Kraft is a greedy slimeball and a confirmed cheater.

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What a charmed life you must lead that you can throw stones like that from behind your computer screen about a philanthropist, supposed great guy and successful entrepreneur.

Man, you must seriously be human perfection personified.

Strike.

Best owner in football.

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Light years behind the Rooney family.

I always laugh when people claim the owners are taking any kind of “risk.” For most of the owners, their teams are a hobby or a toy. Even in a worst case scenario, if any given owner suddenly lost his team – the team and its entire value just completely disappeared suddenly – he would still have so much money in other things that he would still be wealthier than most people in the world, and would continue to be so for the rest of his life.

If the Patriots suddenly were wiped off the face of the earth (we can only dream) Bob Kraft would still be making obscene millions selling his Mac & Cheese and everything else. Owning a team in the NFL is a risk for them, like spending $1,000 on a dirt bike is a risk for me.

And in fact, you say “talent” is always replaceable, which is true, but so are billionaires with big egos. If the owners locked players out for too long, a bunch of rich guys would be lined up and starting a new league. All the “talent” would play there and that’s what America would watch, because we watch the players, not the owner in the box. At least most of us, apparently. You can side with the owners all you want, but your reasons for doing so are pretty empty and worthless.
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This shows how your not prepared, educated, and lazy in your private and professional life. If you knew anything about the Kraft family empire you would know that he made his money in cardboard and paper products.
The Kraft family have always been willing to spend money over the years on players who deserved it. It’s ok to spend smart and not reckless like the Coyboys, Redskins and Jets to name a few. 49′s got caught trying to avoid and do a backdoor on the salary cap and lost draft picks over it.
It seems like success breeds jealously like the Red Sox and Yankees over the years. People and players are replaceable. You’re just a number. You could be a model employee however you are forgotten like yesterday’s flavor of the month. People care less like politicians when they are voted out of office. No one talks about Bush anymore after he left office. If you’re expendable then it is just part of the business. Loyality is never a priority. It’s about being productive for a modest price. That is what the salary cap is all about.

55% of 2 billion is $ 1.1 Billion / 32 = 34 million from the new deals alone, not counting other revenue growth. Even if the player benefits portion increases, it still looks like teams are going to add 25-30 million in new salary cap.

I don’t watch arena league football now, why would I watch the same players in an NFL uniform? The same goes for a any good restaurant. If I went out and spent two hundred dollars on a dinner and the food was great but the service stunk would I wouldn’t go back. Sorry but good people that excel at any profession can’t just be replaced without a drop in quality that in turn results in a drop in profits.

why wouldn’t the cap go up? so the owners can keep more money? how about they make tickets cheaper for games so i can get season tickets for my whole family?

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Its called “supply & demand”. Why would the owners sell you cheap tickets when they have thousands of other fans willing to pay more?

I can barely afford to take my family to a game either, but its not the owner’s fault!

Thumbs up.

I always laugh when people claim the owners are taking any kind of “risk.” For most of the owners, their teams are a hobby or a toy. Even in a worst case scenario, if any given owner suddenly lost his team – the team and its entire value just completely disappeared suddenly – he would still have so much money in other things that he would still be wealthier than most people in the world, and would continue to be so for the rest of his life.

If the Patriots suddenly were wiped off the face of the earth (we can only dream) Bob Kraft would still be making obscene millions selling his Mac & Cheese and everything else. Owning a team in the NFL is a risk for them, like spending $1,000 on a dirt bike is a risk for me.

And in fact, you say “talent” is always replaceable, which is true, but so are billionaires with big egos. If the owners locked players out for too long, a bunch of rich guys would be lined up and starting a new league. All the “talent” would play there and that’s what America would watch, because we watch the players, not the owner in the box. At least most of us, apparently. You can side with the owners all you want, but your reasons for doing so are pretty empty and worthless.