Patriots DENY Walsh Has Confidential Agreement - New England Patriots Forums

JohnVM · 02-23-2008, 10:03 AM

If this is true, the guy is lying about his primary reason for not coming forward. Walsh is increasingly sounding like a slimeball who wanted his 15 mins of fame and fabricated his story.

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WALSH HAS NO CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

Matt Walsh claims that a confidentiality agreement prevents him from talking to the NFL or Congress or anyone else about things he learned, witnessed, and/or did while employed by the New England Patriots.

The Patriots contend that Walsh is incorrect.

Buried in Mike Fish's latest item regarding Spygate II is this statement: "An attorney for the Patriots told ESPN.com that Walsh did not have a confidentiality agreement with the franchise or anything else that might prevent his cooperation."

So if the concern was/is that Walsh would be sued for telling secrets in violation of a confidentiality agreement, that concern is simply not valid, if the Patriots' version of the facts is accurate.

Why, then, won't Walsh talk?

It could be that he fears legal action based on any team property he has retained. It could be that he is worried about being sued for defamation once he speaks.

More importantly, the actual state of affairs as to whether there is a confidentiality agreement could shed more light on the overall credibility of Walsh, and of the Patriots. Whoever is wrong on such an obvious fact could be wrong on other facts.

But the sense we're getting is that many in the media are hoping for this to become a story of cheating and scandal and cover-ups and suspensions and forfeits. And so folks might be steering clear of delving into questions that could be resolved in a manner that leads to a conclusion that Walsh simply can't be believed, on anything.

BionicPatriot · 02-23-2008, 10:07 AM

Nearly the dagger. This is killing Walsh. Why wont you talk, Walsh? You have such good things, you knew it all along you could talk. Why in blue hell would the Patriots even lie about this?

Sean Pa Patriot · 02-23-2008, 10:07 AM

Again I guess the Herald, Espn and others wont come and apolgize to the Patriots for screwing up Super Bowl weekend for us fans... I think we could sue them for causing us mental angusih...

In all seriousness, I wonder what is going to happen to Tomase, and the Herald for coming out with this garbage...

BradyManny · 02-23-2008, 10:09 AM

Wow, I didn't expect Florio to be the logical one when it comes to this Walsh stuff...

bradmahn · 02-23-2008, 10:09 AM

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But the sense we're getting is that many in the media are hoping for this to become a story of cheating and scandal and cover-ups and suspensions and forfeits.

Oh the irony.

***Rob0729*** · 02-23-2008, 10:19 AM

Who would have thought Mike Florio would be the voice of reason with the media? It is pretty obvious a large portion of the media have an agenda with this case and it isn't getting to the truth unless the truth is that the Pats filmed the walkthrough Patriots walthrough. There are plenty of questions surrounding both matt Walsh and Arlen Specter. Except the only questions raised are related to the Pats and the NFL.

The more that comes out, the less credible Walsh seems to be; but the media brushes over huge question marks in this guys characters. To their credit both Florio and Peter King put a lot of weight on Scott Pioli's explaination why Walsh was fired, but most of the media took it as a smear campaign on Walsh to cover the Patriots arses.

It is quite obvious this is a media witch hunt trying to chase the juicy story rather than uncovering the truth. I am convinced more than ever that no matter what Walsh has, the Pats will be rosted by the media and condemned as cheaters even if Walsh has nothing.

***PatsFanJess*** · 02-23-2008, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by JohnVM

If this is true, the guy is lying about his primary reason for not coming forward. Walsh is increasingly sounding like a slimeball who wanted his 15 mins of fame and fabricated his story.

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WALSH HAS NO CONFIDENTIALITY AGREEMENT

Matt Walsh claims that a confidentiality agreement prevents him from talking to the NFL or Congress or anyone else about things he learned, witnessed, and/or did while employed by the New England Patriots.

The Patriots contend that Walsh is incorrect.

Buried in Mike Fish's latest item regarding Spygate II is this statement: "An attorney for the Patriots told ESPN.com that Walsh did not have a confidentiality agreement with the franchise or anything else that might prevent his cooperation."

So if the concern was/is that Walsh would be sued for telling secrets in violation of a confidentiality agreement, that concern is simply not valid, if the Patriots' version of the facts is accurate.

Why, then, won't Walsh talk?

It could be that he fears legal action based on any team property he has retained. It could be that he is worried about being sued for defamation once he speaks.

More importantly, the actual state of affairs as to whether there is a confidentiality agreement could shed more light on the overall credibility of Walsh, and of the Patriots. Whoever is wrong on such an obvious fact could be wrong on other facts.

But the sense we're getting is that many in the media are hoping for this to become a story of cheating and scandal and cover-ups and suspensions and forfeits. And so folks might be steering clear of delving into questions that could be resolved in a manner that leads to a conclusion that Walsh simply can't be believed, on anything.
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haha...REALLY?! Walsh is an ambulance chasing dbag. It gets worse everyday. The Pat's attorney's are not going to lie about something like a confidentiality agreement!!! Walsh is obviously a pathological liar. Time for him to go away.

***MoLewisrocks*** · 02-23-2008, 10:26 AM

Welcome to reality, Mike... That is all any of this has ever been. Too bad Goodell didn't figure that out early on, but the old Competition Committee bamboozled him into believing it was about something few in the NFL let alone the sports media posess - integrity. Everybody has an agenda, and it's to tear down a salary cap dynasty, something they said could never be done only it was being done by the one guy who doesn't play grab ass with any of them.

BradyManny · 02-23-2008, 10:30 AM

I bet if Goodell had a time machine, he'd go back and change his ridiculous first round penalty plus .75 million dollar fine into a slap on a wrist, emphasizing that we violated a RULE, and that signal stealing is part of the game. If he had done that, this whole thing would've been avoided...

***Rob0729*** · 02-23-2008, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by BradyManny2344

I bet if Goodell had a time machine, he'd go back and change his ridiculous first round penalty plus .75 million dollar fine into a slap on a wrist, emphasizing that we violated a RULE, and that signal stealing is part of the game. If he had done that, this whole thing would've been avoided...

I totally agree. I think Goodell bowed to pressure that since he was so hard on players who violated rules, that he had to come down hard on the Patriots. He figured a swift harsh penalty like he did with Pacman Jones, Chris Henry, Odell Thurman, etc. would be the best way to end this quickly. It backfired on him.