Goodell on Patriots' tapes
PHOENIX – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell held his annual Super Bowl press conference today (1:30 p.m. EST) and several questions were asked about the Patriots and illegal videotaping procedures.
Goodell added more detail to the NFL’s actions against the club, noting that the league had obtained six tapes from the Patriots. Goodell said the six tapes included some games from the 2007 preseason and the rest were “primarily from late in the 2006 season.”
The first question asked to Goodell was in regards to being called before Congress in the future, and if he thought the tapes taint the team’s accomplishments this season.
Goodell said he was “more than willing” to meet with Congress and that there were “various explanations” as to why he destroyed the tapes.
“I believe it was helpful for us in making sure my instructions were followed closely, not just with the Patriots but by every other team,” he said.
“I don’t think it taints their accomplishments,” Goodell added. “I think what they did this season was certainly within the rules, on a level playing field.”
I can't beleive what a POS that senator from Pennsylvania is (Arlen Spector).
http://sports.excite.com/news//02012008/v2642.html
Am I the only person who believes that Senator Specter should actually earn his money and deal with more important political issues such as 1) our national energy policy/increasing emissions standards for cars, 2) the war, 3) the economy, 4) education, etc... why is it that senators believe it is more important to spend their time (which is funded by our tax dollars) to discuss sports???
Why are my tax dollars funding a disgruntled Eagles fan's inquisition... GET BACK TO WORK SPECTER...
Specter is a joke
amen
yes i agree wtih you Jon! Plus why now? why not back in september when it happened? Did he just now decide he had an issue with it? It definately does look like he is a disgruntled fan. The thing is by doing this now he is just going to fire up the patriots like they were against the chargers so bring it on baby!!! GO PATS!
Hey Jon,
Let me bring you up to speed on things since your berth yesterday. Politicians don't do anything except take long lunches, spend our money on crap, and sleep with anyone who will scratch their back. Specter is a b*tch, GO PATRIOTS
why doesn't the Senator pursue Our President's blatent lies that have our Children dying by the thousands in Iraq, if he really wants to do something productive!
why doesn't the Senator pursue Our President's blatent lies that have our Children dying by the thousands in Iraq, if he really wants to do something productive!
How can anyone question whay has been accomplished this season? The only tape from this season was from the 1st half of game 1. The idea of the Patriots gaining an unfair advantage for this season is a non issue.
Funny but the Eagles coach - Andy Reid - has had an illegal drug distribution ring going on in house. Reid lives in Specter's state, yet Specter wants to use tax dollars to investigate the corporate policies of the NFL? Pennsylvania must be proud.
Can anyone tell me what federal law might have been broken here??
Shameless poly to get a senator's name in the media in my humblest of opinions.
Comcast is a major supporter and campaign contributor of Senator Specter
Get back to work is an understatement. Obviously Spector just woke up. This took place in September and now the week before the Superbowl he suddenly decides to question Goodell. Gotta really wonder who he put his money on and what his true motivation for this sudden revelation is.
Good for Specter. NFL football is a huge business, and is receiving favorable treatment from the government in the form of antitrust exemption. If there's some question as to whether the NFL is somehow defrauding the paying public, the government certainly SHOULD step in and investigate. If the NFL wants continued favorable treatment from the government, then they'd better be willing to undergo the scrutiny of that government.
#12 You've got it Right there... Comcast and the Roberts family are based in Philly and Specter is the PA Sanator...Considering the confrontation between the NFL Network and Comcast this past season we should not be suprised. Hmmmmm... Looks like some pure unabased power politics here. It is nothing more than Comcast getting Spector to embarras the NFL before its most popular day.
#14 ,Doug, How can you say that the NFL is defrauding the public? They punished the Patriots and Belicheck with the steepest penalties (both monetary and Darft choices) in the history of the league and, if I'm not mistaken, all of sports. Spector is abusing his electied powers bestowed on him by the poeple of PA.
doug never said there was fraud, he said "if there's some question..."
did anyone read specter's letter on ESPN.com? he wanted goodell to give the eagles the SB trophy; he had no questions about anti-trust, ethics, exemptions, fraud, etc.
#15, djglowell, if the NFL offers pro football as a legitimate sport, but they know there is cheating and other shenanigans going on that place in question the integrity of games played, then they are defrauding the paying public. The penalties imposed upon the Patriots and Belicheck are mighty small potatoes compared with the profits the NFL, and the Patriots, have made off of the Patriots this season. Belicheck's fine was basically covered by a big raise in salary given
just afterward. The antitrust exemption has been a huge advantage that has allowed the NFL to grow to be the moneymaking giant it is today. Goodell and the NFL had better not take it for granted. A shame all of this is clouding a super run by one of the greatest teams, and certainly the greatest offense, in NFL history.
Sorry Spector, regardless of his "motivations" to make the leage equal and a fair playing field... all he is, is a disgrunlted Patriot-hater who will go to any lengths to either make a quick buck betting on the game or just use his "powers" as Senator to screw over the best franchise in NFL history and act as one of many that want to fuck over the Patriots and not allow them to gain substantail grounds as one of the best teams in sports history
Just what the Pats needed to crush the Giants without any second thoughts of "running up" the score.
Why isn't Spector questioning Attorney General Mukasey about his murky stand on waterboarding?
We are entering a recession, fighting a "100 year war" in the words of a Presidential candidate, facing a housing meltdown and consuming substandard products from China, and the esteemed Senator is focusing on a video tape.
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