Specter Wants Mitchell-like Investigation (1 Viewer)

[PMENFAN]

I have no problem with what Senator Arlen Specter is suggesting. Outside investigators should have stepped in the moment it became known that Roger Goodell destroyed the incriminating evidence. Roger Goodell is very much caught in a conflict of interest and only a truly impartial outside investigation will get to the bottom of this. I applaud Senator Specter for his tenacity and refusal to accept what Roger Goodell says at face value. If the NFL wants anti-trust law exemption they'll happily abide with Congress. If not, then I'll look forward to the USFL starting up again soon.

What is it that you want to see happen as a result of this "investigation" at my expense? How is it going to make my life or the lives of my fellow Americans better?

And as a follow-up, please cite the constitutionality of such an congressional involvement.

The grounds is interstate commerce. I'm not saying I agree, but I'm saying there is a clause in the Consitution that would give them room to intervene. That said, I think's it foolish. This grandstanding is playing to his home state, where football is an institution. He's playing it smart. He know's he'll never get enought Senators to come along for the ride, but he can say he tried. Think of the tax revenue generated by the NFL. Do you honestly think the US Senate is going to strip their Anti Trust exemption, which is a cornerstone of any professional sports league? The ability to sell the collaborative product is essential. The Senate will not kill the goose that laid the golden egg.

 

[PMENFAN]

I applaud Senator Spector for this. Rodger Goodell is coming up very small with this issue, and he continues to minimize spy gate. I think Spector is just making sure that this does not get "swept under the rug". The main goal is not to just penalize New England more, but to get the entire truth out there. Make Bill Bellichick go in front of a congressional hearing, and then launch a real investigation(not that phony one Goodell had). Spectator is digging for the truth, and I am glad that he is not satisfied with how the NFL has handled this.

Let's say the NFL's investigation was shoddy. What has come out that wasn't discovered by the NFL's investigation? Anything? I didnt' think so. Why waste taxpayers money to give Eagles fans a boost for coming up short int he NFL playoffs/superbowl? If new evidence surfaces, bring it up. If not, it's over.

 

[GregR_2]

I applaud Senator Spector for this. Rodger Goodell is coming up very small with this issue, and he continues to minimize spy gate. I think Spector is just making sure that this does not get "swept under the rug". The main goal is not to just penalize New England more, but to get the entire truth out there. Make Bill Bellichick go in front of a congressional hearing, and then launch a real investigation(not that phony one Goodell had). Spectator is digging for the truth, and I am glad that he is not satisfied with how the NFL has handled this.

Let's say the NFL's investigation was shoddy. What has come out that wasn't discovered by the NFL's investigation? Anything? I didnt' think so. Why waste taxpayers money to give Eagles fans a boost for coming up short int he NFL playoffs/superbowl? If new evidence surfaces, bring it up. If not, it's over.

First, let me say that I don't think there's anything else we know of warranting another investigation of Spygate, so I'm not arguing for one.But to answer your question, what came out was some evidence that Belichick was lying that he didn't know what he was doing was against the rules. Though I think that comes as a surprise to no one. Even Pats fans have said in the threads here they didn't believe BB's "explanation", and one of the things Goodell made clear in his initial ruling was that he believed it was intentionally circumventing the rules.But to be fair to Specter, his involvement prior to this was beneficial to NFL fans who wanted to know what really happened. Goodell was outright misleading in his original wording as to how long it went on, couching it in a way that created the impression it had only gone on since 2006. The full truth didn't come out until Specter put pressure on the NFL to reveal it. That's Goodell's fault, and I'm glad that Specter got involved up until that point. Even if as I suspect his connection to Comcast was the motivation for his involvement, it was the only way we NFL fans got to find out the complete truth.He needs to drop it now though.