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February 04, 2008
If this is what Senators are Worried About, No Wonder We've got So Many Problems
Last week in a letter to the NFL Commissioner, Republican Senator Arlen Specter demanded that the NFL explain why it destroyed evidence of the New England Patriots cheating scandal. For the record, I am not making this up.
At a press conference, Specter started yapping about the NFL’s antitrust exemption and then actually said, "I do believe that it is a matter of importance. It's not going to displace the stimulus package or the Iraq war (no kidding, genius), 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 they have an antitrust exemption." In the words of Scooby Doo, “Huh???”
Specter is worried that the NFL broke its “special duty to the American people” when it destroyed a tape that seems to indicate that the Patriots were in the habit of filming their opponents’ defensive coaches signaling players. Holy Toledo! The Patriots stole the other team’s signals! The Patriots stole the other team’s signals!!! That sure as hell never happens in sports.
Arlen went on to say that the judiciary committee may want to probe the matter.
The only thing that ought to be probed is Arlen’s ass because it sure as hell seems like he's got his head stuck up it. What an idiot.
Comments
Actually I'm glad to see Spector get involved. He's well aware that this isn't something of grave importance, but it does matter to the public. Also, it isn't just sign stealing, but rather the fact that there wasn't a full investigation done into the cheating. There are plenty of indications that there was significantly more cheating going on. Sign-stealing isn't such a big deal on it's own, but the WAY they were sign-stealing is, and the fact that they were probably cheating in other ways too is pretty significant; and now that there's been strong suggestions that the Patriots cheated in the Superbowl... that's huge. Especially if you gamble. ;-)
I'd love for him to bring the Patriots and NFL down another peg. It'd serve 'em right for (respectively) cheating and covering it up.
Posted by: Philosofer at February 4, 2008 11:34 AM
I know just where Spector should stick that probe. I'm a Jets fan who hates the Patriots with a bitter passion, but I'm also a tax payer and this a-hole is frittering away my money on nonsense. As if the millions of wasted tax dollars on the baseball steroid investigation wasn't enough. Baseball is f-ing borning! Without McGuire, Sosa and Bonds in the homerun race a few years back the league might have went under by now. Steroids saved baseball. Why isn't spector launching a probe into why Exon is reaping record profits at the expense of the American people and economy?
Posted by: Wiseazzz at February 4, 2008 02:15 PM
