Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Kraft: Patriots won't appeal team's fine, draft penalties (Yahoo Sports)

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2012, file photo, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, talks with New England Patriots Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft before the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game between the New York Giants and the New England Patriots in Indianapolis. Kraft and Goodell have worked closely in bringing about the league's impressive growth. That alliance was strained with the league's punishment of Tom Brady and his team in the

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will not appeal the $1 million fine and loss of two draft choices the NFL penalized the team for its role in the use of deflated footballs in the AFC championship game. Kraft said Tuesday at the owners meetings that he was putting the league before his franchise because ''at no time should the agenda of one team outweigh the collective good of the 32.'' The Patriots will lose a first-round draft pick next year and a fourth-rounder in 2017. ''When the discipline came out, I felt it was way over the top,'' Kraft said, adding that if he had made his decision last week, it might have been a different one.




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