GaryfromTO
2nd Team Getting Their First Start
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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Are you kidding me with this? This is a message board for posting opinions and sharing information. Who cares if anybody agrees with your opinion or not, share away. Do not be the thought police.
Yeah, and then you won't be able to sign anyone else. This league has a salary cap. In other words, you can't exceed a certain amount of total payroll.
The Patriots have something like 10 million in salary cap space and the cap is projected to go up 10+ million next year.I understand that but you can't tell me if Brady had demanded top dollar then the pats couldnt have found a way to pay. I'm not a salary cap expert but was the patriot cap situation so bad that Kraft would actually tell Brady it just wasn't possible if Brady demanded top $? I doubt it. I think Kraft is just stupid. Brady has proven he can win with almost anybody.
He didn't Andy was quoting Kraft but Ivan thought he was saying what he thought, and then Ivan blocked him so now Ivan can't see Andy explaining how Ivan misinterpreted what he said.
Follow all that?
Yeah I've gotten pretty into hockey the last couple of years. This year has been phenomenal. I like how small of a role the refs play in it. They don't have their own names and personalities like NFL refs have. They're just simply "the refs".
The NFL is supposed to be fun. A diversion from life. Lately, paying bills gets me less infuriated than following football coverage. That's not the way it's supposed to be. If my hobby aggravates me...
I've also posted from North Carolina, New York City, upstate New York, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Toronto. I am still a Patriots fan. However, unlike many on this board, I am not blind in my devotion and judge fairly, just like I would any other team. Would we be so against deflategate if this were against another team? Of course not.
I would call this absurd if it happened to any team. You don't make up rules as you go and that's what this is. The NFL has played tens of thousands of games and never once has a ball been checked during a game, now it is the most vital thing to be done and the penalty for a ball being under is suddenly a huge fine, first round pick and a quarter of a season suspension because a player may have known that something may or may not have happened. It's a disgrace and it doesn't matter who it happened to. The NFL is a pathetic joke and my interest may not let much longer as a result.
Only a ****** would think this is a substantive issue.
His actions matter more.
No, I'm not "kidding you with that." I sure as hell am not the thought police. I agree with you: posting reasoned opinions (contrarian or not) and sharing information is one thing, Trolling is another. If you took the time to peruse Interception's posting history -- and how he has treated others here -- you might have a different perspective.Are you kidding me with this? This is a message board for posting opinions and sharing information. Who cares if anybody agrees with your opinion or not, share away. Do not be the thought police.
Kraft has jumped the shark. Had he turned over the reins to Jonathan last year, he could have sailed off into the sunset as the owner who built a dynasty. Instead like the aging superstar who played one season too many (e.g. Willie Mays with the Mets) his reputation takes a hit...
He could easily have said,
" Look I am caught on both sides. As an owner, I am one of 32 whose job is to promote this league but I am bound by the League Constitution as to what I can and can't do . But as owner of the New England Patriots, my responsibility is to do whatever I can for the betterment of this franchise. I totally believe my QB, Tom Brady had nothing to do with any deflation and the only person to blame is Mother Nature. I have appealed this unjust, unfair league punishment and even if unsuccessful, I hope it will send a message that I support all involved unconditionally because I believe and the science proves them to be innocent. I commissioned the website wellsreportcontext.com to buttress this argument and show the league, the Commissioner, the fans and the media that there was nothing done against the rules and nothing that goes against the integrity of the game.
When it's all said and done, I hope Tom is out there week 1 when we raise the banner."
That is support for your QB without selling out to the other 31 owners.......
The NFL spent millions of dollars on a 250 page report that tried to prove that Brady was guilty. When the report was unable to find any proof of Brady's guilt, goodell decided he was guilty anyways.
This has been a witch hunt from the start.
Therefore I don't buy that anyone has any hidden proof of Brady's guilt. Especially The NFL. If so, they would've used it and suspended Brady for the year.
This is a beautiful, short statement of why this entire thing has been such a travesty.
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TL;DR. I'm upset by Kraft's actions lol
I would call this absurd if it happened to any team. You don't make up rules as you go and that's what this is. The NFL has played tens of thousands of games and never once has a ball been checked during a game, now it is the most vital thing to be done and the penalty for a ball being under is suddenly a huge fine, first round pick and a quarter of a season suspension because a player may have known that something may or may not have happened. It's a disgrace and it doesn't matter who it happened to. The NFL is a pathetic joke and my interest may not let much longer as a result.
Only a ****** would think this is a substantive issue.
You don't post in a vacuum, sport. This is a community. Your "truth" more often than not should be kept to yourself, because more often than not it is beyond reason. THAT is what others are pointing out to you via feedback. You absolutely should pay attention and care about that. Otherwise, you're simply being a troll. Just look around you. I've been on this forum nearly 11 years and never have seen a member amass as much negative feedback in as few posts as yourself.
Once again, I will not change my opinion on sports just because a large majority of people disagree with me. Anyone who does so is naive.
I don't think "naive" is the word you want to use here, instead, you could try "a sheep" or "easily swayed." Naive just doesn't fit.