Specter Wants to Sack the NFL Over “Spy Gate”
With nothing really going on in the World of importance to keep our Senators busy and to get some use out of our tax dollars that pay their salaries, Senator Arlen Specter is deciding if the Senate must intervene with hearings over the NFL’s handling of the New England Patriot’s spy scandal:
Once Congress is done meeting with Major League Baseball, it may be time for the National Football League to take its turn.
Senator Arlen Specter, the ranking Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Friday he wants to speak to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to address the destruction of evidence related to spying by the New England Patriots.
In the well publicized ‘Spygate’ saga, the Patriots violated NFL rules by filming the New York Jets’ defensive signals during their Week One matchup at Giants Stadium.
What’s there to investigate:
“I don’t see any reason for the destruction of the tapes,” Specter said at a news conference Friday. “I don’t see any reason for that at all.”
But not so fast on proposed hearings, Senator, you aren’t in the majority party, although you act like it with your votes, only the Dem’s can call for hearings:
Specter said Goodell has not been subpoened and that he has not yet asked committee chairman, Democrat Patrick Leahy, to schedule a hearing with specific reference to the Spygate matter.
“I’m going to take it a step at a time. We’ve got a lot on the agenda right now,” Specter said.
I think this is just a little bit overreaching, even for the big arms of the Government to wrap around and get involved in.
– ‘The Commish’ A.J. Sparxx