Latest Videotapes Show No New Evidence, Matt Walsh to Meet With NFL Next Week
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David Kindervater on May 8th, 2008
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It looks like the New England Patriots’ illegal videotaping scandal (aka “Spygate”) will be put to rest once and for all next week. None of the eight tapes reportedly presented by former New England Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh to Commissioner Roger Goodell’s office today involved pre-Super Bowl XXXVI walk-throughs of the St. Louis Rams or anything other than game-related taping. In other words, these tapes didn’t show us anything we didn’t already know. When Matt meets with the Commissioner to discuss the tapes next week, I think that’s where this whole situation will be put to rest.
Here are the games included in the tapes turned over by Matt Walsh to the NFL, according to a letter sent by Walsh’s attorney, Michael Levy:
- Tape 1: Signals vs. Miami (Sept. 25, 2000)
- Tapes 2-3: Miami defensive and offensive signals (Oct. 7, 2001)
- Tape 4: Buffalo signal camera (Nov. 11, 2001)
- Tape 5: Coaches’ signals vs. Cleveland (Dec. 9, 2001)
- Tapes 6-7: Signals vs. Pittsburgh (Jan. 27, 2002)
- Tape 8: Third camera vs. San Diego (Sept. 29, 2002)
I guess everyone still wants to ask whether these incidents gave the Pats an unfair advantage and whether they won games because of videotaping signals? Well, of course the videotaping gave them an unfair advantage. That’s why it’s against the rules. Did New England win games as a result? Who really knows? Of these above-mentioned six games, the Patriots won half of them. More next week after Matt Walsh and Roger Goodell have their meeting.
Source: ESPN.com
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