Tune, my questions were intended to focus specifically on why Kraft and the owners tolerate such behavior from their employees. I don't believe that either the overall league revenue or the revenue of a single other franchise changes for the better based on allowing their highly-paid league officials to crap on the owners of the franchises who take more direct responsibility for bringing in that revenue. How does it help them make more money to be bossed around by people they pay?
You raise a separate point that is interesting but is separate from what I was discussing. If and when the Pats on-field performance declines from the current perennial playoff/Super Bowl contender status, there will actually be only one team that will take their playoff spot, but quite possibly other teams that haven't been contending recently due to the success of the Pats. So in my view there aren't really too many teams that will actually do better financially when the Pats decline. I don't believe the league as a whole will benefit at all specifically due to the decline of the Pats, it may do better and it may do worse, but not because the Pats have declined. In fact, I think Brady and Belichick are compelling figures to the overall population of people that are willing to spend their time and money paying attention to the NFL, and when they go away or are not as successful it is arguable that they will be replaced by others that will generate as much interest in what those two guys do.
