[RamsFanSam]

If Jesse Jackson was an NFL "Superfan", there would have already been claims of racial bias. Do I personally believe that there was favortism? Yes. Due to race? No.
The Pats have been America's "Golden Boys" since the 2001 season. The media helped this along, playing on the country's patriotism after 9/11. Personally, I believe that some of the refs favored the Pats, because penalizing the 'Patriots' was like penalizing the USA in their eyes.

Did the Pats cheat? According to Goodell, yes. More than once? According to the members of this site (and many others) , yes. Did the team recieve an appropriate punishment? No.

Honestly, if there weren't so many eyes watching the Pats for evidence of cheating, I think they would have won the Super Bowl this year - by CHEATING.

Goodell shouldn't care if an admission of knowledge of cheating in SB 36 tarnishes his image. Failure to admit such knowledge, should it be proven (or even strongly implied) at a later date, will do much more harm to the NFL. Admitting guilt now would be like admitting you stole from the cookie jar. Getting caught later on would be like a video showing him robbing a store being broadcast on national TV.