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***BigMike*** · 09-18-2007, 08:25 AM

LEAGUE MIGHT INVESTIGATE LEAK OF TAPE TO FOX (from profootballjetssuckup.com

Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports reports that the NFL might investigate the manner in which the tape confiscated on September 9 from Pats employee Matt Estrella was released to Jay Glazer of FOX.

Two unnamed sources leaked to Cole that the leak to Glazer might be explored by the league office.

"It should not have happened and we are very disappointed about it," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told Cole regarding the leak of the tape. "But it does not impact what we are doing."

Cole also reports that Commissioner Roger Goodell was "exceptionally angry" about the leak.

"This is the kind of thing where [Patriots owner Robert] Kraft looks at us and says, 'All you guys do is favor the Jets,'" the source told Cole. "This kind of stuff puts us in a bad position."

It also creates a perception problem for Goodell, given that his wife is FOX News Channel anchor Jane Skinner. More than a few PFT readers have speculated that the league office intentionally leaked the tape to Mrs. Goodell's employer. But as some Internet hack wrote in his Week Two Ten-Pack for SportingNews.com, the tape didn't come from the league office: "[S]everal copies of the tape were made because several people outside of the league office -- such as members of the Competition Committee -- needed to see it. Once the thing exited the exclusive possession of the league office and got into the hands of folks at multiple teams, it became much harder to keep the tape under wraps."

So if there's an investigation, the NFL needs to look not only at folks in the league office who had access to the tape, but also at anyone with any team that got the thing (such as, for example, Pats nemesis Bill Polian, the president and G.M. of the Colts).

We also think that the league should look upstream on this one. It's presumed that the camera and tape were immediately but into a box that was hermetically (thanks, Tiki) sealed and sent to Park Avenue. But what if someone in the Meadowlands made a copy of the thing before it was bagged and tagged?

Regardless of how it turns out, it makes for an interesting subplot to one of the most compelling NFL stories in years.

***BigMike*** · 09-18-2007, 08:27 AM

so one of the asshats from teh competition committee leaked it to Glazer.

Polian?

Fisher?

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, go Kraft, push these bastards!

swheeler23 · 09-18-2007, 08:30 AM

Start with Roger Goodells wife. Does she not work for fOX?

Armen Da Pats Fan · 09-18-2007, 08:31 AM

Okay, let me help out here:

Roger Goodell - NFL Commissioner and the only man in possession of the tape.

Jane Foreskinner - Goodell's wife who works for FOX.

Tape "leaked" to FOX.

(Does this mean that Jane took the tape out of the VCR and stashed it in her purse while Roger was taking a "leak"?)

Do the math, Aiello!

Bertil · 09-18-2007, 08:34 AM

This will fizzle out fast, unlike the high tech Lynch Party going on in and around Foxborough.

5 Rings for Brady!! · 09-18-2007, 08:34 AM

Well hopefully this will slow down some of the conspiracy theories around here...

Goodell is clearly tough on everybody, which is what this league needs. It is just too bad that we did something stupid to get into trouble. It is always more interesting watching somebody else go down.

***PATSNUTme*** · 09-18-2007, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by BigMike

LEAGUE MIGHT INVESTIGATE LEAK OF TAPE TO FOX (from profootballjetssuckup.com

Jason Cole of Yahoo! Sports reports that the NFL might investigate the manner in which the tape confiscated on September 9 from Pats employee Matt Estrella was released to Jay Glazer of FOX.
When cows fly bye your window!
Two unnamed sources leaked to Cole that the leak to Glazer might be explored by the league office.

"It should not have happened and we are very disappointed about it," NFL spokesman Greg Aiello told Cole regarding the leak of the tape. "But it does not impact what we are doing." DEFAMING THE PATRIOTS!

Cole also reports that Commissioner Roger Goodell was "exceptionally angry" about the leak.

"This is the kind of thing where [Patriots owner Robert] Kraft looks at us and says, 'All you guys do is favor the Jets,'" the source told Cole. "This kind of stuff puts us in a bad position." Silly Bob Kraft for thinking that!

It also creates a perception problem for Goodell, given that his wife is FOX News Channel anchor Jane Skinner. More than a few PFT readers have speculated that the league office intentionally leaked the tape to Mrs. Goodell's employer. But as some Internet hack wrote in his Week Two Ten-Pack for SportingNews.com, the tape didn't come from the league office: "[S]everal copies of the tape were made because several people outside of the league office -- such as members of the Competition Committee -- needed to see it. Once the thing exited the exclusive possession of the league office and got into the hands of folks at multiple teams, it became much harder to keep the tape under wraps." Could have issued a warning about leaking it right off.

So if there's an investigation, the NFL needs to look not only at folks in the league office who had access to the tape, but also at anyone with any team that got the thing (such as, for example, Pats nemesis Bill Polian, the president and G.M. of the Colts).

We also think that the league should look upstream on this one. It's presumed that the camera and tape were immediately but into a box that was hermetically (thanks, Tiki) sealed and sent to Park Avenue. But what if someone in the Meadowlands made a copy of the thing before it was bagged and tagged?

Regardless of how it turns out, it makes for an interesting subplot to one of the most compelling NFL stories in years.

Just smoke and mirrors - nothing will happen.

***BigMike*** · 09-18-2007, 08:40 AM

the Goodells wife Jane Skinner issue is blowing out nicely: jus tthe thing that embarrasses Goodell and puts an end to the Patriots Jealousy Witchunt.

***DaBruinz*** · 09-18-2007, 08:45 AM

If I was Kraft, I would call up Goodell and say :
"Listen, with the leak of that video from the 1st game, the integrity of the Commissioner's office is compromised. The tape should never have been copied and sent to the members of the Competition Committee. Its not their job to be judge and Jury. Their opinions should NEVER have bee taken into consideration. Particularly since more than half the Committee has a conflict of interest regarding the Patriots.

I've instructed Coach Belichick to refrain from sending any information in to you until such time as you can guarantee that it will not happen again.

If you'd like, you, and only you, are welcome to come here and see all the information you want. But we are not going to allow our competitors to have information that could compromise our preparations and game planning abilities."

PonyExpress · 09-18-2007, 08:47 AM

Memo to moron: let it go, doofus. You're coming off like Inspector Clouseau. This is what happens when you give a PR flunky prosecutorial power. Goodell's becoming a laughingstock, and he's about to Pi$$ off all the "innocent" members of the competition committee who didn't leak the tape. So in a week he'll have turned Kraft and a handful of the most powerful people in the NFL against him due to a mishandled withchunt. Maybe we should get the popcorn, sit back and watch this blow up in his doughey face.