Bart Scott: NFL should strip Patriots of 'whole draft' over Robert Kraft scandal

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft has found himself at the center of a disturbing sex trafficking scandal, and the always outspoken Bart Scott is calling for the NFL to drop the hammer on the team as a result.

Scott, an ex-linebacker who now hosts a show on WFAN, said Friday that he feels NFL commissioner Roger Goodell should do something that “cripples” the Patriots. He proposed stripping them of all of their 2019 draft picks.

We don’t know all the facts from the sex trafficking sting Kraft was allegedly involved in, but there’s virtually no chance of that happening. While NFL owners are subject to the league’s personal conduct policy the same way players are, a punishment that harsh would be unprecedented.

Scott hates the Patriots, which makes sense considering he used to play for the New York Jets. The circumstances are much different this time, but he has always been quick to rip the Pats any chance he gets.

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[gopiscrap]

1. I totally agree with him

[vsrazdem]

2. I disagree. The individual needs to be reprimanded and suffer the consequences.

I do not believe punishing the team, players and fans is appropriate.

[bullimiami]

4. i agree. as much as i dislike the patriots. kraft should be forced to sell the team.

and get penalized by the league if that's applicable.

[gopiscrap]

13. I believe his fucking cheating team

AND Kraft should suffer

[dem4decades]

3. Bart Scott can go f himself.

[bluedigger]

19. Yup.

We're reaching hysteria levels when people call for Kraft to be forced to sell his team over a misdemeanor.

[Staph]

5. As much as I dislike the Patriots, they shouldn't be punished for their idiot owner.

According to today's USA Today:

Regardless of how the legal process plays out for Kraft, the league still could levy a punishment against him. According to the conduct policy, "It is not enough simply to avoid being found guilty of a crime. We are all held to a higher standard and must conduct ourselves in a way that is responsible, promotes the values of the NFL, and is lawful."

The policy also stipulates, “Ownership and club or league management have traditionally been held to a higher standard and will be subject to more significant discipline when violations of the Personal Conduct Policy occur.”

The last time an NFL owner was suspended for a violation of the personal conduct policy was in September 2014 when Colts owner Jim Irsay was suspended six games and fined $500,000 after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of driving while intoxicated on pain killers after an arrest in March 2014.

I'd like to see him suspended for the season (it's no fun owning a team if you can't be there when they play!) and a fine in the millions of dollars.

[TheFarseer]

6. Totally disagree

What did any of the players, coaches or fans have to do with this? BUT if Donald Sterling had to sell the Clippers, Kraft has to sell the Patriots.

[hughee99]

7. They should burn down the stadium and salt the earth.

This is a serious matter related directly to football operations, and the team needs to be punished severely for this.

Normally, the other NFL owners would be all over this, but they may be concerned that it would set a new precedent and their own private lives maybe aren’t all that scandal free either. He’ll get a fine and a suspension whether he actually gets convicted or not.

[gopiscrap]

14. I agree

[erpowers]

8. No

Making a team pay for the actions of a man is not fair to the team. The Patriots, as a team, did nothing wrong. The team did not get an unfair advantage from Robert Kraft getting a sex act at a massage parlor. There is absolutely no reason to take the team's draft picks for 2019. At most, Robert Kraft should be given a massive fine.

On edit: Other than fining Robert Kraft, the NFL should force Robert Kraft to sell the team. If he refuses, then start threatening to weaken the team. If he does not sell the team, take away the team's 2019 draft picks. After that, force the team to forfeit all of their games until Kraft sells the team. After that, fine the team every day that Kraft does not sell the team. After that, consider kicking the team out of the NFL until Kraft sells the team.

[hughee99]

16. Given some of the other owners offenses in the past, do you think this warrants a forced sale of the

team? And what would the NFL do if he sells it to his son?

[erpowers]

17. At Most

I think somewhere in my post I said at most the NFL should force him to sell the team. I am fine with the NFL leveling a large fine against Robert Kraft. However, considering the woman who performed the sex act on him may have been forced into that career, maybe he should be forced to sell the team. I assume the NFL can mandate that he not sell the team to any of his family members.

[hughee99]

18. The NFL owners would have to approve of any new buyer,

So while the don’t think Goodell could tell him he can’t sell to his son, he could indicate the other owners wouldn’t approve it.

As far as the origins of the woman are concerned, unless Kraft knew how she got there, it seems a little extreme to punish him for it. Again, a forced sale seems a little extreme (for a misdemeanor) given that other owners have been accused or even found guilty of felonies in the past and not forced to sell. If I understand correctly, although several NFL owners have been pressured to sell their team, no owner has ever actually been forced to sell. Given that this would, in a practical sense, have to be approved by other owners, and their own private life might not be all that squeaky clean, I’d be very surprised to see them go to this extreme.

[exboyfil]

9. Kraft should be proactive and

Make a substantial donation to charities that work for missing and exploited children and abused women. 8 figure substantial along with a public confession and apology. Public service at a shelter for his sentence.

[Ferrets are Cool]

10. That's just stupid, and nothing but click bait.

Just another idiot trying to get attention...evidently it is working.

[Iggo]

11. Make him sell the team.

[flotsam]

12. Ummm Are you folks aware

he has not been convicted and the charge is a misdemeanor?

[hughee99]

15. As we know from the past, a person doesn't need to be convicted of anything to be

punished by the league. Unless it turns out it's a different "Bob Kraft" (which I doubt), the NFL will impose a penalty regardless of whether he's convicted or not. Given that this has nothing to do with football, I don't see how the penalty will be team related (like draft picks). He'll get a fine and have to sit out some games. That's what they did for Irsay when he got caught for a DUI and drug possession, though he actually did plead guilty to the OWI. $500k fine and a 6 game suspension.