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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....
In the last five years, the other 3 most valuable team have increased in value by over 50%. The value of the patriots has almost doubled. The patriots had net operating revenue in 2014 of $141 MILLION dollars.
Maybe Kraft will risk the value of his $2.6 BILLION team to try to recover $1M by suing the league. As you say, even if he were willing, I can't see the other owners also taking the risk, and certainly not the other three with teams worth over $2B, all with Annual Operating Income more than $85M.
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For league owners, including Kraft, this is, and has to be, a business decision.
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For Brady, the situation is very different. He doesn't own a team. And his personal reputation has been attacked. Brady might sue, whether or not he wins the appeal. Of course, the "deal" is often a compromise with the parties agreeing not to sue.
BOTTOM LINE
$1M is insignificant compared to the value of Kraft's business, the NEP.