It's Not the Crime, It's the Cover Up

Finally glad to see that the Patriots super bowl appearance has caused a new media examination of Spygate and the league's handling of the "investigation." The NY Times had a story on Thursday about Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter's requests for information on whether the league found any evidence that the Patriots had taped the Eagles in their super bowl matchup, and why the league decided to destroy the tapes immediately. Snarlin' Arlen even uttered the chilling possibility of "obstruction of justice." The story also noted that the league had not responded to Specter's original letter in November nor follow up correspondence in December. A league spokesman said the NFL had just received the letters in January. Mail delivery must be very slow from Washington, DC to midtown Manhattan.

 

Roger Goodell appeared to make things worse in his state of the league address yesterday by nonsensically stating that he ordered the destruction of the tapes after one of them was leaked to the press. Such position insults the intelligence of the general public and even the average fan.

 

If Congress can haul in a bunch of steroid abusing baseball players for sworn testimony, here's hoping they are similarly willing to find out what the Patriots and NFL knew, and when they knew it. And also what was on those tapes. (The NY Times referenes a former Patriots videographer now completely out of football and living in Hawaii who seems willing to talk but for a confidentiality agreement and between the line suggestions that the league and Patriots have threatened to bury him under legal action if he discloses what he knows about it.)