Originally Posted by Rain Man:
If this drives the franchise value down to my price point, I'm definitely buying it and naming them the Ermines. And I'll move them down to Rhode Island just to screw over Maine.
(And by the way, I Maine has moved up to 49 on my list after dealing with a psycho bed and breakfast owner in Vermont recently. Vermont is a pit of misery.)
Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501:
As amnorix hinted, the stories seem to be suggesting this was a bust on human trafficking. Whether Kraft knew that or not, who knows. So this could get interesting.
Admittedly, I'd be ready to hang him if that's the case. A billionaire can afford to pay a lady a reasonable fee for the transaction. Maybe he didn't know but that seems unlikely [Reply]
Originally Posted by LiveSteam:
This ends up going nowhere
If not for the Donald Sterling potential, I'd push all of my chips to this square on the table. And then I'd take off my watch and put it on the pile.
If this was about trafficking or prostitution, it would fizzle in a heartbeat. But it's about a much bigger issue, which is getting women to watch football and keep buying pink Tom Brady jerseys. [Reply]
Originally Posted by TwistedChief:
If he were forced out (huge 'if'), are you really delusional enough to think that he could just transfer control to his son? Or does his son independently have 3.8bn to spend on the team and a different last name?
Seems like a far-fetched hypothetical.
I don't see why his son couldn't buy it. First, I'm not sure he has to sell it for fair market value. Why would he? The NFL doesn't get a share of the sale proceeds.
Though my understanding is that the NFL has pretty much plenary power so maybe the Commish could force him to sell outside of his family.
Nothing I'm really going to worry much about. A long way to go to get from here to there. [Reply]