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@SI_PeterKing: Kraft1:
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“At no time should the agenda of one team outweigh the collective good of the full 32.”
—Robert Kraft.
That statement is the worst.
It's not just Kraft lying down it's the words he used. Go back and read his statement again....and then try not to throw up in your mouth.I think a lot of fans are jumping to assumptions. We don't know what Kraft was facing. We don't know what his lawyers were telling him, and we don't know what the backchannel conversations were telling him.
Perhaps he made a deal to get Goodell to recuse himself from the Brady hearing. Perhaps a lawsuit was viewed as likely to be dismissed (thus furthering the haters ammo).
I do think its unlikely that he would abandon Brady and his team's image or his legacy without really being in a no win situation and I do trust that he made the best decision that was available to him.
People that think he was doing this for money... Lol, I guarentee he's lost more money out of the predictable fan reaction than anything the league has ever done to him.
Billionares don't give a **** about nickel and dime affairs, and they definitely care much more about their legacies than anything else.
Despite what's tweeted I can see one motivation for this surrender.
Penalty dropped on Brady such that his suit is moot.
WHY would Kraft & league do this?
Simple, they fear and I mean FEAR losing the anti-trust exemption and felt that it would be in play and at risk in the Brady suit.
I agree, bob gutless kraft has taken them for granted, along with us.Anyone else notice Brady's name never came up?
Kraft stabbed him in the back. Now when Brady wins his appeal NFL observers will say it was a fix set up by Kraft.
Bob Kraft should not be allowed to set foot on the Gillette stadium turf without being deafeningly booed.
Bob Kraft is a traitor.
Tom Brady should demand a trade and Bill Belichick should resign today.
And there it is. Total capitulation.
Excellent point. Yes it is!!!! Nice job Bob.And Kraft can't have it both ways--make no mistake, this is essentially Kraft and the NFL vs. Brady at this point. Choose your side.
Anyone? Anyone?
I'm going to step away from the board for a while. It's not because of any of you, I am just feeling more and more like the NFL is not a league (and the Patriots are not a team) worth following in the current climate. I'm sure a large part of that feeling is the emotions of ground zero, but I need to do some serious thinking about how I want to spend my emotional energy. So I'm going to step away and regroup. I'm sure it doesn't matter to most people, I don't know why I'm even announcing it. Probably for cathartic reasons. I'll see everyone in a little bit.
Bottom line: it's in everyone's best interest to put this all behind them.