Bill Belichick has been illegally taping opponents’ defensive signals since he became the New England Patriots’ coach in 2000, according to Sen. Arlen Specter, who said NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told him that during a meeting Wednesday.
“There was confirmation that there has been taping since 2000, when Coach Belichick took over,” Specter said…
“There were a great many questions answered by Commissioner Goodell,” Specter, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told reporters after the meeting. “I found a lot of questions unanswerable because of the tapes and notes had been destroyed.”
Goodell said Belichick told him he believed the taping was legal; Goodell said he did not concur.
“He said that’s always been his interpretation since he’s been the head coach,” the commissioner said. “We are going to agree to disagree on the facts.”…
Goodell also told Specter that that he doesn’t regret destroying the Spygate tapes or the notes.
“I think it was the right thing to do,” Goodell said.
Er, not to pee in the punchbowl of a scoop this glorious, but why is Arlen Specter investigating this?
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