Kraft Addresses Spygate

Mike Reiss of the globe reports that Kraft addressed spygate today saying he thinks it will come out that the Patriots didn't videotape what Walsh claims they did. And he is looking forward to clearing this up. I hope this happens soon. I'm sick of hearing people bash the Patriots calling the entire team / organization cheaters. I got in a bit of an argument with a guy at the casino in Vegas about it - he handed me some promo for a club, then asked where I was from and when I said Boston he was like 'YEY Red Sox BOOO Pats those cheaters'. Well I had to disagree (not about the Sox of course, just the Pats).

If this guy Walsh REALLY had true evidence why has it taken this long to come out and prove it? Seems to me it's not true if nothing has been proven. I have heard - and perhaps it's just gossip - that he's trying to negotiate immunity so that if he's proven to be lying that he can't get in trouble. Why would one want such immunity if they knew they were telling the truth? All it does is make people believe that the Patriots organization is guilty - before any proof (if ever) is shown.

Sen. Arlen Specter

What's with this jerk?

Now he is meeting with Goodell tomorrow to discuss the Patriots. Dude, face it your team (the Eagles) lost. Get over it. It was a few Superbowls ago. Seriously, doesn't this guy have more important things to think about - like, I don't know, the election? the war? But no, let's obsess about the Patriots even though Goodell has repeatedly told him the same thing. Specter is thinking about having congressional hearings if he wasn't satisfied with Goodell's answers.

According to the Globe: In defending the destruction of the notes, Goodell said "there was no purpose to them at all." Specter said Goodell's response "didn't make any sense at all" and also questioned whether there might have been illegal acts by the Patriots before the 2005 Super Bowl, when they beat the Philadelphia Eagles.

Because THAT is what the government should be focusing on as their top priority. Getting their panties in a bunch because their team didn't win the Superbowl. When did the NFL become a government agency anyway, what business of the senate is all this? Like they felt the steroid scandal in baseball wasn't enough, they had to start investigating the NFL... I'm wicked glad this is what my tax dollars are being spent on instead of sports, music, or art in schools.

Let it go man, let it go.....

Interesting

So people shit all over the Patriots for "spygate" even though the NFL commissioner said that it didn't give them a competitive edge.

But now it comes out that the Jets got caught taping us!? Where's the outrage about that? Why isn't the Senate thinking of investigating them? And it's not that I think some big deal should be made about the Jets, I just think people shouldn't make such a big deal about the Pats.

and give me a fucking break 50% of people on boston.com answered this question: 'How will you remember this Patriots' with "They blew it. I will remember them as the most disappointing Patriots team ever."

Ok fine they blew it, but the "most disappointing Patriots team ever?" Right after they got NFL MVP, and record breaking seasons all around? Sure I am disappointed they didn't win, but they accomplished quite a bit. Come on that is just insane to say they are the most disappointing Patriots team ever. I think it's the biggest choke ever by the Pats in a Superbowl. But for the most part this is the team give or take some players that won 3 Superbowls - so it's not like they are complete failures.

Why all the hating on the Pats and Belichick? I am pretty sure that people of ANY city that had him as a coach and won 3 rings wouldn't be complaining if he was their coach. But since he's not, and the Pats have had 7 great years, everyone hates them like they are the evil empire or something. I wasn't this bitter when the 49ers had their dynasty in the 80s/early 90s - in fact I rooted for them when they were in the Superbowl. So why all the hating?

UM so WTF?

Last time I checked the NFL was a private organization. It's not run by the government. So why the hell do senators think they have the right to question or investigate why commissioner Goodell destroyed the spygate tapes.

And seriously - why are we back on this again. The Pats were fined. The commissioner didn't feel they had a competitive advantage and destroyed them. Done.

Now almost 6 months later ... 3 days before the game is this getting resurfaced? Because senators are angry their team didn't make it to the Superbowl and the perfect Patriots did? And really aren't there bigger issues for the senate to worry about than trying to screw up my team's momentum? Like I don't know the war or something?

Specter, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the issue could put the league's antitrust exemption at risk. Perhaps the Republicans feel they are losing ground on the 2008 election so they are trying to shift attention to something else?

Give me a break. Senators get back to what you are supposed to do, not try to screw up football too.