SPIDER-MAN Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 I put this in TATE because it specifically notes that Arlen Specter was interested in the probe after the Eagles lost to the Patriots in the Super Bowl. Quote IN THE SPRING of 2008, the NFL was in crisis. A hard-charging United States senator from Pennsylvania named Arlen Specter had launched an investigation into the Spygate scandal. He tried to determine how many games the New England Patriots' illegal videotaping operation of opposing coaches' signals had helped the team win and learn why the NFL, under the orders of commissioner Roger Goodell, had destroyed all evidence of the cheating. By May, Specter -- a former Philadelphia district attorney and a lifelong Eagles fan -- was so angry at the "stonewalling" of his inquiry by the league and the Patriots that he called for an independent investigator, similar to the Mitchell investigation of steroid use in professional baseball. League executives and coaches might be forced to testify under oath. The prospect sent the league, and its new commissioner, into panic. "If it ever got to an investigation," Goodell said at one point, "it would be terrible for the league." The NFL tried to combat the Specter inquiry with public statements from teams that were the primary victims of New England's spying saying the league had done its due diligence. It wasn't working. But there was one man, a mutual friend of Specter and Patriots owner Robert Kraft, who believed that he could make the investigation go away. He was a famous businessman and reality television star who routinely threw money at politicians to try to curry favor, whether it worked or not. He had been a generous political patron of Specter's for two decades. One day in early 2008, Specter had dinner with the man in Palm Beach at his palatial club, not far from Kraft's Florida home. A phone call followed. The friend offered Specter what the senator felt was tantamount to a bribe: "If you laid off the Patriots, there'd be a lot of money in Palm Beach." https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31484993/son-ghostwriter-late-senator-say-trump-intervened-stop-probe-patriots-spygate-scandal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RememberTheKoy Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 What right does the government have to investigate Spy Gate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utebird Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, SPIDER-MAN said: I put this in TATE because it specifically notes that Arlen Specter was interested in the probe after the Eagles lost to the Patriots in the Super Bowl. https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/31484993/son-ghostwriter-late-senator-say-trump-intervened-stop-probe-patriots-spygate-scandal Yup the fishiest thing about the whole spygate incident was when goodell had the evidence destroyed. Just reeks of a cover up by the league, not surprised at all that Trump would be involved somehow. Kraft Trump and Goodell all probably get rub and tugs together... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utebird Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 5 minutes ago, RememberTheKoy said: What right does the government have to investigate Spy Gate? Here's an opinion. https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/12127 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUEagle Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Anything involving a potentially negative Trump story is front page news. Didn’t you know? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Moss Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 I'd really like to know more about the Bob Kraft - Donald Trump friendship. Seems like there's a lot more there that we don't know about. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greend Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, Dave Moss said: I'd really like to know more about the Bob Kraft - Donald Trump friendship. Seems like there's a lot more there that we don't know about. I think they're lovers ewwwwww 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Moss Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Just now, greend said: I think they're lovers I'm trying to imagine a scenario where I might potentially bribe a sitting U.S. Senator for a friend, and so far I'm not coming up with anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgcd3 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 1 hour ago, Dave Moss said: I'm trying to imagine a scenario where I might potentially bribe a sitting U.S. Senator for a friend, and so far I'm not coming up with anything. In Trump's defense he'd have never actually paid him the money. He never pays anyone 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesRocker97 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 As if I needed any more reasons to hate them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Moss Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 6 minutes ago, EaglesRocker97 said: As if I needed any more reasons to hate them. I always think about Sheldon Brown’s comments about how they kept throwing screen passes against Eagles’ blitzes in the Super Bowl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diehardfan Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 This belongs in CVON unless the late senator played for the Eagles. Some of us are trying to stay out of this stuff. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoconoDon Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 5 hours ago, RememberTheKoy said: What right does the government have to investigate Spy Gate? As I understand it, pro sports and the associated multiple billions gambled on those games fall under interstate commerce. That's the purview of the federal government under Article I, Section 8 of the US Constitution. They get to regulate, investigate, and when necessary, sanction violators of any applicable regulation(s) or law(s). A fixed game is a form of fraud. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EaglesRocker97 Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, Diehardfan said: This belongs in CVON unless the late senator played for the Eagles. Some of us are trying to stay out of this stuff. I can see its relevance here, as it at least tangentially involves the Eagles, but you're right to think it could get out of hand quickly. Play nice, TATE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big___Al Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 4 hours ago, Dave Moss said: I'd really like to know more about the Bob Kraft - Donald Trump friendship. Seems like there's a lot more there that we don't know about. There's a lot we don't know about you either. This doesn't belong in this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Moss Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 9 minutes ago, Big___Al said: There's a lot we don't know about you either. What do you want to know, Big Al?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaliEagle Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 4 hours ago, greend said: I think they're lovers ewwwwww Stormy...golden showers...and possibly JJAW's umbrella? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road to Victory Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Sounds like a BS story. ESPN is part of the mainstream fake news media. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big___Al Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 13 minutes ago, Dave Moss said: What do you want to know, Big Al?? Haha... I don't think I want to know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SB52 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 That ESPN story was the most 2021 ESPN thing imaginable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bwestbrook36 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Get over it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
315Eagles Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 11 hours ago, Utebird said: Yup the fishiest thing about the whole spygate incident was when goodell had the evidence destroyed. Just reeks of a cover up by the league, not surprised at all that Trump would be involved somehow. Kraft Trump and Goodell all probably get rub and tugs together... I bet Deshaun Watson recommended a few places to them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeccaDon123 Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 5 hours ago, Road to Victory said: Sounds like a BS story. ESPN is part of the mainstream fake news media. LMAO Come on man Unless of course the story is about Djax being a "gang member" and the MSM writes bullsht like "Djax had $250k stolen from his house. And "certain types" say.. "only a criminal gang member would have $250k in cash at their house blah blah blah". And then the cops investigating it release a statement saying "It wasn't $250k it was closer to $22k and most of that value was a nice watch". But the Djax is a gang member sht didn't end there. Did it? I don't recall anyone saying "fake news" when this story was actually documented as incorrect and confirmed by the investigating agency as being "false or wrong". Funny how the news is only fake when it exposes certain "types" and then it is suddenly real when certain "types" need it to be. Then there was the story about Corey Clement being an "abuser", true....until we saw video of people trying to jump him. Stories about certain athletes.. all true.. stories about "politicians we agree with"... 'FAKE NEWS MEDIA"!!!!!! Convenient. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP HOF Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 Figures President Cop Killer would be involved in this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greend Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 8 hours ago, CaliEagle said: Stormy...golden showers...and possibly JJAW's umbrella? Gross Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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