The owner of the New England Patriots, Robert Kraft, is at the Super Bowl Lix in New Orleans, and his old friend President Donald Trump will also be there.
Kraft gave his opinion on the fact that Trump became the first president in office to attend the Big Game in an interview with PK Press Club Digital.
“It just shows you that the NFL and the Super Bowl are perhaps important if we had the President of the United States as a guest,” Kraft said.
Kraft said he had donated Trump in the past in an interview on “The Breakfast Club” in October. The owner, who has an estimated net value of $ 11.8 billion, said he had met Trump for the first time in the 1990s.
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“Donald Trump became a social friend in the early 90s, when I went down to Florida. And then when my wife … died 13 years ago, he was one of the four or five people who contacted me And were really, really, really good, “said Kraft.
“The only gift that I never made to him is that he called me when he was elected, and I made a strong donation to his inauguration. I could not believe. United States.”
However, the owner said that he had distanced himself from Trump after the January 6 events2021.
“I will say that,” said Kraft. “I was very upset (with) what happened on January 6. And I did not speak to [Trump] since then.”
The Patriots have gone to other efforts to also distant themselves in the franchise of the former president.
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The former quarter of New England Patriots Tom Brady speaks during a half-time ceremony as president of Patriots Jonathan Kraft and the owner of the Patriots Robert Kraft React at Stade Gillette on September 10, 2023 , in Foxborough, Mass. (Adam Glanzman / Getty Images)
In May 2021, the team and Kraft rejected the allegations that he and Trump tried to pay money from the American senator to abandon an investigation into a cheating scandal involving the team, according to an ESPN report.
The report alleged that Trump met Senator Arlen Specter in 2008 and offered him “money to Palm Beach” if he had abandoned his investigation into the Spygate scandal, after which the patriots were disciplined by the NFL for Have filmed the training signals of a rival team.
“Mr. Kraft is not aware of any Trump involvement on this subject, and he had no other commitment with Specter or his staff,” said a team spokesperson in ESPN.
A common friend of Trump and Kraft will also be at Super Bowl, but for reasons related to work.
Tom Brady will broadcast his first Super Bowl as a color commentator from the broadcasting of Fox game, capping the first season of the old quarterrier in the stand.
The former quarter-Arrière of the Patriots of New England, Tom Brady, on the right, embraces the owner of the Patriots, Robert Kraft, center, as president of the Patriots, Jonathan Kraft, on the left, looks during the ceremonies of the Half-time to honor Brady in a match between the Eagles of Philadelphia and the Patriots on September 10, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP photo / Mark Stockwell)
Kraft praised Brady’s broadcast skills in an interview with PK Press Club Digital.
“I think the way he presented the nuances of the game, the things that fans would never see, is really special and unique, and Fox was brilliant to attract him,” said Kraft.
Brady previously received praise for its broadcast during a crucial moment in the victory of Washington Commanders NFC Divisional Round against the Lions of Detroit on January 18.
Commanders were increasing three points with less than 2:30 p.m. to play. They decided to do it the 4th and 2 of the 5 yards line of the Lions. A stop for Lions And they would have recovered the ball with amply time to equalize the match or take the lead.
Brady noticed something wrong about the defense of the Lions while the commanders broke.
The owner of the New England Patriots, Robert Kraft, before an AFC eliminatory match against the Buffalo Bills at the Highmark Stadium. (Rich Barnes / USA TODAY SPORTS)
“Need for a dead time, 12 on the ground, dead time,” said Brady. “Timeout! Timeout! No. No. Oh no! What are they doing?”
The lions were penalized to have 12 men on the ground. The penalty has given commanders a new low set. The commanders who run the ball carrier Brian Robinson Jr. found the goal zone two later and put Washington 38-28. The commanders won the match 45-28.
Brady praised social media for reporting the illegal defense of the Lions.
