One thing i dont get is the tapes were destroyed argument. Yes initially they were but when later walsh came , they showed the tapes to the media and it had SD cheerleaders on them .Every conveniently sweeps this fact under the rug and never mentions it like it never happened.
SpyGate tapes feature up-close look at Chargers cheerleader | New York Daily News
I don't think any of us want to talk about this issue at the moment (or at any other point in time), but the argument of destroying the tapes somehow making the situation with us look worse is beyond ridiculous.
Any real fan or intelligent human being would realize immediately that Goodell quickly lost all control of the situation and never intended for it to become
that much of a story. I think it was meant more along the lines of Bountygate, where no one seems to give a damn a year later. Goodell handled the situation terribly, and not only did it make the organization look worse than intended, it made the NFL in general look worse.
My thought is that the tapes were destroyed for any number of reasons, possibly more than one:
--the media had gotten a hold of them
--he wanted to punish and move on, and destroying showed a sense of closure (at least it was meant to in his mind)
--there simply wasn't anything 1/2 as bad as people thought on the tapes, as shown by the cheerleaders
--he didn't want anyone to replicate the act shown on the tapes, and figured that there was no sense in keeping the tapes to fall in any other hands
Either way anyone looks at it, there certainly was ZERO "special treatment" from Roger Goodell. That thought is beyond ridiculous, and I highly doubt a new case from a different team would be handled anywhere close to the same way with all of that attention. Within the first 72 hrs, there were more stories and unsubstantiated rumors that spiraled the entire situation completely out of control.
