Coverup Successful

It appears that the last hope of football fans to get to the bottom of the NFL's Spygate scandal has faded after Sen. Arlen Specter said he doesn't expect to pursue the issue any further.

To his credit, Specter was the only high ranking sports, media, or government official concerned enough about rampant cheating within the nation's premier sports league and its top team to even bother giving it more than a cursory examination. Alas, Specter's decision to beg off the simmering controversy over game fixing among NBA refs is the standard operating posture for state and federal officials.

More traditionally, Specter said he will focus on the NFL's anti-trust exemption and public financing of its stadiums. Funny how all of Specter's critics who questioned his involvement with spygate as being beneath the interests of a United States Senator never ever raise a peep when these same legislators are doling out millions of dollars to sports team owners in the form of construction subsidies.