Robert Kraft apparently has forgotten his stated intention of not continuing the “dialogue and rhetoric” about Deflategate.
More than 10 months after announcing he would not appeal the NFL’s decision to fine his team and take away its first- and fourth-round draft picks in the aftermath of the scandal, the Patriots owner told reporters Monday that he sent a letter to Commissioner Roger Goodell in February asking for the 2016 first-round pick back.
“I personally wrote a letter to the commissioner, responding to his comment that if any new facts came up he would take them into consideration,” Kraft said at the NFL owners’ meeting in Boca Raton, Fla. “And I personally believe that when the league made their decision, they did not factor in the Ideal Gas Law. They admitted that publicly. They’ve had a full year of being able to observe Tom Brady play with all the rules of whatever the NFL was and make any judgments there.
“We have laid it out pretty straightforward, and now it’s up to them to decide.”
Kraft would not say if he had gotten a response from Goodell but stated “I pray and desire” that his team will end up getting its first-round pick back.
“In this age of parity, everything is — the scheduling, the salary cap — it’s very hard to compete without the lifeblood of the draft. And so we understand the importance, and I assure we’ve done everything we can do that has a chance of success.”
http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-robert-kraft-deflategate-20160321-story.html
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