Never, suffer an injustice quietly; for it only leads to the next injustice.
Never, allow a bully to go unchallenged; for it only leads to more bullying.
Never, leave the ignorant uneducated, as ignorance only grows.
"Never, never, never quit." Vince Lombardi
"Never, for the 'sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or conviction." Dag Hammerskjold
"Peace in our time" Nevile Chamberlin
"If you are going to turn the other cheek, make sure it's so they can kiss your ass twice!" Me!
Susan - 9 years ago
Bet you the 11% who said yes aren't (or weren't) Pats fans.
Jose Ferreira - 9 years ago
Mr. Kraft is a fortunate man.
If Tom Brady had his "spine" he would just pack and leave town, go enjoy the rest of his life with his beautiful family.
But he will not.
He will fight this to the end because, bottom line, it's his name that's being dragged through the mud, it's his legacy that people are questioning, it's him people are calling cheater.
And when he does come back he will lead Mr. Kraft's team once again.
He will win again for Mr. Kraft.
He will prove, again, his greatness.
At least one more time, and it's one more time than Mr. Kraft deserves.
Mr. Kraft states he wants to put Deflategate behind.
What he fails to realize is that he just legitimized it!!!
Sad day to be a Patriots fan.
Marc - 9 years ago
If definitive proof is produced that cheating happened then by all means penalize away. As it stands now, a massive punishment has been handed down based on presumptions. If this trulyvdoes stand, there should be a massive spike in teams being penalized for "cheating" because it apparently won't take much more than "I think they are cheating" to cause this kind of fallout.
Mark - 9 years ago
sometime you have to fight for what's right . Goodell is just a stupid piece of shit .Kraft is to old to fight for what's right most of all the NFL teams are jealous of us and Goodell is just a big suck pump. he don't no the different between what's right and wrong you saw how he handled the woman beater .maybe he's a woman beater to .educated dumb ass.
Mike Surette - 9 years ago
This is so hard. I'm a 57 yr. old man, retired Police Officer, served six years in the military with tours in Germany and Korea. My outlet has always been sports, huge fan, drove my daughters crazy. I would look forward to Sunday afternoons like a religion even when we sucked.
The Red Sox, Bruins and especially the Celtics were my guys giving me more excitement and pride than I could possibly express. The Patriots were a joke and an afterthought but I rooted for them every Sunday.
All of a sudden there was a guy named Robert Kraft who came along and took this franchise to heights not even imagined.
This was a dream come true and he took Boston sports to another level, Kraft was a god. I supported the Pats through spygate and believed that this was a minor infraction and a mistake on the rules of the NFL.
We haven't won again until this year but have been viable through the years.
I believe that this current issue is overblown and out of proportion.
There is the movie Mr. Smith goes to Washington with Jimmy Stewart. He was a naïve man who went to Washington and saw injustice. Mr. Smith stood up for his convictions and spoke truth to power.
Kraft sold out and threw his personal convictions in the trash for a Billion dollar business that he is personally going to benefit from.
Tom Brady was kicked to the curb and is now an adversary to the sell out owner.
The Patriots fans are left hanging their heads in shame. Four Super Bowl titles that brought such joy and excitement to a region left in disgrace and embarrassment.
I have no use for Robert Kraft and hope he sells the team as soon as possible and take his tainted legacy with him.
I am still supporting Tom Brady as he has the intestinal fortitude to stick up for his convictions. Personal pride and respect mean something to him.
Kraft looked like and came across as a beaten pathetic old man. If only there was character like Jimmy Stewart showed in the movie.
I believe that Tom Brady told the men who had control of the footballs that he liked the ball softer and on the low end is believable and credible. I do not believe that Tom Brady told these guys to deflate the balls below the allowable PSI.
Kraft is a sellout and threw the Patriots fan base, organization and Tom Brady under the bus over this multi billion dollar business.
I listen to the sports news in Boston as well as the national news. Kraft gave these self important blowhards the upper hand.
My hope is that Tom Brady gets out and signs with a team that has a viable chance to win the Superbowl.
It now shows that the organization was found not to be at fault in the Wells report and Kraft hugging the commissioner at the owners meeting Kraft sold out Tom Brady.
Kraft how the hell could you sell out so embarrassingly and leave this team a laughing stock.
You should be ashamed of yourself. SELL OUT
I have never sent a comment to any team or news story in my life. The incident didn't upset me, it was Kraft selling out that disgusts me. Coward.
Jon - 9 years ago
And we thought you were one of us! You just sold us down the river!
Mr. Kraft sat on the sword he drew four months ago and has the decency to ask the loyal fans he rallied then abandoned on the battlefield, to trust his judgment. How cruel is that? He chose "the Shield" a.k.a. money over his team, its legacy and its fans. Mr. Kraft has billions and the fans are big reason for that wealth. All we had as fans were bragging rights and a team legacy. But now I doubt anybody once the root for a certified cheater.
B. Trayed - 9 years ago
I know it's totally unrealistic, but now no longer trusting Kraft. and realizing he could care less how much we invest our money, time and passion, I wish that first game 40,000 people show up, showing him up and showing just how ticked off the fan base is.
Ron - 9 years ago
Who wants to start the "sell the Patriots" on line petition?
B. Trayed - 9 years ago
Et tu Brutus Kraft? He has betrayed his fanbase on a scale unheard of in modern Boston Sports Team History. Heck, he has betrayed his QB AND Coach (who got up SB week and defended Brady and the team), leaving both without 2 valuable draft picks- Brady now has less surrounding him as he nears retirement, and Belichick loses the picks and the options they give him. Who would have thought that perhaps the most respected of the Boston sports team owners would have turned on the team's fans like this? He has sided with his Billionaire Boys Club and told us to go stick it.
Debra C - 9 years ago
Robert Kraft - You just betrayed all your fans. We have been eviscerated by the media and the rest of the country, and we stuck by you and Tom Brady. You are a fool if you think that this will just go away. It won't, and you just made it worse. The only thing left for the fans to do is to hurt both the NFL and you by refusing to purchase any more merchandise. I for one, am going to drop the sports package from my Comcast cable subscription. The only reason I paid extra for it was to watch the NFL Network. I will never watch it again. You and the NFL should realize that this fan base is just as important as the rest of the 31 other fan bases. You are a billionaire and have chosen to remain a member of the NFL Billionaire Boy's Club over the fans that have helped to make you that billionaire. Instead of the No Brady No Banner campaign. We, The Fans should start a No Fans No More Money campaign. I am finished with you.
bob h - 9 years ago
In a private business, you make a business decision, however, this is a public enterprise that depends upon the fans for support. We have been betrayed by those in whom we are emotionally and privately invested. We have place out own honor n the line in discussions both public and private only to have they, whom we support. cave in to peer pressure like a callow schoolboy. We should play the game in back office as hard as w play on the field. The commissioner is a gutless bully and his staff are a bunch of NY goons. They have top be taken down and this was the best chance to do it. Let's hope Brady as the guts to take it all the way or he will lose us too. Just as we wear your colors proud and never quit, we expect the same of you Bobby! We'll go through the fire, to the limit, to the wall with you!
"Never, never, never quit!" - Vice Lombardi (In case you forget the quote!)
Bob - 9 years ago
Why was there not a choice labeled HELL NO?
Richard Thaler - 9 years ago
my guess is that Kraft figures he has the most "optionality" by accepting the fines now. If Brady wins convincingly and really exposes the NFL, there should be another bite at the apple for Kraft. If Brady loses, Kraft was a good soldier for his fellow owners. In the meantime, Kraft has acted to protect his multi billion dollar investment in the Patriots by not suing his fellow owners and opening pandora's box
bruce vincent - 9 years ago
I have been a fan since 1968 but I am done after this. Can't believe Mr Kraft would not stand up for the team. It has to be all about the money. It just ruins everything for Me.
fan no more - 9 years ago
I'm done with Kraft and the Pats.
Either you're innocent or you're guilty. There's no being both.
Id follow the Pats to the ends of the earth. Driven to 5 Super Bowls without a ticket just to be close to the team and fans. I go back to Hannah and Grogan. Ben Drieth and Vincent Brown. I bleed Pats, Celts and Bruins.
Kraft can go F himself if he believes this doesn't change things.
BTW Bobby K, you owe Roger Goodell an apology Smuck!
matt - 9 years ago
Not a diehard Pats, happy when Pats win because it makes a lot of people(fans) around here happy.
I didn't fall to my knees when that guy(Giant) made that circus catch on the helmet, nor did I jump out of the chair when Butler made the Int. That said, I think that if they feel that they were really innocent and this was all a witch hunt, that they would fight it to end. Be damn to the Haters thats gonna hate anyway. I feel for all the diehard Pats fans. If I, a so-so fan feel betrayed this way, imagine how they must feel.
If I were Brady, I would fight it to the end, WIN and RETIRE!!!
A Pats Fan Since 1960 - 9 years ago
Got knocked down and stepped on at Everbank when the Pats were in town in Dec, 2012...because I was wearing my Steve Grogan jersey. The security guard who witnessed it laughed. I cannot imagine what will happen NOW. I actually read all the Wells report, all the attachments, the rebuttal and all its attachments. There was no proof in the Wells report, just some cherry picked factoids and lots of speculation. Why not take it to court? Subpoena phones from Ravens, Colts, reporters, NFL HQ. Track down all the leaks. Where is the original science report, signed by the expert? Mr. Wells has an unsigned document dated the day of his released report, which means it was rewritten by HIS OFFICE. Why is he not held accountable to any kind of a standard? His report is Swiss cheese it is so full of holes...but that is what the commissioner paid for, so the results were produced as demanded. Pathetic. Why not fight this pathetic excuse for an investigation? Unless Mr. Brady will, and he and his lawyers convince the judge to invalidate the findings, in court.
Blair - 9 years ago
Very disappointed by Kraft. He decided not to fight for the fans - makes it look like we were the fools now for fighting for something that the owner will not. Lot's of tough language but no backbone to back it up. Makes us all look like idiots.
Given the poor report and the over zealous punishment, I would have expected some more leadership from Kraft.
Bruce W - 9 years ago
By caving, Pats haters now can say "see they are guilty"
Neal Kilminster - 9 years ago
I realize I don't know the whole deal with Goodell, but I'm disappointed Kraft chose not to fight this heinous abuse of power by Goodell. Putting his financial interests before the team?
Patricia Foss - 9 years ago
I think Kraft made a mistake of a life time! Why didn't he continue the fight???? Where does this leave Brady???
Larry B - 9 years ago
PEOPLE,PEOPLE, RELAX!!!!! tHIS will BE A Quid Pro Quo with TB12 PLAYING on opening night. No way Kraft lets the NFL slide without getting something in return,this save's face for both Goodell & himself. Smart play by both!
Mickey - 9 years ago
I've got a feeling the other owners put pressure on mr.kraft . That being said I would have taken the nfl to the Matt.
John l - 9 years ago
season ticket holder since 1986, Kraft put his partners before NE Fans, I am done will not renew nor will I buy any Pats merchandise, tired of taken abuse from other fans
Bean Christine - 9 years ago
Shut up you dumb twat^^^^
christine bean - 9 years ago
Make no mistake Robert Kraft has betrayed the fans!! I have no respect for him now!!!
Never, suffer an injustice quietly; for it only leads to the next injustice.
Never, allow a bully to go unchallenged; for it only leads to more bullying.
Never, leave the ignorant uneducated, as ignorance only grows.
"Never, never, never quit." Vince Lombardi
"Never, for the 'sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or conviction." Dag Hammerskjold
"Peace in our time" Nevile Chamberlin
"If you are going to turn the other cheek, make sure it's so they can kiss your ass twice!" Me!
Bet you the 11% who said yes aren't (or weren't) Pats fans.
Mr. Kraft is a fortunate man.
If Tom Brady had his "spine" he would just pack and leave town, go enjoy the rest of his life with his beautiful family.
But he will not.
He will fight this to the end because, bottom line, it's his name that's being dragged through the mud, it's his legacy that people are questioning, it's him people are calling cheater.
And when he does come back he will lead Mr. Kraft's team once again.
He will win again for Mr. Kraft.
He will prove, again, his greatness.
At least one more time, and it's one more time than Mr. Kraft deserves.
Mr. Kraft states he wants to put Deflategate behind.
What he fails to realize is that he just legitimized it!!!
Sad day to be a Patriots fan.
If definitive proof is produced that cheating happened then by all means penalize away. As it stands now, a massive punishment has been handed down based on presumptions. If this trulyvdoes stand, there should be a massive spike in teams being penalized for "cheating" because it apparently won't take much more than "I think they are cheating" to cause this kind of fallout.
sometime you have to fight for what's right . Goodell is just a stupid piece of shit .Kraft is to old to fight for what's right most of all the NFL teams are jealous of us and Goodell is just a big suck pump. he don't no the different between what's right and wrong you saw how he handled the woman beater .maybe he's a woman beater to .educated dumb ass.
This is so hard. I'm a 57 yr. old man, retired Police Officer, served six years in the military with tours in Germany and Korea. My outlet has always been sports, huge fan, drove my daughters crazy. I would look forward to Sunday afternoons like a religion even when we sucked.
The Red Sox, Bruins and especially the Celtics were my guys giving me more excitement and pride than I could possibly express. The Patriots were a joke and an afterthought but I rooted for them every Sunday.
All of a sudden there was a guy named Robert Kraft who came along and took this franchise to heights not even imagined.
This was a dream come true and he took Boston sports to another level, Kraft was a god. I supported the Pats through spygate and believed that this was a minor infraction and a mistake on the rules of the NFL.
We haven't won again until this year but have been viable through the years.
I believe that this current issue is overblown and out of proportion.
There is the movie Mr. Smith goes to Washington with Jimmy Stewart. He was a naïve man who went to Washington and saw injustice. Mr. Smith stood up for his convictions and spoke truth to power.
Kraft sold out and threw his personal convictions in the trash for a Billion dollar business that he is personally going to benefit from.
Tom Brady was kicked to the curb and is now an adversary to the sell out owner.
The Patriots fans are left hanging their heads in shame. Four Super Bowl titles that brought such joy and excitement to a region left in disgrace and embarrassment.
I have no use for Robert Kraft and hope he sells the team as soon as possible and take his tainted legacy with him.
I am still supporting Tom Brady as he has the intestinal fortitude to stick up for his convictions. Personal pride and respect mean something to him.
Kraft looked like and came across as a beaten pathetic old man. If only there was character like Jimmy Stewart showed in the movie.
I believe that Tom Brady told the men who had control of the footballs that he liked the ball softer and on the low end is believable and credible. I do not believe that Tom Brady told these guys to deflate the balls below the allowable PSI.
Kraft is a sellout and threw the Patriots fan base, organization and Tom Brady under the bus over this multi billion dollar business.
I listen to the sports news in Boston as well as the national news. Kraft gave these self important blowhards the upper hand.
My hope is that Tom Brady gets out and signs with a team that has a viable chance to win the Superbowl.
It now shows that the organization was found not to be at fault in the Wells report and Kraft hugging the commissioner at the owners meeting Kraft sold out Tom Brady.
Kraft how the hell could you sell out so embarrassingly and leave this team a laughing stock.
You should be ashamed of yourself. SELL OUT
I have never sent a comment to any team or news story in my life. The incident didn't upset me, it was Kraft selling out that disgusts me. Coward.
And we thought you were one of us! You just sold us down the river!
Mr. Kraft sat on the sword he drew four months ago and has the decency to ask the loyal fans he rallied then abandoned on the battlefield, to trust his judgment. How cruel is that? He chose "the Shield" a.k.a. money over his team, its legacy and its fans. Mr. Kraft has billions and the fans are big reason for that wealth. All we had as fans were bragging rights and a team legacy. But now I doubt anybody once the root for a certified cheater.
I know it's totally unrealistic, but now no longer trusting Kraft. and realizing he could care less how much we invest our money, time and passion, I wish that first game 40,000 people show up, showing him up and showing just how ticked off the fan base is.
Who wants to start the "sell the Patriots" on line petition?
Et tu Brutus Kraft? He has betrayed his fanbase on a scale unheard of in modern Boston Sports Team History. Heck, he has betrayed his QB AND Coach (who got up SB week and defended Brady and the team), leaving both without 2 valuable draft picks- Brady now has less surrounding him as he nears retirement, and Belichick loses the picks and the options they give him. Who would have thought that perhaps the most respected of the Boston sports team owners would have turned on the team's fans like this? He has sided with his Billionaire Boys Club and told us to go stick it.
Robert Kraft - You just betrayed all your fans. We have been eviscerated by the media and the rest of the country, and we stuck by you and Tom Brady. You are a fool if you think that this will just go away. It won't, and you just made it worse. The only thing left for the fans to do is to hurt both the NFL and you by refusing to purchase any more merchandise. I for one, am going to drop the sports package from my Comcast cable subscription. The only reason I paid extra for it was to watch the NFL Network. I will never watch it again. You and the NFL should realize that this fan base is just as important as the rest of the 31 other fan bases. You are a billionaire and have chosen to remain a member of the NFL Billionaire Boy's Club over the fans that have helped to make you that billionaire. Instead of the No Brady No Banner campaign. We, The Fans should start a No Fans No More Money campaign. I am finished with you.
In a private business, you make a business decision, however, this is a public enterprise that depends upon the fans for support. We have been betrayed by those in whom we are emotionally and privately invested. We have place out own honor n the line in discussions both public and private only to have they, whom we support. cave in to peer pressure like a callow schoolboy. We should play the game in back office as hard as w play on the field. The commissioner is a gutless bully and his staff are a bunch of NY goons. They have top be taken down and this was the best chance to do it. Let's hope Brady as the guts to take it all the way or he will lose us too. Just as we wear your colors proud and never quit, we expect the same of you Bobby! We'll go through the fire, to the limit, to the wall with you!
"Never, never, never quit!" - Vice Lombardi (In case you forget the quote!)
Why was there not a choice labeled HELL NO?
my guess is that Kraft figures he has the most "optionality" by accepting the fines now. If Brady wins convincingly and really exposes the NFL, there should be another bite at the apple for Kraft. If Brady loses, Kraft was a good soldier for his fellow owners. In the meantime, Kraft has acted to protect his multi billion dollar investment in the Patriots by not suing his fellow owners and opening pandora's box
I have been a fan since 1968 but I am done after this. Can't believe Mr Kraft would not stand up for the team. It has to be all about the money. It just ruins everything for Me.
I'm done with Kraft and the Pats.
Either you're innocent or you're guilty. There's no being both.
Id follow the Pats to the ends of the earth. Driven to 5 Super Bowls without a ticket just to be close to the team and fans. I go back to Hannah and Grogan. Ben Drieth and Vincent Brown. I bleed Pats, Celts and Bruins.
Kraft can go F himself if he believes this doesn't change things.
BTW Bobby K, you owe Roger Goodell an apology Smuck!
Not a diehard Pats, happy when Pats win because it makes a lot of people(fans) around here happy.
I didn't fall to my knees when that guy(Giant) made that circus catch on the helmet, nor did I jump out of the chair when Butler made the Int. That said, I think that if they feel that they were really innocent and this was all a witch hunt, that they would fight it to end. Be damn to the Haters thats gonna hate anyway. I feel for all the diehard Pats fans. If I, a so-so fan feel betrayed this way, imagine how they must feel.
If I were Brady, I would fight it to the end, WIN and RETIRE!!!
Got knocked down and stepped on at Everbank when the Pats were in town in Dec, 2012...because I was wearing my Steve Grogan jersey. The security guard who witnessed it laughed. I cannot imagine what will happen NOW. I actually read all the Wells report, all the attachments, the rebuttal and all its attachments. There was no proof in the Wells report, just some cherry picked factoids and lots of speculation. Why not take it to court? Subpoena phones from Ravens, Colts, reporters, NFL HQ. Track down all the leaks. Where is the original science report, signed by the expert? Mr. Wells has an unsigned document dated the day of his released report, which means it was rewritten by HIS OFFICE. Why is he not held accountable to any kind of a standard? His report is Swiss cheese it is so full of holes...but that is what the commissioner paid for, so the results were produced as demanded. Pathetic. Why not fight this pathetic excuse for an investigation? Unless Mr. Brady will, and he and his lawyers convince the judge to invalidate the findings, in court.
Very disappointed by Kraft. He decided not to fight for the fans - makes it look like we were the fools now for fighting for something that the owner will not. Lot's of tough language but no backbone to back it up. Makes us all look like idiots.
Given the poor report and the over zealous punishment, I would have expected some more leadership from Kraft.
By caving, Pats haters now can say "see they are guilty"
I realize I don't know the whole deal with Goodell, but I'm disappointed Kraft chose not to fight this heinous abuse of power by Goodell. Putting his financial interests before the team?
I think Kraft made a mistake of a life time! Why didn't he continue the fight???? Where does this leave Brady???
PEOPLE,PEOPLE, RELAX!!!!! tHIS will BE A Quid Pro Quo with TB12 PLAYING on opening night. No way Kraft lets the NFL slide without getting something in return,this save's face for both Goodell & himself. Smart play by both!
I've got a feeling the other owners put pressure on mr.kraft . That being said I would have taken the nfl to the Matt.
season ticket holder since 1986, Kraft put his partners before NE Fans, I am done will not renew nor will I buy any Pats merchandise, tired of taken abuse from other fans
Shut up you dumb twat^^^^
Make no mistake Robert Kraft has betrayed the fans!! I have no respect for him now!!!