EvilEmpire said:I don't know. I certainly think there were people in NFL HQs that were "distraught" because they really, really wanted the Pats to be caught doing something wrong. But that isn't Roger Goodell, the guy in charge. Once all the science started emerging, people started to learn about the ideal gas law, and Kraft and BB made their statements, everything became much more ambiguous. Probably enough ambiguity to avoid any major findings.
Make no mistake, I don't think anything the NFL has done is above board. Lots of leaks. Lots of nonsense. It's a poorly run organization, and RG deserves all the blame because he's in charge. But I still think the best, most preferred outcome for RG was a finding that quietly put all this to rest. I think going outside his organization was the best way for that to happen. Again, leaks. The stupid text messages made all that much harder.
You've got that on its head. The implication of "distraught" was that one of the NFL premier franchises, bound for the SB no less, was caught doing something wrong.