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Ickybaluky
10-13-2007, 05:02 PM
... read this article about Bob Kraft (http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/cowboys/stories/101307dnspopatsimage.337ba09.html).

The Patriots were 14-50 in the first 4 years of the 1990's, their season ticket base had dwindled to 20,000 and they were last in the NFL in revenue. They were purchased by St. Louis-based James Busch Orthwein for the purpose of moving the team to St. Louis (where a new stadium awaited). They were as good as gone.

The only thing that was in the way of them moving was Bob Kraft, who owned Foxboro Stadium. He had a lease with the Patriots that would have required $75M to buy out. Rather than taking the money and cashing out, he made a $172M offer for the team (at the time the highest paid for a U.S. sports franchise) and kept them in NE.

The key ingredient for having a top NFL franchise is the owner.

YardRat
10-13-2007, 08:44 PM
Cheating doesn't hurt.

mybills
10-14-2007, 09:18 AM
I told ya that stadium was always empty.
And they call themselves football fans?