Goodell: No Further Penalties Expected for Belichick, Pats
Date: Wednesday, May 14 @ 06:31:50 CDT
Topic: Sport
By Mark Maske NEW YORK, May 13 -- After meeting with former New England Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh for nearly 3 1/2 hours Tuesday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said he did not expect to impose further penalties for the videotaping scandal...
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Head coach of the New England Patriots Bill Belichic in February 2008. Former New England Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh met with National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell for just over three hours here to discuss the "Spygate" scandal.
(AFP/Getty Images/File) Former New England Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh met with National Football League commissioner Roger Goodell for just over three hours here on Tuesday to discuss the "Spygate" scandal. Walsh spoke about videotaping policies of the Patriots after having presented the league eight tapes of signals by opposing coaches from six games in the 2000, 2001 and 2002 seasons. Goodell and Walsh began talking before 8 in the morning and went more than twice as long as expected. Goodell is expected to comment on the conversation later on Tuesday. Walsh departed without comment and was to meet later on Tuesday in Washington with US Senator Arlen Specter, who has criticized the NFL's investigation and the destruction of tapes from the start of last season, fearing a cover-up. Absent from the submitted videotapes, all a violation of NFL rules, was one of a practice session of the St. Louis Rams on the eve of the 2002 Super Bowl, in which they were upset by New England. The Patriots have denied they ever recorded the Rams' final walkthrough before the championship game, although the Boston Herald had reported that Walsh, now an...
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