Don Van Natta and Adam Schefter of ESPN reported last night that Bob Kraft has been passed over for selection to the Hall of Fame again.\u00a0 This is getting a bit ridiculous.<\/p>\n
The Pro Football writers that make up the nominating committee for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and getting very petty.\u00a0 They don\u2019t like Robert Kraft because of perceived cheating scandals (Spygate and Deflategate) and they are extracting their retribution as the guardians of the gate to the Hall of Fame. \u00a0\u00a0The real reason they don\u2019t like Kraft is that his franchise was too successful.\u00a0 They also don\u2019t like the lobbying effort that Kraft has been conducting to get into the Hall before he dies, nor the hatchet job on Bill Belichick that Kraft produced for the Dynasty book and 10-part Apple TV series.<\/p>\n
There is no question that Kraft belongs in the Hall of Fame especially after the work he did in resolving the Player Strike in 2011.\u00a0 He was also instrumental as a member of the TV committee in generating more revenue for the Owners.\u00a0 That work may also be working against him by making more money for Owners at the expense of raising costs for the average fan.\u00a0 The writers generally don\u2019t like the owners.<\/p>\n
This group selected Ralph Hay as their owners’ nomination. \u00a0He could be Ralph May (Comedian) or Colin Hay (Men At Work) for all anyone knows of him.\u00a0 \u00a0Hay owned the Canton Bulldogs for four years after purchasing them in 1918.\u00a0 He is considered one of the co-founders of the NFL.\u00a0 It was intended as a slap in the face to Kraft and it is a sad joke.<\/p>\n
If Jerry Jones and Edward DeBartolo are in the Hall of Fame why isn\u2019t Kraft?\u00a0 Perhaps the writers feel that Kraft and his money got him a free pass for his indiscretion at the Orchids of Asia Day Spa in Jupiter Florida. \u00a0They are now going to be Judge and Executioner by denying him the honor that he deserves.\u00a0 Perhaps the writers will one day nominate him for the highest honor in the league, but it will probably be after he is dead and gone, never getting the opportunity to enjoy it.<\/p>\n
What does this type of vindictive behavior say about the upcoming eligibility of Tom Brady and Bill Belichick. \u00a0I think that Belichick and Brady will have that cheater moniker tied to their nomination too.\u00a0 \u00a0This is so petty, denying 1st<\/sup> ballot Hall of Fame nominations for a player and coach that are the greatest of all time.<\/p>\n If this is the moral criteria why are others allowed in and Kraft denied?\u00a0 Why select an owner (Hay) that didn\u2019t want to pay the players and got rid of his team ownership after just 4 years?\u00a0 This cheapens those who have been selected if the best are not allowed in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Don Van Natta and Adam Schefter of ESPN reported last night that Bob Kraft has been passed over for selection to the Hall of Fame again.\u00a0 This is getting a bit ridiculous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":39307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-56629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-patriots-news","tag-robert-kraft"],"yoast_head":"\n