Patriots gave Trump Super Bowl ring

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft gave President Trump a Super Bowl ring when the team visited the White House earlier this year, according to a new report.

The defending Super Bowl champions told USA Today on Tuesday that they gifted the ring to thank Trump for being the first pro sports team invited to his White House.

A team spokesman said Trump got a customized ring similar to the one the team received.  The inside of the ring is inscribed with “we are all Patriots” and “greatest comeback ever,” a reference to the Patriots' surprise comeback against the Atlanta Falcons in the 2017 Super Bowl.

The spokesman said Kraft believed that out of all of the Patriots visits to the White House, this was the best. Trump and Kraft are longtime friends, and the Patriots owner said the team had longer access to the president than any of his predecessors.



http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/347492-patriots-gave-president-trump-super-bowl-ring-as-thank-you-for-white-house

Makes me even more happy to be a Seahawks fan

[seaglass]

1. As a longtime Pats fan they won't get any more of my money.

[muntrv]

2. Please say it's a fake ring.

[ExciteBike66]

3. Makes me even more happy to be a Seahawks fan

Too bad you guys passed on that one play...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. Yawn

[ExciteBike66]

6. GOAT. That is all... nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. Nov 13, 2016 Seahawks' goal-line stand lifted them to a 31-24 victory over the New England Patriots

That's the last time these two teams met. In Foxboro by the way.

But go ahead and beat that earlier dead horse.

[ExciteBike66]

14. Odd, I don't remember them handing out rings

for games played in November....

[joeybee12]

58. Amen

I love it. The Seahawks organization is a mess

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

60. You still lost the last meet up

In your home turf

[ExciteBike66]

61. I understand.

But I would trade a November home loss for a SB win any day of the week.

Anyway, I think the Pats were just lulling the Seahawks into a false sense of security that day, letting them win! Belichick is a Sith Lord, that is totally something he would do...

[Soxfan58]

62. The earlier dead horse

Was a Super Bowl.

[mythology]

20. No more so than Barry Bonds and Lance Armstrong

Cheaters are never the best. Brady's guru is a medical fraud, Brady cheats, his coaches cheat (both Belichick and McDaniel).

[ExciteBike66]

23. I don't think underinflated balls in one game is enough

to get Brady 5 rings, but what do I know? I did try throwing an underinflated ball once, it didn't go very far.

In other news, Aaron Rogers likes his balls overinflated. If the league actually cared they would not have had the teams take control over the game balls.

I am not sure how Brady's diet helps him cheat, but it seems to work well enough.

[RhodeIslandOne]

35. All of you deflections....

.....you must be proud of your team and their unbridled love for Trump.

[ExciteBike66]

39. On the other hand

1.) Of course the whole team doesn't love Trump, just look at the Super Bowl celebration at the White House this year.
2.) 5 rings, none of which came from underinflated balls. The "underinflated ball" game against the Colts was a blowout with or without the balls.

[RhodeIslandOne]

40. Yeah I'm sure they only did it that one game

Which is why another team suspected they were doing it months before and inquired and the NFL said "Oh yeah, well keep an eye on that (ha ha)".

Regardless of players declining to appear (many not on the team anymore) Booby and Belicheat were out in front practically performing oral on Dolt 45. Sad!

[ExciteBike66]

41. So two games?

"Regardless of players declining to appear (many not on the team anymore) Booby and Belicheat were out in front practically performing oral on Dolt 45. Sad!"

Who is "Booby"? Hope you don't mean Brady, since he skipped the event (such a GOAT move).


"Which is why another team suspected they were doing it months before and inquired and the NFL said "Oh yeah, well keep an eye on that (ha ha)". "

Which further goes to prove my theory that the league just didn't care. And if the league didn't care, perhaps it was not all that critical.

You claim that Rogers never actually messed with the balls, which is fine. My point is he said he preferred them a certain way and was never "caught" acting on that. That said, there is just as much evidence for his inflating the balls as there is for the Pats deflating them for more than a single game that was already going to be a blowout against the Colts.

[RhodeIslandOne]

46. Rodgers never said he'd tamper with a ball post inspection

He stated you send a ball a little over inflated so when the ref inspects it maybe he lets some air out and you still get the higher end of the inflation. Pre inspection, not after.

Meanwhile your ball boy was nicknamed "The Deflator", a bizarre fact you guys never have an explanation for, other than the guy was on Weight Watchers or something. Haw haw.

Booby is Booby Kraft, billionaire businessman who's not gonna let little shit like gay rights or Nazis get in the way of his tax cuts.

As for Brady, his wife probably told him to skip it. Of course, he also "missed" a visit with Obama (Ah, yes his parents anniversary, blah blah not the same day as the actual visit but oh well)

I'm sorry your team is so aligned with Trump. Best to just move on and deal with it. We know Belicheat hates the media like his good buddy. All those lies and fake news.

You're such a passionate fan willing to excuse them at every turn you should get a ring. But no, it'll be in Trump's 8X10 cell instead.

[ExciteBike66]

47. Billionaire owners are all alike...

"Booby is Booby Kraft, billionaire businessman who's not gonna let little shit like gay rights or Nazis get in the way of his tax cuts."

Honestly, probably every owner in the NFL would have attended the meeting, so Kraft really is not better or worse than anyone else. Shit, the Jets owner is an ambassador now, right? At least Kraft didn't go that route.

I have a question though. You seem to have a lot to say about the Pats, do you have a favorite team?

What deflategate comes down to is that Brady is the GOAT regardless of the ball air pressure. There is no way harder balls would have changed that Colts game.


"I'm sorry your team is so aligned with Trump. Best to just move on and deal with it. We know Belicheat hates the media like his good buddy. All those lies and fake news.

You're such a passionate fan willing to excuse them at every turn you should get a ring. But no, it'll be in Trump's 8X10 cell instead."

I'm not sure what you mean about the cell. As a fan I don't give a shit about Kraft's relationship with Trump, because I am sure every billionaire owner is just as bad. Brady is the GOAT regardless of whether he likes Donald Trump. He may be a dipshit for supporting Trump, but that doesn't change what happens on the field.

[RhodeIslandOne]

49. Yeah I'm a Dolphins fan

Go ahead and insult (almost always the next refuge of a Patriots fan "Your team sucks bro!&quot , I really don't care.

Hey we used to be pretty good, long before 2002 when you started watching football.

[ExciteBike66]

51. Feels good to insult, huh?

"Go ahead and insult (almost always the next refuge of a Patriots fan "Your team sucks bro!", I really don't care.

Hey we used to be pretty good, long before 2002 when you started watching football."

Wow, ironic much? You claim Pats fans stoop to the insults, and then you trot one out yourself? Feel better?

I live in FL, and watch many Dolphins games since they are always on. At least you guys aren't the Jets.

[RhodeIslandOne]

54. I live in the heart of New England

Everyday is Billy from Quincy telling me my team sucks and I suck and how awesome the Patriots are and they would never do anything wrong and even if they did so what?

Meanwhile, 25 years ago you couldn't find a Patriots fan around here because they "faaackin' saaaacked" and should "Move to faaaackin' St Louis already".

[ExciteBike66]

55. I love New England, and miss it

Florida is way too hot.

That said, I did look into the Dolphins owner, who apparently was doing some fund-raising for Jeb Bush last election.

Now, Jeb Bush is to Donald Trump as the Dolphins are to the Jets, but the difference is only one of degree.

[RhodeIslandOne]

56. I'll be interested to hear what Kraft says about Trump as the days go by....

....and continues to sink into madness and destroy this country. Even after Booby claimed "He's gonna do so much for inner cities!" while Ben Fucking Carson fiddles.

I'd take Jeb Bush right now. We are so fucked.

[ExciteBike66]

57. I think anyone would take Jeb right now...

But my point is that there is probably no pro-sports team in this country that does not have a history of supporting Republicans.

To paraphrase the #1 Original GOAT: If we treated them all according to their desert, then none would escape whipping...

[ProfessorGAC]

42. I'm A Bears Fan

Not a Pats fan. I think you're completely wrong about the under inflated football thing. So, what does pride in one's team have anything to do with this issue?

[RhodeIslandOne]

43. You're entitled to your opinion, as I am mine.

I understand there may be football fans who think it's no big deal and are not Patriots fans. That's cool.

I think they're a shady organization that got caught once cheating, and they embarrassed a commissioner who had a cozy relationship with them and he probably overstepped his bounds.

But in what way am I wrong about it? If they were deflating balls AFTER inspection, they deserve to be punished. I don't care what impact it had on any one game or not.

[ExciteBike66]

48. punishment

"But in what way am I wrong about it? If they were deflating balls AFTER inspection, they deserve to be punished. I don't care what impact it had on any one game or not."

And they were punished, soooooo....

[RhodeIslandOne]

50. And you guys complained and whined and kicked and screamed

Soooooooooo

Maybe Belicheat shouldn't have thrown Tommy under the bus ("Go ask the quarterback&quot assuming Goodell would never go after the Golden Boy.

[ExciteBike66]

52. Just like any other fan of any other team.

That said, the punishment is done, and Brady obviously was refreshed by the rest last season. Jimmy G. got to shine for a bit and is now in line for a large contract after this season (maybe with your phins?).

[ProfessorGAC]

67. Boyle's Law

Nobody deflated the footballs out of specification

[RhodeIslandOne]

70. Just a question

What do you think the weather and temperature in Foxboro was that night, without looking it up?

[RhodeIslandOne]

36. "If the league actually cared they would not have had the teams take control over the game balls."

You know who one of the players who petitioned for that was, right?

One is Peyton Manning. Guess the other one.

It seems important, despite Tommy's "What, me bro?" denials.




And Rodgers never tried to tamper with a ball after it was checked.

[gopiscrap]

31. totally agree

[montana_hazeleyes]

34. Hell no!

[Dem2]

68. Stop

I'm a Pats fan and I would never be so mean.



(And yeah, Kraft is an idiot)

[ExciteBike66]

74. In his time of need...

He needed someone to help him work out his issues, so I volunteered.

[riversedge]

4. uga uga.

[WinstonSmith00]

7. Just a couple of cheaters

No surprise two cheater with no regards for rules or laws would be friends.

[nolabear]

8. Ew. Ew. Ew. Go Hawks!

[lpbk2713]

9. The ultimate irony is that they are called Patriots.

Incredible that they would want to honor such a traitor.

[dalton99a]

45. +1

[Warpy]

11. Team needs a name change now

"New England Traitors" comes to mind.

[Not Ruth]

16. New England Toddlers

[CentralMass]

12. This saddens me but I am still a fan. I've been watching them since before they joined the AFC in

1970.

[HAB911]

13. Do they ever play in white hoods?

[Not Ruth]

15. NFL has jumped the shark, shut it down

[Johonny]

17. Now that turd ring will collect dust inside the Trump Presidential museum for eternity

[Dawson Leery]

18. Russia was the deflated ball of the 2016 election.

The Patriots, as with republicans, can only win by cheating.

[PatsFan87]

19. This saddens me as a fan of the team as well.

It's hard to wrap my mind around Kraft. On one hand, he has been at the forefront of NFL teams supporting LGBT causes and has done loads of charitable work. On the other hand, his cozying up to Trump flies in the face of those things.

[ExciteBike66]

24. My wife pointed out a story Kraft told where Trump acted like a decent human

being in the event of Kraft's wife's death. Regardless of Trump's other, negative qualities, I bet he earned Kraft's personal loyalty as a friend.

I try not to go too hard on Robert Kraft for his Trump-enthusiasm.

[RhodeIslandOne]

37. Booby Kraft is a billionaire businessman

He wants his fucking tax cut, he'll tolerate some Nazism to get it.

[Initech]

21. Cheating football team, cheating president. Makes sense.

[maveric]

22. I'm swearing off the NFL. Pats fan since 1960. Charger fan since 1980.

This league has been suckering people in for too long.
Fans don't matter anymore. It's the billionaire's bottom-line in the end.
Fuck Kraft and Brady and their nazi enabling.

[left-of-center2012]

25. "Kraft believed that out of all of the Patriots visits to the White House, this was the best"

[Ilsa]

27. I bet a few members of the team feel differently. nt

[left-of-center2012]

26. Not a Trump Tower Taco Bowl ring? n/t

[redstatebluegirl]

28. One of my husband's grad students is a huge Patriot fan, and didn't vote this last time.

She and her husband were furious Bernie was "cheated" out of the nomination so they stayed home to "blow up the system". Well now, they blew it up alright.

[flotsam]

29. There's this:

In all, 34 players were present for the Wednesday afternoon ceremony on the South Lawn, a total similar to the team's past visits in 2004 and 2005 but noticeably fewer than in 2002 and 2015. Tom Brady was among the players not in attendance

http://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/19200358/new-england-patriots-president-donald-trump-dispute-attendance-white-house-visit

[chelsea0011]

30. Fuck Kraft!

[tavernier]

32. Meh. They sell them all over the internet,

from ten bucks to hundreds of thousands. And as easy for trump to attain as a Purple Heart.

[Blue Owl]

33. Why does it keep falling off?

[smirkymonkey]

38. They don't make them in "child's extra small"

Maybe they can give him a helmet instead to cover up that criminal hair style.

[oasis]

44. I can't wait for Kraft and the Pats to get a royal smackdown this season.

[redstatebluegirl]

66. If wishing made it so.

[samnsara]

53. GO HAWKS!!!!!!!!!

[Croney]

59. As a Pats fan, I'm disgusted by this.

He didn't earn the Purple Heart he got, he didn't earn the Super Bowl ring, and he didn't earn the presidency. One day soon, he will get what he really deserves.

[Scurrilous]

63. As a Dolphins fan I'm disgusted by the Patriots...and this.

[muntrv]

64. Please say the ring is cubic zirconia.

[Blue_Tires]

65. Of course they did... Why is anybody surprised?

[milestogo]

69. The Patriots can take their stinkin' QB and their stinkin' rings

and take their place among the deplorables.

[Bradical79]

71. I wonder how many NFL owners would do this?

I've been a Browns fan, and I know their current owner gives to Trump. The league kind of strikes me as a cesspool at the ownership level.

[hunter]

72. Trump is now certain they couldn't have won without him.

Next thing you know he'll be saying he won the Super Bowl.

[kwassa]

73. The New England Confederates?

That makes more sense.

[WinkyDink]

75. A wealthy man gave Trump a gift. Stop the presses.

[democratisphere]

76. Sickening.

[Tanuki]

77. Awww, now Trump and Daddy Putin have matching unearned

Patriots Superbowl rings!

Btw, it seems that this story about Trump and the ring was first leaked by Scaramucci in a tweet. I hope he will be leaking a lot more, and more substantive, material in the future....

http://www.csnne.com/new-england-patriots/scaramucci-says-kraft-gave-super-bowl-li-ring-trump

[tanyev]

78. Now he can tell endless stories about his historic Super Bowl win.