Chief Nine
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I expect the same as what Irsay got.
6 figure fine, and a 6 game suspension
But Irsay plead guilty. There's no way in hell Bob Kraft admits to anything
I expect the same as what Irsay got.
6 figure fine, and a 6 game suspension
Why should an owners behavior have anything to do with draft picks?
I don't see it. Bob Kraft is still a major player with the big boys in the NFL and they won't gain anything by fining or suspending him especially since it sounds pretty much a given that these charges are going to vaporize. There's no way they can get Kraft to admit anything given how badly botched this was from start to finish. Kraft will pay the price by his image getting tarnished forever but all in all, it's a big nothing. He's a 77 year old man who's private life got dragged through the spotlight, nothing more, nothing less.
The sooner the NFL gets this in the rear view mirror the better. Why would they throw more fuel on the fire by fining or suspending Bob Kraft?
What do you mean?Why should a player's? Yet it happens.
LOL. How long have you been following the NFL under Goodell's reign?
But Irsay plead guilty. There's no way in hell Bob Kraft admits to anything
What do you mean?
Stripping a pick from a team due to a player, or coach cheating or creating some ridiciulous bounty gate type scheme is one thing, as it affects, or in the very least COULD affect the outcome of games.
An owner doing something in his private time? Not remotely the same.
Lol what does Roger Goodell have to gain by imposing anything on one of his most powerful bosses when the charges are going to be dropped? Is he saving the NFL's sterling reputation with all the angels who are associated with the league?
However, if they can’t make the charges stick, what is Goodell punishing Kraft for exactly?
It would be like suspending a player for PEDs and then finding out the test had been tampered with or administered wrong. Any suspension would be vacated.
I'm confused by your inference that there needs to be something to be gained. There doesn't. What has he really gained by half the punishments he's dished out over the last 10 years?
If forced to play along, I'd go with..........gaining the favor of 31 out of his 32 bosses, just like deflategate. He has nothing more to gain here than he did there.....except this time there is actual evidence beyond "more probable than not".
If the court was to find Kraft guilty, I am sure there would be some form of punishment.
However, if they can’t make the charges stick, what is Goodell punishing Kraft for exactly?
It would be like suspending a player for PEDs and then finding out the test had been tampered with or administered wrong. Any suspension would be vacated.
The difference here is that the NFL concluded he was guilty. We may disagree with it but that is what it was.Sounds EXACTLY like deflategate to me. Call me when Tom's suspension gets vacated.
I don't see any scenario where they simply pretend it didn't happen. They likely won't dock any future first round draft picks (maybe dock them one of the supplemental picks they are looking at in 2020), but there will be at least a fine and possible suspension.
The difference here is that the NFL concluded he was guilty. We may disagree with it but that is what it was.
The difference here is that the NFL concluded he was guilty. We may disagree with it but that is what it was.
Kraft not being convicted of anything does not warrant any punishment.
But Irsay plead guilty. There's no way in hell Bob Kraft admits to anything
But its Goodell punishing the Patriots.
San Diego doctoring balls = 20k fine
Patriots doctoring balls = 1 mill, 4 games for Brady and a 1st
Goodell is judge, jury and executioner. Ezekiel Elliot was never arrested or charged with a crime.
Maybe with owners it's different? Do they count owners with conduct detrimental to the league?
Exactly. The "deflated" ball debacle was 100% within the constructs of the National Football League and they played judge, jury and executioner because it's within their jurisdiction. The league will look like bozos imposing a penalty on an owner who is legally innocent in the eyes of the law which is outside of the boundaries of the NFL.
Now they certainly can impose whatever they want to Bob Kraft, but they'll look extremely vindictive doing it given the whole deflategate BS. Further, it will dredge up publicity for an issue that absolutely will die down which I would think the NFL wants nothing to do with at this point.
Which is why I posed the question "What do they have to gain by doing that?"
You could have written this same stuff word for word during the Big Ben saga a few years back. Goodell still suspended him.
Players private acivities that result in suspensions =/= an owners private acivities that result in draft pick fortification.I agree. I'm referencing player activities in their private time.....not activities during a game.
Players private acivities that result in suspensions =/= an owners private acivities that result in draft pick fortification.
Kraft will get suspended, and that's fine. I don't care about that.