Belichick Won't Cheat Anymore

The Patriots and Bill Belichick's reputations are so tarnished from Spygate that Belichick's affirmation to follow league rules in the future merits a story and this headline in the Washington Post, "Belichick Says Videotaping Transgressions 'Won't Happen Again.'" In other words, the Pats really mean it this time when they say they won't cheat or break any more league rules.

While Belichick and Pats' owner Bob Kraft were doing their mea culpas before NFL poo-bahs and the media at the annual league meeting, questions and controversy continue to surround the whole issue, and the league's continued mishandling of the situation. As everyone awaits a possible smoking gun admission by former Pats videographer Matt Walsh, i have yet to see - nearly nine months since the scandal broke - anyone clamor for a statement by star QB Tom Brady. Besides Belichick and Walsh, the New England golden boy would seem to be one Pat with significant knowledge about the cheating operation and what, if anything, the Pats did to gain a competitive advantage with an opposing team's defensive signals. Bizarrely, Goodell's Inspector Closeau investigation interviewed Patriot "officials" but apparently no players nor the quarterback who would be in the best position to know something. Why this is only Roger can explain.