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KRAFTING HIS RESPONSE: PATRIOTS OWNER SPEAKS OUT ON STADIUM

          Patriots Owner Robert Kraft defends his proposal for a
     new stadium in an op-ed in the BOSTON GLOBE titled, "Blame
     The Speaker For Stadium Stalemate."  Kraft: "Due to what can
     best be described as shortsighted intransigence on the part
     of the leadership of the [MA] House, another legislative
     session has ended without passage of a measure that would
     secure the future of the New England Patriots in
     Massachusetts."  Kraft reviews his plan for a new facility
     and writes, "Unlike nearly all professional sports
     franchises nationwide, the Patriots have not sought taxpayer
     support to construct a stadium. ... The bottom line is that
     Foxboro Stadium on its own does not allow the Patriots to
     compete with the rest of the league.  This is what this
     entire stadium effort is about" (BOSTON GLOBE, 7/31).  
          WHAT NEXT? In Boston, Michael Gee wrote that in "the
     real world, Kraft should get the best deal inside the New
     England football zone he can.  Providence isn't Panama. 
     Nashua, N.H., isn't [R]ome."  Gee added that the "thousands"
     of fans who attend the team's training camp in RI "indicate
     ticket-buyers wouldn't miss a beat if the team moved to new
     digs, as long as they didn't have to canoe to get there"
     (BOSTON HERALD, 7/30).  A HARTFORD COURANT editorial states
     that the team relocating to CT is a "long, long, long shot." 
     Even if Kraft is given the "cold shoulder" in MA, "there's
     no certainty" that Hartford and CT "would be willing to meet
     his terms" (HARTFORD COURANT, 7/31). 

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