Who cares?

Right. This nimrod can afford an attorney from McKee Nelson.

Good. Finally the cheaters will get the full light of day that they deserve!

If its substantiated that coach Belichick cheated in addition to what has been revealed already, he should be barred from coaching in the NFL for life. Afterall, this is what happened to Pete Rose, true? Cheating or gambling should not be tolerated period in any professional sport!!!!!!!!

Since videotaping of football action or coaching does not involve any illegalities (only league rules), what else was this clown videotaping that has necessitated these legal guarantees?

I do.

And if one chooses not to, then expect more stories about people like Ben Johnson, Marion Jones, Barry Bonds & Mark McGwire, referees in the NBA, etc. Cheating and lying have become acceptable, in both sports and society in general. It's become pervasive across the board. It's difficult to find something on the up & up anymore.

More to the point:

I'm not sure what Walsh has got, but why would anyone turn over "anything" to Goodell? We've already seen what he does with evidence. Shouldn't there be some oversight of Goodell? Isn't he the guy whose "investigation" said that's all there is, and then we later find out how long Bellichick has actually been doing this.

He can talk to Walsh all day long if he wants to, but he's really missing the "clandestine/covert operations" boat, that has been going on wherever Bellichick and Ernie Adams (with video crew) have been. The video crew gets the "necessary" raw footage and compiles, assembles and catalogues for the Ernie Adams Memorial Database. Adams studies and commits the "stuff" to memory (he's really good at the memory thing) for game day use.

Game day finds Adams, binoculars in hand, headset w/mic around his ears, up in the stands relaying "stuff" down to the field. Sound like a CIA operation? It pretty much would have to be, and with only two people who REALLY know what's going on . . . . Bellichick and Adams. The Doug Fluti "helmet comments" story pretty much confirms it (even though Fluti now denies it . . . I would too).

If Goodell really wants to get to the bottom of this issue, he needs to hire a competent (cause he's not), neutral third-party investigator. (I know it sounds familiar, but how many baseball players finally came clean?)

This third-party type needs to seriously investigate the "covert" Ernie Adams . . . he's the key. At the very least, the investigator should be able to tell Bob Kraft what Ernie Adams' job description is.

My A$$ hurts over this

Let's hear from all the Boston fan$ now. Calling him oringal names like Rat-face Walsh...hey, Tom Brady, ever hear about protection?

If the Pats did tape the Rams Super Bowl walk through, when they were three TD underdogs but somehow miraculously shut out the "greatest show on turf" for the first half when the Rams did script their first 30-50 plays each game back then; then the lying cheat win at all costs Bellicheck should get a room with Pete Rose and Barry Bonds. But if he doesn't have anything like that this is a waste of time. I also don't trust Goodell to tell us the truth about what this guy has. Not when the offending team is owned by his largest non alcoholic beverage sponsor, Kraft Foods.

Walsh can afford the lawyer since the league is going to pay him. Walsh's problem is that he's probably the source for the Herald's article that the Pats taped the walk through, and the Patriots have threatened to sue the Herald for libel/slander. So you can imagine that Walsh might get caught up in that lawsuit.

No, Robert Kraft who owns the Patriots has nothing to do with the ownership or history of Kraft Foods.

Kraft's money comes through a paper goods company his wife's family owned. He built that up, got into real estate, bought the old Foxboro Stadium and track when it went into bankruptcy from the Sullivans. The Sullivans had organized their holdings to give Foxboro (then Sullivan) Stadium a very favorabel and unbreakable lease, so when a subsequent owner of the Patriots, Mr. Ortwein, wanted to move them to St Louis, he basically could not with out buying out the lease. Kraft said, instead of you buying me out, let me buy you out for $150 million, then a record price. Ortwein did the deal, and Kraft got a team with Parcells and Bledsoe already signed, I think.

"The agreement further provides that Mr. Walsh must make himself available for an interview with the NFL prior to conducting any such interview with any third-party inquirers, including the media."

The only real protection against an NFL cover-up is Walsh's ability to talk to 60 minutes, whoever, AFTER speaking with Goodell. Does he have legal protection from the league for those interviews?

Get over it.
THe Pats are the cream of the league.
Bellicheck will survive all the polical
machinations.The commissiner is an empty
windbag

To I-am-so-faking-it: Get your epithets right. My name isn't Mat-face -- it's Matt the Ratt...

"Get over it.
THe Pats are the cream of the league"

Ahem...

18-1

Second place is just first loser.

The money from the fine that billy bellycheck pays should go to ted johnson,a real hero,not some fat dude with a hoody forceing concussed players to play.I never heard of billy haveing a history as a warrior on the field,but his cheating has made him a legend not his warrior status which he does not have.I can be a genious to if i have the questions before the exam.

Strip the titles. Ban all involved or the NFL Commiss has no, ZERO credibility.

Legalities or not. Rules or not. They knew they were cheating...

Not even close to 'playing' football, or coaching for that matter. Even the players suck for not doing something. How can they look themselves in the mirror and be proud of their accomplishments.

"Cream of the NFL?" yeah, sour cream.

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