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Senator wants Goodell to explain 'Spygate' tapes

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) wanted to know the NFL's explanation for the purging of evidence in the infamous "Spygate" case involving the New England Patriots. He wrote commissioner Roger Goodell on Nov. 15. He got no response. Full Article at ESPN

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Related Quotes

  1. I don't think you have to have a law broken to have a legitimate interest by the Congress on the integrity of the game ... What if there was something on the tapes we might want to be subpoenaed, for example? You can't destroy it. That would be obstruction of justice
    Arlen Specter – Arlen Specter SOURCE: ESPN 22 months ago
  2. It's premature to say whom we're going to call or when ... It starts with the commissioner. He had the tapes, and he made the decision as to what the punishment could be. He made the decision to destroy them.
    Arlen Specter – Arlen Specter SOURCE: ESPN 22 months ago
  3. 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.
    Arlen Specter – Arlen Specter SOURCE: ESPN 22 months ago
  4. We are going to look at the potential of seeding our teams differently after they qualify for the playoffs, so that you could potentially make more of the regular-season games have more significance to the postseason
    Roger Goodell – Roger Goodell SOURCE: Houston Chronicle 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. New England Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker, front, arrives at the NFL football team's practice facility prior to a walk-through in Foxborough, Mass. , Wednesday, Dec 2, 2009.
  9. NEW ORLEANS - NOVEMBER 30: Quarterback Drew Brees #9 of the New Orleans Saintsthrows a 2-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter against the New England Patriots at Louisana Superdome on November 30, 2009 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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