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NFL 2016 Pick'em League!
RE: NFL 2016 Pick'em League!
The one other outlier (if you can call Kraft an outlier) is of course the Green Bay Packers, who are owned by 360,760 fans.
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(January 13, 2017 at 11:07 am)Tiberius Wrote:
(January 13, 2017 at 10:58 am)Brian37 Wrote: If all 32 teams thought like that, and paid for their own digs, nobody would or should complain. However, I do know that when the NJ/NY teams got funding for their new stadium, tax payers were still paying for the old one. 

I really have a hard time believing 32 billionaires cant pool their own money.

Reading up on Kraft's history with the Patriots, it's clear that he's a fan first and an owner second. He bought the original Patriots stadium when it went into bankruptcy for $22 million but it was considered to be outdated and worthless, however it came with the lease to the Patriots. He was offered $75 million by the Patriots owner to buy out the remainder of the lease so the Patriots could move to St Louis, but Kraft rejected the offer and instead offered $172 million to buy the team outright (which at the time was the highest amount a sports team had ever sold for). Kraft is quoted as saying he had to "break every one of my financial rules" in order to buy the Patriots, but that was basically fulfilling a lifelong dream.

If all big biz thought like this, and while some may still think like this, we still don't have a majority climate like Henry Fords or this. We unfortunately have a climate of pro monopoly, anti regulation, Duke coal ash dumping, Wells Fargo excuses "I didn't do it", climate. The irony of the NFL is that even the anti union right wing fans never accept, or want to accept that the sport they love, would not have the quality it does if it were not for the player's union.
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I had no idea the Falcons were doing so well. They're giving the dirty birds a run for their money!
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(January 14, 2017 at 8:15 pm)Luckie Wrote: I had no idea the Falcons were doing so well. They're giving the dirty birds a run for their money!

They've been playing well all season. Matt Ryan is gonna get the NFL MVP award no problem IMO.
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Too little too late for the Seahawks. Interceptions didn't help either..
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Wow, I misread something on the fixture list. Got the Packers playing where they are not. 

Ah, well.
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Man, the Falcons can sure score points. Gotta stop that if their conference contender hopes for a chance.
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My mom "Rubber Ducky" isn't happy she picked the Seahawks. I am happy because I picked the Falcons. My biological younger sister lives in the Atlanta Area so she is happy too.
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I'm happy because Dion Lewis just scored a 98 yard kickoff return touchdown.
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(January 14, 2017 at 8:58 pm)c172 Wrote: Wow, I misread something on the fixture list. Got the Packers playing where they are not. 

Ah, well.

You picked the Lions and Packers to win the wild card round, which would put the Lions up against the Cowboys in the divisional. It just didn't turn out that way.
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