Patriots Statement
The New England Patriots have issued a written statement about Matt Walsh's agreement to be interviewed by the league about the "SpyGate" scandal.
It says:
"The New England Patriots are pleased to learn that Matt Walsh is finally willing to come forward to meet with the NFL. We are eagerly anticipating his honest disclosures to Commissioner Goodell next month and the return of all the materials he took during his time of employment. We fully expect this meeting to conclude the league's investigation into a damaging and false allegation that was originally levied against the team on the day before this year's Super Bowl.
"It is important to note that there has never been a confidentiality agreement restricting Matt Walsh and no legal protections were ever necessary for him to speak to the NFL, to media outlets or to anyone else regarding his employment with the Patriots. He demanded to be released from responsibility for his statements, and after a frustrating and lengthy negotiation period, a settlement has finally been reached. Walsh has been granted a significant number of privileges through this agreement, none of which the Patriots or the NFL were obligated to give.
"At all times, we cooperated fully with the league's investigation and stand by our initial public statement from Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008: 'The suggestion that the New England Patriots recorded the St. Louis Rams' walkthrough on the day before Super Bowl XXXVI in 2002 is absolutely false.'
"The Patriots' organizational focus at this time is on the NFL Draft and preparing for what we hope will be an exciting 2008 season. We will have no further comments regarding Matt Walsh at this time."
By Mark Maske |
April 23, 2008; 5:07 PM ET
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Posted by: jon | April 23, 2008 5:34 PM
I've got nothing to give you except a bunch of hot air. I've now used up 14 minutes and 58 seconds of my "fame..."
Posted by: Matt the Ratt | April 23, 2008 6:53 PM
Does anyone else note the choice of words the Pat's lawyers chose to use: "Absolutely false." This means nothing more than "false." Perhaps, they didn't record the Ram's walkthrough, a third party did and gave them the tapes. If they were so sure that they did nothing wrong here, I'd think the lawyers would have instructed them to say that it was "Entirely false," a phrase that carries more weight as it implies that NO part of the allegations is true.
Things that make you go, Hmmm....
Posted by: Walt | April 23, 2008 10:08 PM
they cheated, admitted it, got a ticky-tac penalty and now issue this do-do. take the 7 pick away, give Belchcheck a lifetime ban and award the Rams the trophy. oh yeah, Kraft has too much $$$$$. maybe he should buy some class and straighten this poop up ahead of time
Posted by: devans | April 23, 2008 11:49 PM
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Fine. Let's see what he's got.