Of all the teams in the NFL, the last one who should be complaining about privacy issues are the New England Patriots. This team wins the biggest hypocrite award, and it isn’t even close. Robert Kraft is hailed as being the best and most respected owner. It appears that success goes to an owner’s head, just like it did to Al Davis. Mr. Kraft made his fortune, and was able to buy the Patriots because of the free market economy that makes America so great.

For those of you who forget things quickly, just last month the Patriots accused the NFL of violating their privacy by confiscating the illegal video tapes. Here it is October, and the Patriots are on the other side of the law this time. They filed suit against the website stubhub.com because the site would not turn over the records of who had bought and sold Patriots tickets online. The club does not allow tickets to be sold or re sold for more than face value. Therefore, selling tickets for more than face value on stubhub.com is against team policy. Fans looking to sell tickets that would otherwise go unused can sell the tickets through the Patriots team ticket exchange. (Of course giving the Patriots a small percentage)


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Today, the court ruled that stubhub.com must turn over the records of customers to the Patriots. The Patriots fought the claim from stubhub.com that this was a violation of consumer policy. Funny how things seem to come full circle isn’t it. So what will happen to people who have been found buying or selling Patriots tickets online? The Patriots, determined to show off how much money and power they have, will revoke season tickets from season ticket holders, and take the rest of the customers to court. How about a phone call issuing a warning before revoking tickets? I know the rules are on the back of the tickets but who really reads that small print?


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Mr. Kraft, (Officially known as a bureaucratic idiot on this site from now forward) has now alienated an apparent 13,000 fans. I find it severely unnecessary to take many of these average people to court; people that pay a lot of hard earned money to see this team play. The same people who keep this team in business. This is a capitalist society for a reason Mr. Kraft, you should know that better than anyone. Today someone with the organization said that the Patriots want to help the average fan by making tickets affordable. If people are willing to buy Patriots tickets for double face value, then Mr. Kraft, instead of killing the little guy who has found a good way to make profit, raise the damn ticket prices. Robert Kraft has officially become another big suit monster, screwing the little guy. Never again can he be mentioned with the top owners in the NFL, as that is a disgrace to the good, down to earth people that built this league. People like Lamar Hunt and Art Rooney, who are disgraced by Robert Kraft’s actions.