More Matt Walsh, from ESPN
Mods, please merge if this is one too many Matt Walsh threads.
But here's some new stuff, from ESPN:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3226465
"No, the league has never called me," he said. "Neither have the Patriots. And really, I would be surprised if they did. Then all of a sudden -- I don't know how much the league or Patriots know about my stance or how I feel about things -- for them to put in a call to me, what are they going to say? Are they going to try and threaten me? Or say, don't talk about it? Then, they are putting themselves out there and looking bad as far as if I turn around and say, 'Hey, guess what, the league called me and said [we're] gonna take away your pension if you say anything about this.'"
Later, Walsh said his reference to a pension meant his 401k retirement plan.
They're going to take away his 401k plan?
Walsh said that when he worked with the Patriots, a very limited number of people within the organization were privy to details about the team's video practices, notably video director Jimmy Dee and Ernie Adams, Belichick's prep school friend and right-hand man.
Walsh said that during his tenure in New England, no taping was done without Dee's knowledge.
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As for the prospect of Adams sharing insight into the suspicious practices, Walsh said: "You've got a better chance of him telling you who killed JFK than anything about New England. There are lots of stories there. He told me stories of things they used to do in Cleveland [where Adams assisted Belichick with the Browns]."
Ernie Adams, the cog that keeps the Nixon regime running!
"I'll be honest with you: I can't really be guilted into anything," he said. "Maybe after this whole thing, you don't think I have a conscience because of the people I was exposed to and what they had me doing.
Dear God, he makes it sound like he had to perform sex acts on animals! Or...maybe he did? Hmmm...
"Really, I just [have] no incentive to really talk to anybody, no reason to do it. For me, personally, I haven't really been able to see the gain in doing it."
No incentive ($) yet. That book deal's coming though Matt, just hang on!
He has family back in New England who, he said, could be in harm's way if he damages the Patriots with any information he might disclose.
Now this is the most ridiculous part of the whole article. In harm's way?? What does he think the Patriots are going to do, put a hit on his parents? Or is he afraid some Pats fan is going to jump his cousin in an alley? Jesus, let's tone down the melodrama.
Anyway lots more quotes and stuff in the article. He says he was fired by Pioli, that he still has season tickets with the Pats (?), and the most important thing: he refuses to say whether or not he has tapes.
I don't think Goodell is lying here. I think he got the tapes that were from last season and this preseason, destroyed them, and that's all. If it can be proven that Belichick was holding something back, then he might be in some hot water again.
Personally I'm rooting for Belichick to go in front of Congress: "It is what it is Senator."
