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Message: [QUOTE="Waquoit, post: 3545978, member: 50"] I don't think this was just a dodge to save a few bucks. It was a phenomenal deal and I think the Pats were all in until Kraft had a case of buyers remorse. Jon Kraft was on every radio show that would have him to talk about the great stadium coming. That Rowland and his team didn't have everything nailed down gave the Pats the opportunity to bail. But the Pats went to such great lengths for what? The state of MA really didn't sweeten the pot much. Just a few more bucks for infrastructure. The NFL gave them a special loan for stadium construction. That was all to show for the trouble, a little face saving. If Connecticut could have shown that the new stadium would have opened on time, I think the Pats would be there now. But CT was still dickering about the steam plant and the stadium would have never made it in time. But the Pats waited. And it was not a non-story in Boston. At least not on New England Cable News when the announcement and press conference was made. It was the subject of team coverage all day. The majority of each hour was spent talking about the Pats move. I'll never forget it, NECN often referred to Hartford as "they". How does that work? [/QUOTE]