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INDIANAPOLIS - Hate’s a strong word.

But the intensity of dislike that flows freely from the Colts to the Patriots is pretty apparent. That’s what happens when two teams spend the better part of a decade competing for conference supremacy.

So it was interesting Thursday when Colts president Bill Polian stepped to the mike at the NFL Scouting Combine and attempted to drive a stake through the heart of Spygate. Polian and other members of the NFL Competition Committee met Thursday morning with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, league legal counsel Jeffrey Pash and vice president of football operations Ray Anderson to go over the fine details of the Patriots videotaping scandal.

“The briefing was thorough,” said Polian. “It was detailed, the process of arriving at the discipline was explained to us. “The process was fair, it was detailed it was efficient. What was on the tape was explained to us and what was in the notes was explained to us. The reason that information was done away with was explained to us. From my perspective that was a thorough, fair, efficient process done with a lot of integrity. (The penalty handed down) was appropriate. It’s fair to say that we’re satisfied with the explanation and we’re satisfied with what was done. It’s behind us. It’s time to move forward.”

Polian’s feelings were echoed by Giants president and CEO John Mara

“I’m tired of hearing about it,” said Mara. “They made a full disclosure.”

The Catch-22 in the situation is that, every effort made at turning the page from Spygate, every contention that it’s been fully investigated and dealt with is met with countercharges that the NFL has a vested interest in the matter going away. It’s bad for business.

Meanwhile, Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter continues his calls for a deeper investigation into the Patriots practices and former Patriots employee Matt Walsh reportedly has tapes that could bring new information to the table. His lawyer and the NFL have been in conversations that would give Walsh indemnity if he were to talk to the league. And the allegation – vehemently denied by New England – that they taped the Rams walkthrough prior to Super Bowl XXXVI is still out there.

Titans head coach Jeff Fisher, who is one of two head coaches on the committee (Cincinnati’s Marvin Lewis is the other), also considered the matter closed.

“There’s no concern whatsoever (that anything was missed),” said Fisher. “The Patriots were honest, they went through the investigation, they turned over their information and they said they misinterpreted the rule and they’d been doing it for some time. I don’t think they were unfairly singled out. They violated a serious competitive rule and were penalized for it and we’ve moved on.”

Fisher was adamant when asked if “everybody does” what the Patriots were found guilty of.

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“Not everybody does it,” he said. “That’s the thing, that’s the misunderstanding. Not everybody videotapes. There’s no bylaw against sitting up in the press box and taking notres with binoculars as fast as you can. That’s ok. But there is a bylaw as far as videotaping. You have to be careful when you say everybody does it. We have advance scouts and they’ll (gather information) with binoculars a pen and pencils. They don’t do it with video cameras. That’s the difference.”

Fisher was asked why the committee simply doesn’t make videotaping legal?

“The genesis of the rule is that we all are going to stay in the same competitive situation,” he explained. “We’re gonna have a sideline tape and an end zone tape. We’ll have Polaroids. There are no electronic devices allowed on the sidelines. We don’t allow anything else, anyplace else. We could allow things to unfold and we’d be in a Star Wars age of football. We don’t want to do that. We have rules we abide by and when they’re violated we penalize them.”

Asked about Specter’s saber-rattling, Polian said, “Far be it for me to second guess a United States senator. He has every right and obligation to do as he wishes. He’s smarter than I am and he has a track record as a terrific senator and a terrific prosecutor. He’ll make whatever decision he deems appropriate. We can only speak for ourselves and I think we’ve done that.”

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