the now infamous Rams walkthrough practice was unfounded; which leads me to wonder how much money the Herald took from Kraft to state this. Despite the front page headline which read “Sorry Pats”, said apology took up a mere 3 paragraphs in the back of the paper.

Kraft went on to say, “I think I speak for all Patriot fans … We’re relieved that this is over and you see that this is nonsense and we were unfairly accused and we’re moving on.” OMG, what a completely ridiculous laughable statement. Senility must have, indeed, set into the aged New England owner. Saying that the Patriots were unfairly accused is akin to claiming that Barry Bonds is clean.

Finally, it appalls me that there are sportswriters who tout Goodell’s actions and say that this scandal should be over, there was no new evidence, blah blah blah. Must be Patriots fans.

(Source: nfl.com)

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Boltman63 on May 22, 2008 12:47 am
I will be glad when New England finally gets what they deserve as well as Goodell being ousted as the commissioner. He is really quite the joke.