Anyone listening now ? There is a senator on now who is contacting the commissioner regarding destruction of the tapes after spygate . Apparently he is pushing for a commitee to investigate it. Amazing , the timing of this ...!!
Anyone listening now ? There is a senator on now who is contacting the commissioner regarding destruction of the tapes after spygate . Apparently he is pushing for a commitee to investigate it. Amazing , the timing of this ...!!
to be fair with the report, Specter (the Senator in question and an avid iggles fan) sent the letter to the league back in mid Nov and claims he never got a response. it's my feeling that the US Gov should really have better things to do than worry about this and roids in baseball and other such things....but I'm not ready to withhold my tax payments to show my disapproval just yet
Why would Congress be concerned about something that is NOT ILLEGAL? I could understand the steroid thing, there were actual laws being broken and all, but come on...
Excellent point. If Congress wants to get involved in something NFL, resolve the dispute between the NFL and the Cable Companies. That would actually do people some real good.
Excellent point. If Congress wants to get involved in something NFL, resolve the dispute between the NFL and the Cable Companies. That would actually do people some real good.
well this is the second time this season that Congress has pulled the "you have anti-trust exemptions" card to leverage the NFL, and I'm thinking that Goodell ain't likeing it too much...
The NFL has an anti-trust exemption and is held to a higher degree of integrity. Destroying evidence from such a high-profile case certainly meets the criteria for further investigation.
Though to be honest, I would rather they open Sunday Ticket to all carriers and destroy whatever evidence they want.
Specter is the definition of self promoting spineless politician. He is the one who came up with the classic "non vote"(forgot the term he got from a Scottish political practice) in Clinton's impeachment hearing. Whatever your political beliefs on the matter, he came up with the weakest way to not take a stand either way, and he thought he was brilliant. He's a complete self promoter!
The NFL has an anti-trust exemption and is held to a higher degree of integrity. Destroying evidence from such a high-profile case certainly meets the criteria for further investigation.
Though to be honest, I would rather they open Sunday Ticket to all carriers and destroy whatever evidence they want.
"High-profile" only because certain mediots and jerk-offs from other teams try to stick it to the Pats any way they can out of sheer jealousy. The reality of the situation is the Pats got caught breaking a rule of the NFL and the federal government should have no concerns about the way it was handled. JC, don't they have enough to worry about!!
Specter is the definition of self promoting spineless politician. He is the one who came up with the classic "non vote"(forgot the term he got from a Scottish political practice) in Clinton's impeachment hearing. Whatever your political beliefs on the matter, he came up with the weakest way to not take a stand either way, and he thought he was brilliant. He's a complete self promoter!
"Not Proven" is the term you're searching for. It went in the record as a not guilty though.
Back on topic, I think Goodell might want to nip this in the bud and say what I've suspected all along, that the Patriots provided evidence of other team's practices, sufficient for the NFL to want to resolve it quietly, in the best interest in the league. Then say everyone has moved on.
Specter is the definition of self promoting spineless politician. He is the one who came up with the classic "non vote"(forgot the term he got from a Scottish political practice) in Clinton's impeachment hearing. Whatever your political beliefs on the matter, he came up with the weakest way to not take a stand either way, and he thought he was brilliant. He's a complete self promoter!
No one did a better job leading the inquisition for the Republicans against Anita Hill, thus clearing the way for Clarence Thomas to be approved to SC.
Destroying evidence of cheating (and I know next you'll cry about calling it cheating) in an anti-trust exempt corporation is a big deal and merits further investigation. Get over it.
If the heads of the corporation are the ones to make the judgment and issue a ruling/punishment, what is so wrong with the evidence being destroyed by them after they've already seen it? What business is it to the viewers if the NFL has already issued a punishment and settled the matter?
It's ironic that you claim one thing reeks of paranoia, yet the very accusations you appear to condone are only dictated by a paranoid mindset that feels there was "something else" on those tapes.
Destroying evidence of cheating (and I know next you'll cry about calling it cheating) in an anti-trust exempt corporation is a big deal and merits further investigation. Get over it.
I just would like to know what the heck else people expect to find on these tapes? They were caught for taping signals, and handed over these tapes. Do you think other rules were broken on these tapes? Maybe Belichick had some child porn? Or a video of Brady killing kittens? Why the paranoia that some other rule or law was broken that we don't know about? The internal investigation was over and the NFL moved on. Why can't everyone else do the same?
Destroying evidence of cheating (and I know next you'll cry about calling it cheating) in an anti-trust exempt corporation is a big deal and merits further investigation. Get over it.
i can only hope they call them all to congress. this may be the only way to get this all out in the open. this isn't about the pats, it's about what goes on in the nfl. this could get ugly. if they try to single out the pats i'm sure someone will blow the whistle.
i can only hope they call them all to congress. this may be the only way to get this all out in the open. this isn't about the pats, it's about what goes on in the nfl. this could get ugly. if they try to single out the pats i'm sure someone will blow the whistle.
You know what would be lovely? For Spector to go to all this trouble and somehow get some sort of hearing with Goodell only to find out there was some evidence of the Eagles taping the Patriots in '04.
Destroying evidence of cheating (and I know next you'll cry about calling it cheating) in an anti-trust exempt corporation is a big deal and merits further investigation. Get over it.
Back to topic - this is absolute horses**t from a US senator on the eve of the Superbowl especially since it is obvious that we did not need such tapes to win. He is merely trying to stroke the fires (and votes) of Iggles fans.
If they really want to do this, they should confiscate the tapes, etc. of all the other teams who have been doing the same thing for years.
Destroying evidence of cheating (and I know next you'll cry about calling it cheating) in an anti-trust exempt corporation is a big deal and merits further investigation. Get over it.
Destroying evidence of cheating (and I know next you'll cry about calling it cheating) in an anti-trust exempt corporation is a big deal and merits further investigation. Get over it.
Is there legal precedence stating this, in which Senator Specter can point to, or is this too, only your personal opinion. Maybe in fact, you and Senator Specter should "get over it."
Keep in mind: The league destroyed everything, not just Jets tape or cherry-picked tape. That is a huge thing to take away from the Patriots. Can you imagine how many thousands of hours of cataloged tape they destroyed? Most of it had to have been legitimate tape and they destroyed it.
The biggest problem with the media and government poking their noses into this is that whatever medicine they want to provide to the Patriots would have to be applied to all the other teams. The ****e will hit the fan then.
The world needs to back off of trying to make everybody into Boy Scouts. For one thing the same people that are pushing for such changes are up to their asses in the power structure and do the same back-room deals that they are railing against. It reminds me of preachers.
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