Goodell whimped out.

[packinpatland]

JMO....

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/nfl/02/13/specter.goodell.ap/index.html

[the_idle_threat]

I don't get why they're threatening Congressional hearings. Over what? They must need something to do.

This was a league business matter that it handled and considered over with.

If I got called into a meeting with my employer and was confronted with evidence of wrongdoing (e.g. posting at Packerrats ), my employer and I agreed upon sanctions, and then my employer detroyed said evidence of my wrongdoing, that would be their right. It is an internal business matter. Why is that wrong?

It would be different if the wrongdoing was something that is illegal, but the taping was simply against company (i.e. league) policy.

Why do outside regulators even have any reason to start sniffing around? The answer: political opportunism.

I'm with Goodell on this one.

[Jimx29]

Goodell: 'I have nothing to hide'
NFL commish doesn't regret destroying Spygate tapes

People that have nothing to hide do not destroy things.

[packinpatland]

Goodell: 'I have nothing to hide'
NFL commish doesn't regret destroying Spygate tapes

People that have nothing to hide do not destroy things.

Exactly.

[the_idle_threat]

If they beleived the content of the tapes was against league policy because it gives unfair advantage, then it makes sense to destroy the tapes when the investigation is complete, so that nobody else gains unfair advantage from getting ahold of and watching the tapes.

So in short, I disagree.

[Charles Woodson]

If they beleived the content of the tapes was against league policy because it gives unfair advantage, then it makes sense to destroy the tapes when the investigation is complete, so that nobody else gains unfair advantage from getting ahold of and watching the tapes.

So in short, I disagree.

I think that Goodell is hiding something, and is getting called on it. I feel like he doesnt want his legacy to be remembered as a big mess,

[the_idle_threat]

If you mulch a banana peel, are you trying to hide that you ate a banana? You people are reading way too much into a routine league matter.

[Charles Woodson]

If you mulch a banana peel, are you trying to hide that you ate a banana? You people are reading way too much into a routine league matter.

im more referring to the Super Bowl allegations.

[MJZiggy]

You people are reading way too much into a routine league matter.

It's the off season and we don't like Belicheat. Why wouldn't we read into this?

[BallHawk]

I think we should just go ahead and make Bud Selig the Commish in every major sports league.

[SkinBasket]

Commissioners Cock and Balls stand ready to answer the call.

[packinpatland]

If you mulch a banana peel, are you trying to hide that you ate a banana? You people are reading way too much into a routine league matter.

'routine league matter' = largest fine ever levied. Something doesn't add up.

[the_idle_threat]

Largest fine ever levied ... Salaries and revenues are higher then they've ever been. Adds up just fine in my book.

There's no dispute here that Belichick and the Pats violated league rules. That's why they were fined and were docked a draft pick. That's a plenty big penalty, so why are people still unsatisfied? If anything, it seems like too large a penalty for taping signals that are already in plain sight. Does anybody believe the Pats were the only ones doing it?

This whole story from day one is misdirected outrage, IMO. People who have an axe to grind against the Pats and Belichick are using this overblown story to channel their negative feelings. Mountain out of a molehill.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I don't get why they're threatening Congressional hearings. Over what? They must need something to do.

This was a league business matter that it handled and considered over with.

If I got called into a meeting with my employer and was confronted with evidence of wrongdoing (e.g. posting at Packerrats ), my employer and I agreed upon sanctions, and then my employer detroyed said evidence of my wrongdoing, that would be their right. It is an internal business matter. Why is that wrong?

It would be different if the wrongdoing was something that is illegal, but the taping was simply against company (i.e. league) policy.

Why do outside regulators even have any reason to start sniffing around? The answer: political opportunism.

I'm with Goodell on this one.

Two words...Anti trust.

[packinpatland]

"Why do outside regulators even have any reason to start sniffing around? The answer: political opportunism. "



Guess you apply the same line of reasoning to the whole steroid use in baseball.