NFL, Walsh closing in on deal

Can't a Judge or a congressman compel Walsh to present his information(evidence) regardless of the consequences to the witness.
If he broke a rule(law) in the process shouldn't he be held just as accountable.
Gregg Anderson went to jail for not co-operating in an investigatin. I don't believe he was granted any "imunity" for giving the truth.
If congressman Specrter can make demands of Goodell why is he not making demands of Walsh

Can you say, "Dom Capers"? Good job, BB and Pioli. First you have the arrogance to argue what the meaning of IS is, stating your interpretation was right and NFL has it wrong. Then the continued preaching that the Pats arent running up the score because its all part of BB's emphasis on playing "60 minutes." BB preached "Just do your job." Well, BB, you didnt do your job in SB XLII. And though the Pats played 60 minutes, who knew they had to play 61. And for all those who think Pats fans are sore losers, just watch the game with clear bifocals; face-masks and holding on OL (how else do two 300 pound Pats DL not bring down Manning) and extra TOs afforded the Giants in last 2:00. But now this Walsh and the "specter" of it all. If this is true, BB and Pioli...AND KRAFT...have a lot of explaining to do...Hopefully, this is not true...and just a disgruntled former Pats employee who is being paid secretly be Mercury Morris and other parties.

i say lets get this show on the road and let this mutt walsh say his peace but im still confused if he had all this goodness in his heart why does he need legal protection? i did see this guy a few weeks ago mugging for the cameras at a golf event in hawaii. also how much does a DC based lawyer anyway. i wonder if their is a connection between walsh's lawyer, senator spector, and the ceo of comcast.

Nobody likes snitches, why doesn't Walsh just stay on his island and play golf. Obviously he's bitter that the Patriots didn't find him cut out for his job.

I really have a bad feeling about this. Hope I'm wrong.

If this guy was fired for taping calls with Pioli and does indeed have tapes of the Rams walkthrough, how can anyone know that he didnt tape them on his own for whatever reasons he has.... Its obvious he likes to record things for reasons that are unknown

Why is it so important to get a legal protection if you are going to tell the truth. Makes you wonder... I have some evidence that it was Eric Mangini that filmed Tom Brady 'hooking up' with his girl. :)

Good, the quicker the better because I don't believe Walsh has got the goods. This "Spygate" nonsense will not go away and the media will continue to focus in on it until his story is heard.

It's comical that some, i.e Specter and the national media (mostly ESPN, SI) believe that Walsh will give us the "truth." Based on his history I certainly don’t believe that a tape of the Ram's walkthrough exists, which is what the Herald reported before the SB. I also strongly believe that Walsh’s "truth" or explanation of any supposed "spying" will be some totally exaggerated fairy tale with no proof that no one will believe and this soap opera will come to an end.

Mike,
Why is the NFL making a big deal about spygate when they knew about it 6 years ago? The league fined Bellichek 6 years ago for the Super Bowl it was never reported the league kept it quiet. I understand to a point they had to because it was the Super Bowl but they made it worse by doing so. Paul Taglibue made the mistake the Patriots paid the fine so it is over. Matt Walsh was the one who took the videos and did the filming so now he gets rewarded for giving the information
to the league. Unless he has more with the opposing teams actual plays this is a joke. Lets hope they keep congress out of it. They have no business in it.

So the Pats are being investigated for illegal videotaping from 2000-2002? Not to condone what they did -- if they did -- I was still wondering what the league's statute of limitations would be on this type of illegal activity. It seems like six years is a long time to consider punishment for a crime in which nobody got murdered, beaten or shot. Come on guys..this is football -- a game! Now, when we're talking about activities such as shootings, domestic abuse and dogfighting involving NFL players, that's a whole different ballgame. The Patriots and coach Bill Belichick have already paid a stiff penalty for more recent videotaping violations. To go back six-eight years and add more punishment is overkill. No wonder people think NFL stand for the No Fun League.

Even if Walsh has a tape of the St. Louis walkthrough, does he have prove that the Patriots odered him to do it??

walsh and the NFL, (that is quite aware that teams have taped other teams signals) are all sh@#t bags to think they can come out now with this and try to wash their hands clean of this situation. how many anyalsis do we need to say that they too checked out other teams signals when they played, for this to go away. this old little flamin homo from pitt needs to hit the retirement home and worry about important things other than if the pats have done what every other team has done since the dawn of time, try to steal signals!

"challenged Goodell to make public the correspondence between the league's lawyers and Levy."

Why isnt anyone challenging spectre on making the connection between him comcast, and the nfl public so everyone knows what this is *really* all about.

patriot paul the saying goes hope for the best but prepare for the worst. i've had that feeling since the day before the superbowl :(

Two things (from the standpoint of a Canadian Pats fan)
1. Unfortunately, everywhere but even more so in the US because of all the media, you are guilty until proven innocent. This Walsh piece of garbage was fired for taping personal conversations with Scott Pioli. It's obvious he was trying to get something, anything for a blackmail payday that would set him up for life. If he tapes the Super Bowl walk through on his own, who's going to believe now that BB and the Pats didn't ask him to do it? The Pats will be chastised guilty or not.

2. With the country in recession, housing market in the toilet, overall consumer spending virtually non-existent and the war costing over a trillion dollars - why is your government worried about stealing signals in football and baseball players using the clear and the cream? Don't they have better things to concern themselves with?

Does Pioli still have the "unauthorised" audio recording that Walsh supposedly made?

Seems to me keeping a copy of it would've been wise?

If he does have it, how much weight will it carry regarding Walsh's credibility?

If he taped Pioli without permission, who's to say if he chose to tape the Rams walkthrough, on his own. (ie: without Patriots permission or even knowledge)

Hard to believe it was even possible to do so, given that this all took place during extremely hightened security - after 9/11.

Also, if he's doing this for the "right" reasons, why did Mr. Walsh wait 6 years to come forward? Why didn't he report this activity, immediately after the Superbowl, if he's concerned about integrity?

In response to another post, I'd think Johnny-Law does indeed have the authority to FORCE Walsh to surrender any/all information he has regarding this issue.

It's called a Subpoena. In 2004 I filed a CIvil Rights suit against my residence City & part of the evidence needed was a video-tape by our local cable company.

They refused to cooperate with me for a while, but when I hired a Lawyer to help - all it took was one piece of paperwork & about 3 days - then all of a sudden, it was on my attorneys desk.

Specter is indeed outside his jurisdiction on this and should be focussing on issues with serious consequences to America.

I'm not saying sports "spying" should be ignored, but there's no need to abuse government time, effort & funding to pursue it.

Exactly what is Specter's association with the NFL, through Com Cast?

Does he stand to benefit from the results of these findings in ANY way? If so, how is he entitled to even be a part of the investigation?

Maybe the NFL needs to scrutinize every taping by every team, since the inception of the game - to get to the bottom of this scandle.

With technology today, it's probably possible to find "illegal" activity, by pretty much every team in the league? It's already been admitted by multiple people in the NFL "loop" that this "signal-stealing" is & always has been a part of the game.

I could not have said it any better myself Charlie!

pats fans should dump comcast. this reaks of spector/comcast/levy connection. not to mention verizon picture quality and available down/up speeds put comcast to shame. once again the only thing they were guilty of was the camera location. it's not against the rules to film or try to figure out the other teams signals. the rule is loosely written and leeves the door wide open. they caught the jets doing the same thing at gillette with a camera in the endzone in front of the lighthouse but handled it in-house rather than go to the league. why? because they all do it. unless matt the rat has a voice recording of bb or pioli thanking or authorizing him to tape other than what the league has already seen its meaningless. its also illegal to record without informing the other party in mass which might explain why hes looking for immunity.

I believe that the longer this issue gets strung out, the less Walsh has. He knows that the herald is going to find themselves in the middle of a huge law suit because of the bs story Walsh gave Tomase (and to Tomase was dumb enough to run with) and Walsh doesn't want to get hit with the backsplash, hence the need for total immunity.
If the guy can't tell the truth on his resume, why do so many believe he's telling the truth now?