Originally Posted by Blizzzard

Anyone else thinks its possible that with the trail growing cold on the pats, these wolves turn their attention to all the sordid characters involved in this (Sphincter, Walsh, Mangini, etc.)? Maybe even start sniffing around other teams that have had cheating mentioned about them during this whole fiasco?

I think some journalist out there will realize that finding dirt on the original finger pointers (JEST) and seeing they did the same things, would be an even more interesting story than the people who they pointed the fingers at, and then subsequently admitted everything.
That would probably start making the Pats look good, again.

I for one would welcome senator saggy face's "independent" investigation (whats senator Mitchell up to these days?), as long as it wasn't of just the Pats, but all teams equally. I think its a matter of time before the media gets wind of an ex-employee of another team or two, who has similar dirt.

Only, I hope that Sphincter is drummed out of office by congress, and then a real investigation is held by someone without an agenda against the Pats.

Only when its all out in the open, will we stop being the scapegoats.

Originally Posted by shmessy

Here's where it will really get interesting right there in his "constituency":

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt.../s_567781.html

Originally Posted by Sicilian

And the Mitchell Report is a bad example of "Independent Investigation". While it was independent, sure, it focused on the testimony of two New York based witnesses. Even with that fact well known, the initial response was, "Wow, look at all the New York teams' players mentioned! Those two teams must be worse than the rest!"

I'm afraid that's what would happen here too. The best leads right now point to the Patriots. What's to say a Mitchellesque investigator wouldn't end up with only that? Then how bad do we look?

Originally Posted by shmessy

Oops, mea culpa. You're right.

(Wow, I'm way faster than Tomase with my apologies/retractions - - it wasn't even that difficult).

Originally Posted by NH #1 Pats Fan

I'm just looking forward to the good senator's reasons for discontinuing his vendetta. More smoke will be blown out his *****.

Originally Posted by castlelong1

It's OK, although you had no sources the fear that the NY Times would scoop you must've been great. Gee, I'm surprised you survived such a horrifying experience.