Goodell Explains Why the NFL Destroyed Evidence, Specter Probably Doesn't Care Published 2 hours ago by Ryan Wilson at FanHouse Filed under: NFL Fans, Super Bowl Senator Arlen Specter has impeccable timing. Full Article at BallHype
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I'm not mad at anybody ... Sometimes, when you ride a wave, you get to the end and that's all there is. That's where we are.
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The coaches have no knowledge of it
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It's a league matter ... I don't know anything about it.
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I am more than willing to speak with the senator. There are very good explanations why the tapes were destroyed by our staff -- there was no purpose for them.
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If they're doing a thorough investigation -- they didn't contact me ... So draw your own conclusions. Maybe they felt they didn't need to. Maybe the league feels they got satisfactory answers from everything the Patriots sent them.
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We wanted to take and destroy that information ... They may have collected it within the rules, but we couldn't determine that. So we felt that it should be destroyed.
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If I had a reason to want to go public, or tell a story, I could have done it before it even broke ... I could have said everything rather than having [Jets head coach Eric] Mangini be the one to bring it out.
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I am very concerned about the underlying facts on the taping, the reasons for the judgment on the limited penalties and, most of all, on the inexplicable destruction of the tapes
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I do believe that it is a matter of importance. It's not going to displace the [economic] stimulus package or the Iraq war, but I think the integrity of football is very important, and I think the National Football League has a special duty to the American people – and further the Congress – because the...
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That requires an explanation ... The NFL has a very preferred status in our country with their antitrust exemption. The American people are entitled to be sure about the integrity of the game. It's analogous to the CIA destruction of tapes. Or any time you have records destroyed.
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