Reed83HOF Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 (edited) http://deadspin.com/this-is-the-story-about-robert-krafts-casino-holdings-t-1794594130 As with all of its policies that aren’t collectively bargained, the NFL gives Goodell plenty of wiggle room on gambling connections. It concludes by stating that “apparent or alleged violations of this NFL Gambling Policy ... will continue to be decided by the Commissioner or his designee on a case-by-case basis.” That Goodell apparently gave and is still giving Kraft a pass to sit on the board of an outfit with ownership in multiple sportsbooks and casinos—all while sticking a hard-line public stance against legalized betting—astonished longtime observers of league business. Edited April 25, 2017 by Reed83HOF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 No matter how much I hate Kraft and anticipate that he and his cheating franchise will one day meet their maker, this article is bull **** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 No matter how much I hate Kraft and anticipate that he and his cheating franchise will one day meet their maker, this article is bull **** I haven't read the article but based on your comment I can tell that you don't hate Kraft enough. Start hating him more and re-read the article please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 I haven't read the article but based on your comment I can tell that you don't hate Kraft enough. Start hating him more and re-read the article please. Trust me, I tried. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave mcbride Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Trust me, I tried. The Deadspin piece about Lombardi linked to in the other thread is garbage too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed83HOF Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 No matter how much I hate Kraft and anticipate that he and his cheating franchise will one day meet their maker, this article is bull **** Not going to lie; this article hurt to read... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uticaclub Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Deadspin is dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarleyNY Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 If Kraft owns 267k of stock in AGM, then that's about a $7M investment. If he wasn't on their board I'm not even sure that investment would register on his radar. That's what? One or two tenths of a percentage of his net worth? Then factor in that the casinos are a very small portion of APM's investment portfolio and there is (sadly) no story. Two side notes: I've heard of Apollo before and their private equity division is very well thought of. Too bad he got fired because the writer of that piece definitely belongs at the NY Post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GG Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 If Kraft owns 267k of stock in AGM, then that's about a $7M investment. If he wasn't on their board I'm not even sure that investment would register on his radar. That's what? One or two tenths of a percentage of his net worth? Then factor in that the casinos are a very small portion of APM's investment portfolio and there is (sadly) no story. Two side notes: I've heard of Apollo before and their private equity division is very well thought of. Too bad he got fired because the writer of that piece definitely belongs at the NY Post. Not really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heavy Kevi Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Man I hate Kraft and want to trash him..... But this article (and writer) are garbage disposal sledge. Five seconds into this, you realize the obvious angry bias and propoganda style rhetoric. And his reasons for being fired... Holy crap read that tweet. And people say to me "hey Kev, why don't you use social media?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Best Player Available Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Just skimming the article, and considering the source. I would guess if there is even a hint of truth this would be a huge deal in the media. Even with the author laying out some of his stock holdings and investments I can't imagine even a biased NFL commissioner would allow this. But what do I know it's Robert Kraft***. I wonder if Jerry J. has any skin in this game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. WEO Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 http://deadspin.com/this-is-the-story-about-robert-krafts-casino-holdings-t-1794594130 As with all of its policies that aren’t collectively bargained, the NFL gives Goodell plenty of wiggle room on gambling connections. It concludes by stating that “apparent or alleged violations of this NFL Gambling Policy ... will continue to be decided by the Commissioner or his designee on a case-by-case basis.” That Goodell apparently gave and is still giving Kraft a pass to sit on the board of an outfit with ownership in multiple sportsbooks and casinos—all while sticking a hard-line public stance against legalized betting—astonished longtime observers of league business. Amazing some people still just cannot comprehend what Goodell's job is and who he works for. This article is based on a misunderstanding of a rule that the NFL, in this article, clarified for this goofball, yet he still runs with the error. Deadspin has long been circling the toilet. Fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4merper4mer Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Amazing some people still just cannot comprehend what Goodell's job is and who he works for. This article is based on a misunderstanding of a rule that the NFL, in this article, clarified for this goofball, yet he still runs with the error. Deadspin has long been circling the toilet. Fail. Dude. Your defense of Kraft/Pats on any topic can go unwritten at this point. We already know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny33 Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Not really. Their PE division is doing fine. As with the other firms with AuM above $10 bn and multiple products, IRRs and MoCs have gone down over time. Some real estate funds from the mid-2000s were disastrous, but LPsare more than happy to give Apollo checks, some non-discretionary, every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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