Patriots’ Robert Kraft: ‘I was wrong to put my faith in the league’
By Mike Dyce
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft took aim at the league over their decision to uphold Tom Brady’s four game suspension.
On Wednesday morning, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady addressed the NFL’s decision to uphold his four game suspension with a Facebook post. Later that day, Patriots owner Robert Kraft took to the podium to address the same topic and didn’t hold back.
Photo: Owner Robert Kraft leads off, calls NFL decision "unfathomable." pic.twitter.com/XRtlo8UuEL
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) July 29, 2015
That wasn’t all. “I have come to the conclusion this was never about doing what was fair and just,” Kraft said. “I was wrong to put my faith in the league.”
Kraft also apologized to the fans and said he regrets his decision to appeal the sanctions placed on the team because he thought it would exonerate Tom Brady.
Robert Kraft apologizes to fans. Says his decision to accept penalties was made because he felt it would exonerate Brady. "I was wrong."
— Mike Reiss (@MikeReiss) July 29, 2015
Strong words from the Patriots owner and it is safe to say his bromance with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is on thin ice.
The new piece of evidence that came out from the NFL’s decision to uphold the suspension surrounded a cellphone Brady allegedly destroyed. Brady denied destroying the phone to prevent the NFL from seeing it, and was adamant that no one in the Patriots organization, including himself, did anything wrong.
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