Spygate seems to be all but over for Roger Goodell, Bill Belichick, the New England Patriots and Matt Walsh. Walsh will meet with Goodell on Tuesday, May 13^th to finalize their discussions, cross the “T’s” and dot the “I’s”. Goodell will then hold a press conference to officially announce that this period in the NFL’s history, known as Spygate, has come to an end.

Walsh provided the NFL with 8 video tapes none of which showed the St. Louis Rams walk-through before Super Bowl XXXVI. The tapes showed footage of offensive and defensive coaching signals, something we already knew the Patriots were filming.

Questions now abound;

Where’s that tape?

Did it ever exist?

Is there a conspiracy to cover it up so the NFL doesn’t have to rewrite the record books?

If it doesn’t exist, where did the rumor come from?

If this is all he had then why did Walsh need a high powered Washington attorney?

These are questions that we’ll never really know the answer to. Even if we do get answers, will we really believe them on their face value?

The one question I do have that can be, but never will be, answered is; Where did the New York Times and Boston Herald get their “unnamed source” who claimed that Walsh was taping the St. Louis Rams before Super Bowl XXXVI?

After all, it’s that rumor that started this fury and, since perception becomes reality, finished off the last coat of tarnish on the Patriots and Belichick.

While sources are unnamed for a reason, I think those two reporting institutions owe the public some sort of a reasonable explanation.