Dear Senator Specter,

You say, "We have a right to have honest football games."  It's funny you wait until after the season ends to say that.  One wonders if you lost money betting on the Superbowl.  And interestingly, I didn't read that in either the Declaration or the Constitution.  Honest football games are great, yes, but a right?  Well.  What about the right to health care?  Or the right to a good job?  Or the right to have, I dunno, an honest government, perhaps?  As much as I love the game, I think those things are more important than football, don't you?  Funny, I don't hear you speaking out on honesty in baseball, basketball, or car racing. 

My problem with you is this: As far as the NFL is concerned, the "Spygate" issue has been resolved.  Period. 

No one else has questioned the integrity of the Patriots games this year, including Commissioner Goodell.  As for games in the past, well, those are over and nothing can be done about them.  Every Patriots player has denied making use of stolen play calls, period.  No evidence exists that the Patriots won any of their games by cheating during Belichick's tenure.  People can grumble and complain all they want, but grumbling isn't evidence.  Speculation isn't evidence.  The Superbowls they won were only by a scant 3 point lead.  I would think if they'd cheated to win, that margin would have been much greater.  Know what else?  When the "Spygate" story broke, every coach-turned-commentator I saw on TV said they'd all done the same thing at one point or another in their careers.  Are you going to go after them too?  Or are you just playing favorites with the Patriots? 

And let us NOT forget, this is not a legal matter.  No laws were broken here.  NFL rules of conduct were.  Big difference.  And despite the fact that you have no business getting involved, and certainly much better things to do on the Senate Judiciary Committee, you want to threaten Commissioner Goodell?  I quote, "Specter has questioned the quality of the NFL's investigation into the matter and raised the possibility of congressional hearings if he wasn't satisfied with Goodell's answers. Specter also raised the threat of Congress canceling the league's antitrust exemption and reiterated that in the meeting with Goodell." 

• A war in Iraq.
• Rising unemployment rates.
• The mortgage crisis.
• The health care crisis.
• The immigration problems.
• Terrorism.
• Gas prices.
• Inflation.

And you're worried about football?  I say, Senator, why don't you let Commissioner Goodell do HIS job, and you stick to yours.

Just another case of government sticking it's nose where it doesn't belong.