Robert Kraft not selected to Hall of Fame

[mike_usagisan]

He's not getting a pass from me for currying favor from fellow owners when the league attacked his team.

Do you vote for HOF?

 

[Clonamery]

He's not getting a pass from me for currying favor from fellow owners when the league attacked his team.

I didn't like it either but I don't get a vote.

 

[FCB02062]

this is not a happy ending for Krafty Bob

 

[Ring 6]

Why would any owner be in the Hall of Fame?

 

[Bill Lee]

IMHO he should be in already.

Robert Kraft once again comes up short in Hall of Fame voting

5"7' isn't all that short...

I am going to be hands off on this one.
I mean maybe he rubs some on the committee the wrong way.

No happy ending for Krafty Bob this time...

 

[Kasmir]

Do you vote for HOF?

You interpreted what I said literally? You think I might be on the HoF committee? That right is reserved for illustrious football intellectuals like Ron Borges.

 

[mike_usagisan]

You interpreted what I said literally? You think I might be on the HoF committee? That right is reserved for illustrious football intellectuals like Ron Borges.

Sounds like we both partake in a little /sarcasm.

 

[borg]

Why would any owner be in the Hall of Fame?

Every owner is entitled to a participation bust in Canton

 

[RobertWeathers]

Besides being the owner of the team that drafted and developed Brady, what's so special about Robert Kraft?

Really?

Made the league money.

Hired a coach who made the team a dynasty.

He saved the 2012 NFL season while mourning the death of his wife.

The man deserves it.

 

[PP2]

I am going to be hands off on this one.
I mean maybe he rubs some on the committee the wrong way.

On the other hand, it could have been a tug of war between him and Parker.

 

[signbabybrady]

Of course he didn't get in, the HoF has a bias against Patriots. The winningest franchise in football and we are in the bottom third of representation in Canton.

 

[ScottishPatriots]

Mike Shanahan should be in won 2 Super Bowls and half the league uses his offense.

 

[PatsWSB47]

He's not getting a pass from me for currying favor from fellow owners when the league attacked his team.

I'm not necessarily giving him a pass but if Jerry Jones is in the Hall then Kraft absolutely should be there too

 

[Triumph]

I was hoping that he would get a haircut soon.

 

[Kasmir]

I'm not necessarily giving him a pass but if Jerry Jones is in the Hall then Kraft absolutely should be there too

Given that they are all enormously privileged billionaires who actually make tons of money off of the sport, I think it's an atrocity that they be accorded special recognition in a sport largely played by at substantial physical risk by men from generally poor backgrounds.

F*ck having a billionaires hall of fame. They've already got far more of everything than everyone else put together. "Owners" indeed.

 

[mgcolby]

Besides being the owner of the team that drafted and developed Brady, what's so special about Robert Kraft?

Are you unaware of what he has done?

Saved the Pats from moving
Turned a losing franchise around (before Brady)
Started if I am not mistaken the longest sell out streak in NFL history (still going)
Built a modern stadium with mostly his own money
Brought modernization and who knows how much revenue to Foxborough
Has been a major key player in negotiations for the CBA, being credited by the players for avoiding a strike
Has been the major spearheader to develop the NFL overseas

For all the things folks can be upset with him for, supporting Goodell, getting a handy etc...what he has done since buying the Patriots is nothing to simply dismiss.

 

[mgcolby]

5"7' isn't all that short...


No happy ending for Krafty Bob this time...

Well 5"7 isn't exactly no John Holmes now is it? That bastahd was 6"2!

 

[Kasmir]

Are you unaware of what he has done?

Saved the Pats from moving
Turned a losing franchise around (before Brady)
Started if I am not mistaken the longest sell out streak in NFL history (still going)
Built a modern stadium with mostly his own money
Brought modernization and who knows how much revenue to Foxborough
Has been a major key player in negotiations for the CBA, being credited by the players for avoiding a strike
Has been the major spearheader to develop the NFL overseas

For all the things folks can be upset with him for, supporting Goodell, getting a handy etc...what he has done since buying the Patriots is nothing to simply dismiss.

He's an effin billionaire owner; all of his fellow plutocrat owners do sh*t like that while making tons of money. None of them belong in the Hall of Fame IMO.

 

[mgcolby]

He's an effin billionaire owner; all of his fellow plutocrat owners do sh*t like that while making tons of money. None of them belong in the Hall of Fame IMO.

So basically you dislike people with Billions and therefore any contributions they make to the game of football is irrelevant and should be ignored?

What exactly do you think the Professional Football Hall of Fame represents?

 

[PatsWSB47]

He's an effin billionaire owner; all of his fellow plutocrat owners do sh*t like that while making tons of money. None of them belong in the Hall of Fame IMO.

Billionaires are a reality. Do we even have a team in New England without Kraft? It would be cool if Joe **** the rag man could own a team and build a stadium complete with an NFL dynasty but life ain't cool all the time. Culture wars aside, if a Billionaire is inevitable for the league then we are lucky to have Kraft. He earned the HOF