The Anti-Patriots Bias is Confirmed as Mr. Kraft Wasn't Elected to the Hall of Fame Either
Source - New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, like his former head coach Bill Belichick, was not selected for entry into this year's Pro Football Hall of Fame class, multiple league sources told ESPN.
Kraft, a first-time Hall of Fame finalist this year, did not receive enough votes from the 50-person selection committee to be included in the Class of 2026, which will be announced Thursday night at the NFL Honors in San Francisco.
Interestingly enough, the Hall of Fame's new voting requirements in 2025 helped pit Kraft against Belichick.
In the words of Dick Nixon, "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you."
I could rhetorically ask anyone to explain the logic of how the owner who saved a franchise from moving, built a state-of-the art stadium with his own money, built an empire that has gone to 11 Super Bowls on his watch while winning six (going on seven), and has been one of the most influential forces for good in the NFL is somehow not worthy of being in the Hall of Fame, but I won't. Clearly this isn't about whether Mr. Kraft is deserving of the honor.
Giphy Images.Any more than it was with Bill Belichick. Induction into Canton is no longer a meritocracy. Not when it comes to the pre-eminent Dynasty in the history of the league. It's a cudgel. A blunt instrument to be wielded against the men whose brains, vision, judgement, hard work, blood, sweat, toil and tears turned the most irrelevant franchise in all of pro sports into hyper-relevant. Who took a destitute team and put them at the center of American culture for decades.
These weak-minded, Low-T cucks who for some reason have power over these men now, couldn't defeat them where it counts. So now they're getting their revenge this way. Like fucking cowards. Hiding in the dark. Cutting deals. Conspiring behind closed doors like something out of Game of Thrones.
If you don't believe me that this is a conspiracy, consider the fact that we know exactly two men who DIDN'T get voted in. Not who was. And how do you think Schefter managed to have this report all ready to go once he broke the news, from "multiple league sources"? The timing of this leak, coming right in the middle of the week when RKK is once again in the familiar position of flying his team out to compete in the Super Bowl, makes it painfully obvious someone is trying to embarrass him. To spoil the party for him. Make it awkward for him. Make it so every time he comes near a microphone he'll have to make a statement about this, instead of what genius moves drafting Drake Maye, hiring Mike Vrabel and spending $340 million in free agency were.
If this wasn't a conspiracy, born out of petty, resentful, anti-Patriots bias, then the voters would be the ones standing behind microphones and explaining their reasoning. On the Belichick vote, we've had one guy face the music, and he blamed the voting process. With Mr. Kraft, we won't even get that. Making the whole situation a pathetic joke and the Hall of Fame being a sad, pitiful, wretched shadow of its once-glorious past. Less relevant than the Patriots were before Mr. Kraft bought them and turned them into a world superpower.
And it's no longer even worth being elected to. Consider that Jerry Jones - a national laughingstock who hasn't gotten his team to a Super Bowl in over 30 years is in, and Mr. Kraft isn't. That should tell you all you need to know.
The good news is that now Jordon Hudson can add his name to her guest list. I can't imagine he'll be going to Canton for the inductions.
