Editors note: We recently received a very troubling
anonymous email from someone who claims to be a senior staff member at
Kraft Sports Group, the contents of which we have included below. TDIF
has spent the last week working diligently to corroborate
the claims made and continues to do so, but it must be said that the
following information, as yet, remains unconfirmed. We ask our readers
to keep this in mind as they proceed with the understanding that we
would not publish this unless we felt it was sufficiently
plausible.
The following we are about to tell could be the biggest load of BS
ever written or if true, would serve as the greatest indictment of the
Kraft family's commitment to the New England Revolution and high level
soccer in general:
2013 could be the last season in Major League Soccer (MLS) for the
New England Revolution, with Bob Kraft rumored to be considering a
League proposal that would see him sell the club to an out-of-state
buyer who would then relocate the franchise out of
New England.
We have contacted multiple well-placed sources within the US
Soccer community inquiring as to the veracity of these claims in an
effort to confirm or refute them. To this point no one has denied them,
confirmed them or expressed a willingness to discuss
them, even on background and in confidence. We find this odd because
in the past we've been fed stories that seem far fetched or unreasonable
and have been able to find people who are very quick to tell us that
it's not true.
We can't with this, and no one seems willing to touch it with a 10 foot pole. They aren't interested in talking about it…
at least not now.
Those are the reactions that we have gotten after telling them the
following information that we received in that anonymous email
referenced above and detailed below. Some of the information is known or
previously assumed by many but the potential sale
and relocation of the team is as new as it is frightening. Please note
that we are not the only people within the Revs media circle
(traditional or alternative) to have received this email, one that is
reproduced in its entirety save for edits that were agreed
upon to protect the possible identity of the source.
