Your well thought out post assumes we are dealing with logic, common sense, fair play and league responsibility to get it right......that's where I am quite troubled.
Way too many implications for a lot of league people and league leadership for this to be treated any other way than " cover my ass, protect my job and what's left of our reputation" no matter what it means.
Goodell, Kensil, Blandino, Pash and Wells from the league along with the hate driven agendas of ESPN and much of the media and finally, the easily swayed bored public that has already found us guilty will ALL WIN with a simple verdict of guilt or suspected wrong doing but cannot prove type of finding.
If the "league" thinks that framing the Patriots is the best way to accomplish integrity - they will throw our team under the bus faster than they did following Morts initial report.
There may just be too much working against us for truth, which means a favorable outcome for the Patriots, to see the light of day.