Commissioner Goodell, Rose Mary Woods, and Tapes

National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell could find himself linked with President Richard Nixon's secretary Rose Mary Woods and the disposition of tapes in sensitive matters. Woods, you might recall, could not account for the 18 1/2 minute gap in an audiotape bearing on the Watergate scandal. Similarly, Commissioner Goodell finds himself embroiled in controversy and the unwelcome attention of Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) for destroying videotapes in the New England Patriots' spygate scandal. According to Goodell, the tapes were destroyed because there was no reason to keep them. To which, Sen. Specter responded: "Their answer makes no sense. That's totally insufficient. That compounds the question as to why they destroyed the tapes."