Daily Links: The End of Spygate?
- John Clayton says that Spygate will go away quietly this Tuesday.
- Conquest WR Antwun Williams had a good time in Hempstead and might be on the short list for camp.
- Sounds like Woody’s evening with McCain went swimmingly.
- How does Dustin Keller fit in from a fantasy football perspective?
- NFL doesn’t think a certain cable network is Comcastic.
- Who’s not surprised the Cowboys are in the mix for Chris Henry? HBO Hard Knocks is going to be PRICELESS!
10 Responses to Daily Links: The End of Spygate?
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Harlan Lachman says:
Bassett, I think you should have included this link which offers a much more informed take on Spygate: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/sports/steelers/s_566577.html
“I think it’s kind of strange that they should say that before they see the tapes or hear Walsh,” Specter told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “They originally said they only had them from ’06 and ’07. Then, they changed their story, having them back to 2000. Then, they said it was only defensive signals. Now, they’ve admitted it’s offensive signals. They haven’t explained why they destroyed the tapes or the notes. And their excuse is pretty flimsy.”
Goodell and his staff sound like our President and his minions who seem able to make decisions, indeed prefer to make decisions, absent facts or omitting some, or changing their stories (c.f., all statements about Iraq and our victory there, Pat Tillman death, status of economy, torture statements, etc.)
This is only about football but the audacity of jumping to decisions before even watching the tapes rankles even a cynic like me.
Does anyone think Clayton was paid for his whitewash. I think he wrote it to ensure his access to the Commish’s office and Lil Bil.
harlan
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RAJ says:
Woody Johnson is an incompetent owner who has committed tax fraud and gotten away with it thanks to multi-million dollar fund raising for George W. Bush since Bush ran for governor in Texas. The door will be completly closed for an indictment for tax fraud as long as McCain becomes President and nominates a forgiving AG like Alberto Gonzalez.
Here’s the article about Woody Johnson’ tax fraud:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0801-04.htm
Here’s how Woody got away with it, for now, he pleaded stupidity and threw his tax advisors under the bus:
“Both Mr. Johnson, the football team owner and scion of the Johnson & Johnson health care fortune, and Mr. Saban, the television mogul, are portrayed in the report as victims.
The two men, through representatives, said yesterday that they relied on professional advisers who told them the transactions were lawful, and that they were now settling with the Internal Revenue Service.
Mr. Johnson, known as Woody, told Senate investigators two weeks ago that to buy the Jets in 1999 he had to sell assets, incurring the 20 percent tax on long-term capital gains in effect at the time. He said that a way to defer the tax was proposed by Larry B. Scheinfeld, who had been his accountant at KPMG until he joined Quellos, where he worked closely with Chuck Wilk, a tax lawyer.
The technique involved a complex set of circular transactions using what the Senate report characterized as sham corporations in the Isle of Man with shell corporations given names like Jackstones. Their ownership was kept secret.
“Ain’t capitalism great!” Mr. Wilk wrote to Mr. Scheinfeld in an e-mail message extolling the tax benefits of the Johnson deal. Three weeks later, when the deal was set, Mr. Scheinfeld wrote back: “I just hope Woody doesn’t get cold feet or have the I.R.S. select his return for an audit”.
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jerry says:
I think one thing to keep an eye on is the Boston Herald. They’ve yet to release a statement about their source(s) for the information regarding the Rams walk-through. If Walsh was not the source, as his lawyer claims, then there may be another whistle-blower out there. And I agree with Harlan; Goodell is already spinning this to try and mitigate any damage that Walsh’s testimony or the content of the tapes might show.
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Johnny Styne says:
To All — The NFL has now confirmed that in 2000 the Patriots taped the offensive signals of the Miami Dolphins — Eric Mangini was the defensive backs coach of the Patriots in 2000 — Please now cease and desist from stating that Mangini had nothing to gain from any of the Spygate-related taping done by the Patriots –
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JustAGreenGuy says:
He certainly did benefit. Doesn’t quite mean at that point he knew where his info was coming from. He was following half time adjustments. ALL TEAMS CHEAT!!! Bellichek was too ballsy and paid for it.
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Jerry, Kewpie Doll for you. Jumbo size.
I completely forgot that even today’s miscreants posing as sports journalists require some source for their tripe.
No one is even talking about the Herald’s sources. Likely, because no one wants the sources to come out.
Anyone know someone in Spector’s office? Although as a senator from the minority party I am sure he is grandstanding for some constituents, he seems to be the only guy unwilling to suck from the NFL trough.
harlan
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Harlan — Arlen’s or Phil’s?
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P in CO says:
How exactly do you want Spygate to end?
Bellicheat banished?
Patriots dropped from the NFL?
Brady to give up Gisele?At the end of the day, Bellicheat got what he deserved, a loss to go 18-1 thanks to the G-Men.
RAJ and J get your politics off this blog no one give’s a rat’s a**! People with money don’t play by the rules neither do people without money. Deal with it.
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GREEN HORNET says:
P in CO, are you with or without? Tell Basset not to post it.
And since we crusify John Abrahams of the world and fight for the ” character guys ” shouldn’t we hold this Woody accountable as well?
It kills me that I write checks for Woody so he can write checks for Republicans whose policies are centered around increasing the income/wealth gap between people like Woody and people like me.