Boston Herald logo Boston Herald 22 months ago

Specter looms over NFL on eve of Super Sunday

PHOENIX - NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said yesterday he would be “more than willing” to meet with Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) to explain why the league destroyed tapes it confiscated from the Patriots [team stats] in September. Full Article at Boston Herald

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  1. I think what they did this year certainly was done within the NFL rules and on a level playing field ... I think their record is extraordinary; no team has ever gone 18-0 before and I think they should be congratulated for that.
    Roger Goodell – Roger Goodell SOURCE: Boston Herald 22 months ago
  2. The incentive should be for every team to win as many games as possible
    Roger Goodell – Roger Goodell SOURCE: Boston Herald 22 months ago
  3. I’m fine with everything that was said ... I think the commissioner did a great job.
    Robert Kraft – Robert Kraft SOURCE: Boston Herald 22 months ago
  4. I think it was the best way to make sure the Patriots followed my instructions, to make sure that bit of information would not appear anywhere again ... If it did, I’d know they didn’t hand me all the information. Not having those tapes out there, now I know if something arises, they didn’t tell me the ...
    Roger Goodell – Roger Goodell SOURCE: Boston Herald 22 months ago
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  1. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 04: (L-R) U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) listen during a news conference December 4, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The legislators held a news conference to speak on bipartisan health care amendments.
  2. Sen. Arlen Specter, D-Pa. , walks to the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday,Dec. 1, 2009.
  3. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) (C), Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) (L) and Energy Secretary Steven Chu prepare for a committee hearing on Capitol Hill October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  4. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: United States Anti Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart (R) is greeted by the Senate Judiciary Committee's Crime and Drugs Subcommittee Chairman Arlen Specter (D-PA) before a hearing on 'Body Building Products and Hidden Steroids: Enforcement Barriers' on Capitol Hill Septe...
  5. PITTSBURGH - SEPTEMBER 7: Vice President Joe Biden (L) joins hands with U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (D-PA) at a Labor Day parade outside the Mellon Arena September 7, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Biden spoke about the Employee Free Choice Act, which is currently before congress.
  6. KITTANNING, PA - AUGUST 13: Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) speaks at at a town hall meeting on August 13, 2009 in Kittanning, Pennsylvania. Specter held the town hall meeting to speak with local residents about health care reform.
  7. LEBANON, PA - AUGUST 11: U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (L) listens as an unidentified man shouts at him during a town hall meeting August 11, 2009 in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. Specter held the town hall meeting to speak about health care reform.
  8. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 03: National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell, Rob Manfred, executive vice president of labor and human resources in the Office of the Commissioner of Baseball, Major League Baseball, NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith, Michael Weiner, gener...
  9. National Football League (NFL) Commissioner Roger Goodell is sworn in before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Subcommittee hearing on 'The NFL StarCaps Case: Are Sports' Anti-Doping Programs At A Legal Crossroads' on November 3, 2009 in Washingto...

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