Spygate has been at the center of the sporting universe for over eight months now, all because a former Pats video employee (and current Assistant Golf Pro, who I refuse to call by name since he’s only looking for his 15-minutes of fame) hinted he had more dirt on the team.
When the story first broke, it might’ve seemed to the A.G.P. that he had something “embarrassing” on the Pats and the NFL.
But as we learned this week, he didn’t.
The majority opinion in the media is that Spygate will finally come to an anti-climactic end on Tuesday, unless your name is Mike Fish of ESPN. Perhaps the A.G.P. could drop a bombshell when he talks with Goodell on Tuesday, but without proof to back it up, it will be hard for the Commish to hand down any further punishment.
Now all eyes turn to Tomase. The AGP’s lawyer denies that he was Tomase’s source. So if he wasn’t, who was?
Tomase has some questions to answer, and that could happen in a court of law should the Patriots decide to sue the Herald for defamation.
I don’t believe Tomase ever had an axe to grind against the Patriots. He was just going after the big story wherever it led him, and he lost sight of what responsible journalism is. That’s right, a blogger criticizing a member of the “real” media for irresponsibility—take that Buzz Bissinger!
Tomase and the Herald’s fate will be written sometime after the A.G.P. and the Commish sit down. Patriots Nation can continue to hate on him, and I will continue my boycott of his Point After blog until he comes clean (or is fired), but he is not a Patriots hater.
Running the walk-thru story the day before the Super Bowl was bad timing but I’m sure he felt if he didn’t run it, someone else would’ve. We know now that was probably incorrect, but at the time it must’ve looked like his chance to make a national media splash.
Patriots fans can hate him for bad timing, for irresponsible journalism, or for just looking so hate-able, but he wasn’t out to get the Pats from the start. And who knows, maybe he actually does have another source that can produce the Rams walkthrough tape…GULP…
Did I mention the Jets were spying too?
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