Goodell said Belichick told him he believed the taping was legal; Goodell said he did not concur.
"He said that's always been his interpretation since he's been the head coach," the commissioner said. "We are going to agree to disagree on the facts."
No, you're agreeing on the FACTS; you're disagreeing on the INTERPRETATION of the facts.
Specter, from Pennsylvania, wants to talk to other league officials about what exactly was taped and which games may have been compromised.
"We have a right to have honest football games," he said.
We do? My copy of the Constitution must be out of date. Does anyone have a more recent goddamn piece of paper I can look at?
He scoffed at the reasons Goodell gave for destroying the tapes and notes, particularly about trying to keep them out of competitors' hands and because Belichick had admitted to the taping.
"What's that got to do with it? There's an admission of guilt, you preserve the evidence," Specter said. As for keeping the tapes out of the hands of others: "All you have to do is lock up the tapes."
For what? They had the investigation, Belichick/NE admitted doing it, they were fined, and there's no appellate court available. Preserving "evidence" just keeps alive the chance that someone leaks it to the press.
