spacecrime

Yeah. It's even funnier to read the comments following the article and talk about ESPN bias TOWARDS the Pats, and one moron who says Goodell does favors for the Pats. I guess taking away our first round pick was Goodell's way of helping Kraft save money by not having to pay another player?

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oldskool138

And all those fines Vince Wilfork pays weekly go into an IRA so he'll have a nice nest egg when he retires.

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JSn

Didn't ESPN also NOT get into the whole Big Ben suit that's going on? It's possible it's just policy.

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eagle eye

I don't know anything about it anymore, I don't bother with ESPN anymore, well outside of the odd article thats linked here.

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BradyManny

The reason no one is reporting the lawsuit is b/c its completely frivolous. Giselle and Tom said months ago there was nothing to it. I mean, Giselle is now an Ambassador to the UN or something of that sort. This isn't Ben Roethlisberger.

MoLewisrocks

Florio the ESPN washout has always had it in for ESPN, let alone after selling out his little rumor mongering website to NBC...probably his only taker.

borg

Kraft can't own a NESN, so at least partner with the broadcasters....this why he is rich and getting richer.
Question to the board....How is Patriots Place doing?

oldskool138

I wouldn't say Kraft is "getting richer". There are still a lot of empty storefronts in Patriots Place...

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jmt57

JSn is correct. Espn has a policy of not commenting on pending civil suits; that's why they didn't comment on the allegations made against Roethlisberger. There's a lot that I don't like about their content but at least they got this right. The more news there is about these type of stories, the more people are going to be encouraged to try and extort money from those that are in the public eye.

I don't really see the conflict of interest. There's no cross-ownership. If the Krafts try to exert control over content, espn can simply refuse - or fire them. What is Kraft Sports Group going to do, tell espn they can't find any advertisers? Do that and KSG themselves loses out on the commissions, I don't see that happening. Tell espn they'll have the NFL find somebody else to air Monday Night Football? Nobody else is going to pay as much for those rights as espn does, and the NFL has never taken a low bid on anything (see Sunday Ticket and DirecTV.)

This is just PFT doing what it does best: stirring the pot in an attempt to create controversy, more web traffic, and increase ad revenue. As Florio noted, even Sports Business Daily saw nothing wrong with the business arrangement.

Jackson 2

Pretty well these days. Been there recently?