Specter and Goodell resolve little

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, February, 2008 | by Frank Fitzpatrick Inquirer Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - The meeting in Sen. Arlen Specter's office was definitely the "B" movie yesterday on Capitol Hill's sports double feature. Curiously though, the Pennsylvania Republican's one-hour, 40-minute "Spygate" session with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell had the same theme as the Roger Clemens hearing: The two principals differed on the matter at the heart of a dispute their meeting did little to resolve.

Specter, who has fought publicly with the league in recent weeks and has threatened congressional hearings, called "completely invalid" Goodell's defense of the league's destruction of tapes the New England Patriots made during a Sept. 9 game against the New York Jets. Asked why, 90 minutes after the discussion in his Hart Senate Building office with Goodell had...