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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.If you read those texts in the report and still, to use your words, assume they were doing nothing wrong, then I can't help you. Hey, I use the saltiest language imaginable at times, but I never even said "hell" or "damn" on my company owned cell phone. Their language alone was stupid.
I love you guys (channeling my inner Edelman) but I think some of you need to learn to parse English better :
it was our intention to accept any discipline levied by the league. Today’s punishment, however
Clearly means it's no longer their intention.
I would add: either Goodell's ego has grown entirely out of step with reality, or he has at least one major owner backing him and rallying support behind the scenes.
I'm shocked at how oblivious some people are here.
If Robert Kraft is going to fight these excessively punitive and ridiculous punishments, he will need to take legal action. Any kind of scortched earth, f you type statement would hurt, not help his cause.
This short by to the point statement, is exactly what I'd expect out of someone expecting to take legal action. The less said, the better.
The pacing of things suggests there was a lot of backroom chatter the past few months. I'm guessing Kraft told the league office he would make a peace offering in the form of Jastremski and McNally being suspended, as well as the earlier, more contrite statement "accepting punishment". But I'm guessing Kraft wouldn't accept sanctions against Brady - in large part because he probably doesn't believe Brady did anything wrong. And that probably pissed off the league office.
Make no mistake, the fine and draft picks were meant to punish _Kraft_. Not Belichick, not the coaches, not the fans. It wasn't meant to hurt the Patriot's competitively in the coming years - it was to devalue the Patriots as a franchise to harm Kraft as an owner.
If you read those texts in the report and still, to use your words, assume they were doing nothing wrong, then I can't help you. Hey, I use the saltiest language imaginable at times, but I never even said "hell" or "damn" on my company owned cell phone. Their language alone was stupid.
Apologies if this is a novice question, but does Kraft really know people who could cause the NFL to lose the antitrust exemption (assuming this is that is the same one from the 1960's)?That owner is worried because he knows the kind of powerful people Kraft is friends with and what it could do to the league.
What he should hang it over the owners heads: vote to fire Goodell or lose the antitrust exemption.