What about Bob?

Come to think of it, maybe it was a good thing the restaurant worker at the posh hotel in Palm Beach, Fla. decided not to wash his hands after going to the bathroom and thus temporarily reducing my hunger pangs.

After leaving the restaurant to go back into where the NFL owners meetings were continuing, I ran into an owner who actually gave me an interesting story idea.

The owner, whom I will not identify because of the nature of our conversation (it's a reporter thing, don't worry), was talking about the Spygate affair and how it will simply not go away until Matt Walsh, the former Patriots employee who has hinted there is more damaging evidence against the team's illegal videotaping practices, says what he knows.

Walsh's attorney is trying to get an agreement with the league's attorneys that will protect him from any litigation before there is any contact between Walsh and the NFL. Anway, the owner suggested that at some point, the league ought to consider putting pressure on Walsh to talk by threatening - or even taking - legal action against him.

Very interesting point. Which was made even more interesting when I asked NFL commissioner Roger Goodell during his press conference a few minutes later if he'd consider such action. Goodell had some interesting answers, which I wrote about for the paper, but never got in because of space. Thus, the benfits of having a viable Internet site.