SOURCES: Robert Kraft is 'strongly considering' suing the NFL

Canuck said:

He may have a great corporate lawyer but he really needs a first class litigation lawyer if he is thinking about suing the NFL.

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I agree. He'll help guide Bob but won't do the dirty work.

Triumph said:

Belichick admitted to Goodell that he taped from an illegal area.

Case closed. There was nothing Kraft could say to Goodell.

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Wrong, BB did not admit that he violated the guideline because it specfied that the film was to be used on the same day which it wasn't. Kraft decided to support Goodell's interpretation rather than BB. We all know how well that turned out.

I wouldn't be surprised if Goodell's protectors, Rooney and Mara are telling Kraft to call off the dogs for the good of the shield.

Deus Irae said:

He should already have begun assembling his legal team by now.

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Nothing would be better than for RK to go to the league meetings next week with Jeffrey Kessler on retainer.

flasox27 said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Goodell's protectors, Rooney and Mara are telling Kraft to call off the dogs for the good of the shield.

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You can bet on that and Bob would tell them that he simply cannot let this ridiculous injustice on his team go.

Unless they can help him convince Goody to reduce the sanctions, he has no choice but to consider all his options.

flasox27 said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Goodell's protectors, Rooney and Mara are telling Kraft to call off the dogs for the good of the shield.

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That's the key.

Nobody in the league should be "telling" RK anything....maybe beg....

For the past 15 years, the Patriots have been carrying the NFL. It's not a 32 team league....it's the Patriots and the 31 midgets.

The Raiders were at their height when Al Davis went rouge. Vince Mcmahon should be the one worrying.

patsfanincleveland said:

Nothing would be better than for RK to go to the league meetings next week with Jeffrey Kessler on retainer.

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Kessler is representing the Union. The Union will be taking an adversarial stance to the NFL. Kraft is essentially the NFL in that regard - if there are damages, he's in for 1/32 of them. Kessler can't represent both sides.

slash83 said:

Kraft isn't gonna do a damn thing, he's about that almighty $, reputation comes second.

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But this damages the brand and ultimately the value of his franchise, ergo he will do something because in the end it is about the "almighty $".

betterthanthealternative said:

Kessler is representing the Union. The Union will be taking an adversarial stance to the NFL. Kraft is essentially the NFL in that regard - if there are damages, he's in for 1/32 of them. Kessler can't represent both sides.

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While Kessler can't represent Mr. Kraft, the interests of Brady/NFLPA and the Patriots are similar in this respect of overturning the sanctions and penalties. He could certainly stress to the other owners that Kessler has had past success versus the league and while past performance doesn't guarantee future success" it is worth considering...

PlainOldEd said:

Wells didnt punish the patriots, the league did. What good would suing him do?

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Well's (or his company) defamed the Patriots. And apparently you did not read the part about how this punishment is supposedly based on this.

The Front door is heavily armored. The foundation is sand. DO NOT TRY TO KICK IN THE DOOR, KICK IN A HOLE IN THE FOUNDATION.

Gee, that I have to explain this is not wicked pisser.

Patsfanin Philly said:

But this damages the brand and ultimately the value of his franchise, ergo he will do something because in the end it is about the "almighty $".

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Every home game will be sold out this upcoming season for sure, I have no doubt about that.

Patsfanin Philly said:

While Kessler can't represent Mr. Kraft, the interests of Brady/NFLPA and the Patriots are similar in this respect of overturning the sanctions and penalties. He could certainly stress to the other owners that Kessler has had past success versus the league and while past performance doesn't guarantee future success" it is worth considering...

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Brilliant lawyers can figure anything out. If 31 owners are cheering. Maybe it really is time to end the exemption.

lurker1965 said:

Well's (or his company) defamed the Patriots. And apparently you did not read the part about how this punishment is supposedly based on this.

The Front door is heavily armored. The foundation is sand. DO NOT TRY TO KICK IN THE DOOR, KICK IN A HOLE IN THE FOUNDATION.

Gee, that I have to explain this is not wicked pisser.

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The reason you have to explain it so much is because you're wrong. Wells was very carefull in his phrasing of his findings, and he had nothing directly to do with the punishment that was meted out. Suing him is a waste of time, go after the NFL and Goodell and Kensil specifically.

PlainOldEd said:

The reason you have to explain it so much is because you're wrong. Wells was very carefull in his phrasing of his findings, and he had nothing directly to do with the punishment that was meted out. Suing him is a waste of time, go after the NFL and Goodell and Kensil specifically.

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The whole report is riddled in cover your ass language. It would be like trying to sue a prosecuter in a court room. That's why he used "more probable then not" and "generally aware". That points to circumstantial evidence. He screwed up in his press conference when he referred to it as "direct evidence"

The NFL has lost. In any appeal they can only present what is in the report which has already been shredded. Goodell needs to cut his loses now or it will get very ugly for him and the NFL

I See this about the Pats taking down the NFL not the other way around as most of the USA thinks

And Wells? He is a puppet. His report was for the league to look at and make a decision. They could of laughed at it like they should have. They did not. Well's diddnt do anything to the Patriots except really shoddy work to benefit his CLIENT.

Sfpat said:

The NFL has lost. In any appeal they can only present what is in the report which has already been shredded. Goodell needs to cut his loses now or it will get very ugly for him and the NFL

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Except he seems drawn to making the wrong decision like a moth is drawn to a flame

Ross12 said:

I hope it's really true. Kraft v. NFL would be amazing.

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Yes, football fans like this kind of spectacle. As other owners will advise, the risk to the NFL is great, STARTING with a reexamination of the anti-trust exemption. There is the risk that each of the 32 teams will lose by negative publicity. We need to understand the $1M is insignificant when compared to the value of the patriots, and even compared to the change in the value of the patriots over the last 5 years.

mgteich said:

Yes, football fans like this kind of spectacle. As other owners will advise, the risk to the NFL is great, STARTING with a reexamination of the anti-trust exemption. There is the risk that each of the 32 teams will lose by negative publicity. We need to understand the $1M is insignificant when compared to the value of the patriots, and even compared to the change in the value of the patriots over the last 5 years.

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Perhaps 31 owners need to understand that sticking it to the Patriots to the tune of a million bucks and multiple draft picks based upon the clearly hole-riddled Wells report is insignificant compared to the value of 31 teams....

If joe banner is right that this is all were going to get from Kraft, we have to cue up the Kraft is dead to me posts once again.