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Rob -
As soon as Goodell heard the rumors back in November about Walsh, he should have gotten ahold of Walsh and gotten his story. If Walsh hadn't worked with them then, they could have pursued legal action against Walsh for having stolen tapes from the Patriots. By doing it in November and not right before the SB, it takes away much of the potential impact that it could have had. In fact, doing it in November takes away, pretty much, all the leverage that Walsh might have had. Outing Walsh to the press as a greedy SOB who refused to help the league takes away much, if not all, of the credibility that Walsh might have had at the time..
I blame Goodell for his poor handling of the entire situation.
I blame Tomase for being a horrible journalist.
I blame Fish and the other NY Mediots because of their blind bias against anything Boston.
I blame Walsh for being a lying, theiving scumbag.
I blame Specter for being in Comcast's pocket.
I blame Belichick for playing footsy with the rules when he should have known better.. But he gets the least amount of blame.
I disagree. If Walsh is claiming he has evidence and isn't even willing to show he has anything unless he gets money, you ignore it as someone with a grudge or a crackpot. Walsh was fired for cause by the Patriots. I think it is too much to ask that Goodell sues what looks to be a disgruntled former Patriots employee to give up evidence that he claims to have although offers no proof when no one is running the story. Any board attorney can correct me if I am wrong, but Goodell has no reason to sue unless either he can prove that Walsh has NFL property without permission or he sues for libel or slander which at that point his allegations were not public. Until Walsh's allegations were in print or on TV, there was no libel or slander case. Without knowing what Walsh had, Goodell couldn't argue that he had NFL property without permission.
There is a whole host of things that Goodell royally f***ed up in the whole thing, but I don't see the Walsh thing as one of them. I just don't know how you take allegations seriously of a fired employee of the Patriots claiming to have evidence he won't produce or even prove he has going around with his hand out for money. Most corporations dismiss those people. Unfortunately, he did underestimate the lengths Arlen Specter would go to get deals brokered for his largest campaign contributor.
Everything else, I agree with. I am not defending Tomase or Goodell for what they did. They deserve their share of the blame pie and both deserve a big one. As well as many other people you mentioned.
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