CNBC: "The $57 million dollar apology"
 

Amazingly, CNBC ran a story on Logan Mankins at 2:30 PM today called "The $57 million dollar apology", with Darren Rovell and Erin Burnett. The story ran long with Jim Cramer weighing in significantly in his "Stop Trading" segment.

Not surprisingly, the corporate centric stock channel sided heavily with Kraft. Jim Cramer said that he has know the Kraft family for a very long time, saying that the Kraft family is "a revered figure in the NFL and a revered figure in business", adding that "Kraft and his son are among the nicest, most honorable men in all of business". Cramer stated that Mankins should apologize.

The story also repeated that Mankins was offered a contract comparable to Jahri Evans as well as mentioning that Dan Connelly graded out well in his first start.

Re: CNBC: "The $57 million dollar apology"
 

Ian Rap. was on D&A last night and said Mankins was offered a deal comparably to Mangold. At this point, I have to wonder if Mankins and his agent are mentally competent.

Re: CNBC: "The $57 million dollar apology"
 

What, you actually think people listened to Kraft?

Re: CNBC: "The $57 million dollar apology"
 

Well said. There was little to no mention of Mr. Kraft's response yesterday.

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I am glad to see them siding with Kraft in this situation. the Patriots have done nothing wrong here. They offered a fair and reasonable compensation package to Mankins.

If there is any blame to be spread around, it should land entirely at the feet of Mankins' agent. He is, almost certainly, the source for the lie that Mankins had a contract and things collapsed because of the demands for an apology.

Mankins needs to fire his agent and go back to the table. I also side squarely with the Patriots and Kraft in this matter.

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Hah. That's a way for Mankins to save face. Say or strongly imply that he was misled, which would allow him to climb down from his prior stances without being seen as caving in on matters of principle.

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And who are we supposed to side with? :cool: The guy that planned a press conference just so he could bad mouth Kraft?

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I guess the fact that Kraft denied this ever happened just doesn't matter to CNBC or Yahoo.

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The whole thing is PR spin. The Patriots are becoming as adept at using media to demonize players as the Red Sox and Lucchino have been for a long time. Who remembers the media leaks last season about what Wilfork supposedly turned down, in order to pre-emptively paint him as greedy?

I like Bob Kraft, but there has been a recurring pattern of players with management issues, going as far back as Deion Branch, Seymour, and Asante, to Wilfork, Brady, Moss, and Mankins.

I wonder how much Bob has been letting his son Jonathan run the team, to help transition and prepare for the future.

Re: CNBC: "The $57 million dollar apology"
 

yeah that greedy Brady is now the highest paid player.....Kraft PR group stated he is unmanageable, a cancer in the locker room.....yeah right, guess it didn't get them very far. Seriously there is absolutely no reason the Pats organization needs to do anything with the media...I don't know where you are getting your chain of thought, Ron Borges? :rolleyes: