Sometimes a topic of conversation comes up that doesn’t even warrant a discussion.
It’s a non-starter.
Steven Spielberg has made a lot of great movies.
The Beatles were popular and influential.
Tiger Woods was the best golfer of his generation.Breaking Badmade for some good television.
Tom Brady is the best quarterback ever.Elizabeth Hurley has held up well.
His qualifications are such that they don’t even need to be spelled out.
But a Bert Blyleven requires a long explanation.
Mr. Kraft doesn’t.
Because here is all you should probably know:
–He saved the Patriots from moving to St. Louis.
–He built a stadium with his own money.
–On his watch, they’ve been to 10 Super Bowls.
–They’ve won six Super Bowls.
–They’ve had the best winning percentage in all of North American sports.
But those bullet points alone are resume' enough.
first became eligible is in those second and third paragraphs.
So Ralph Hay is in, huh?FINALLY.
I mean for how long has the football-loving public been demanding this injustice be undone?
And now they get to sleep peacefully knowing the wrong done to their guy has been righted.
Next, this explains everything: “… who’s names still have not been revealed.”
That’s not a coincidence.
That’s a coordinated effort, plain and simple.
There’s only one reason an announcement like this is fed to the go-to reporter for all NFL news.
And that is to hurt Mr. Kraft.
This is weaponized information.
A blatant leak, timed to get out well before the holiday week to do maximum harm.
The cable sports shows are already feeding off it.
Boston talk radio will dine out on it the rest of the week, and beyond.
They’ll still be useful idiots to whomever is masterminding all this.
And therein lies the big question.
Who could be behind it?
As with any mystery, it comes down to motive, means and opportunity.
You don’t get to be as successful as RKK is without making enemies.
Someone with power and influence who makes their own rules.
In the words of Steely Dan, “Lays down the law and breaks it.”
That could be the Commissioner.
It could be one of his deputies.
That narrows the list to 31 suspects.
On that basis alone, I wouldn’t want to be in there if I was Mr. Kraft.
