[Chris58]

I have no legal training or background but here are a few things that strike me about this situation:

No one knows if Walsh actually has any hard evidence (tapes/notes). If it just comes down to his word against the Cheaters, unless he has someone else to corroborate his story, it may just result in a standoff.

If this goes through a Congressional hearing, it might make fine theater, but will it result in anything different than the Clemens/McNamee fiasco? Again another he said/he said drama.

Goodell is invested in protecting his **** at this point because he has already contaminated the investigation. He will do whatever it takes to make his actions appear appropriate in the face of any further investigation. He has access to a whole army of attorneys ready to fight to protect himself and the NFL.

I believe the good ol' boy establishment of owners (Rooney, etc.) will not be supportive of an in-depth investigation because the dirty little secrets of what actually goes on will end up at everyone's door step.

The NFL is such a big gambling ticket that anything that tarnishes the NFL image or gives the appearance of advantages by teams behind the scene must be squashed. Otherwise you have the WWF.

A question I have is how this violates anti-trust law? I read something in one of the accounts of the Specter/Goodell meeting, that Specter mentioned how these actions violated AT law. Not sure I get this. Can any of our Clan attorneys explain that to us?

I stick by my assertion in other posts on this subject: This will end up no where.