As the Patriots continue their march to “perfection,” one seemingly strange occurrence has been seen frequently yet not commented on by the various media outlets. During the various games for the Patriots has anyone noticed who is seen sitting next to one Robert Kraft in his glorious press box in the sky. One would assume that this person is either one of the Kraft clan or one of his many underlings. Upon further inspection and a random comment from Jim Nantz during the Pats/Steeler game referenced that this man was Les Moonves.
Who is this guy and why is he seated next to the Patriots' Owner?
Here’s Les bio from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Moonves
Nantz referred to something called Patriot Place when discussing Les and Robert and why they seem to be such inseparable bedfellows.
All it took was some simple digging on what exactly this nightmare is: http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2007/12/09/kraft_cbs_focus_on_a_concept_restaurant/
The restaurant will sit at the mouth of the stadium as part of the adjacent Patriot Place retail complex under development in Foxborough. Kraft said he initially considered the sports dining venue ESPN Zone for the site, but decided he wanted a fresh concept for the massive new shopping and entertainment center and approached a friend, CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves. ESPN Zone offers a similar set-up, serving grill food with big-screen televisions and nonstop sports coverage.
"We want to be a unique destination. We have a great relationship with CBS, and their network is so much bigger than sports," Kraft said.
Now I understand the need for one to expand one’s ever growing empire but is anyone else bothered by this?
CBS pays a boatload of money to bring the AFC games to its viewers so I guess they are entitled to do anything they want but um aren't they opening up a gigantic can of worms with this?
Nobody finds anything wrong when the HEAD of a network is in your back pocket and a business partner to arguably their most notable team this year? Sure deals like this happen all the time in business and no one seems to complain than. It just makes this season all the more unbearable for everyone not in Patriot nation. Look if I wanted to listen to NESN, I’d move back to Boston. I don’t want A MAJOR TV NETWORK to suck off a team especially when there are loads more of other teams involved and should also have been covered.
This seemingly has been brewing this entire season with the initial reports of Spygate. Where was CBS in all this? Other networks showed you tapes and questioned the validity of past Patriot success while CBS tried their hardest to justify it.
Not partly because CBS does own rights to AFC games, why would they like to harp on something that takes credence, dollars and ratings from their football games. The point is they don’t and this combined with this new Patriot Place is their any reason for them to talk to the Patriots with any sort of negative light.
Furthermore, why would CBS go ahead and do ANYTHING to upset Kraft – especially with a fantabulous new restaurant that's dedicated to CBS programming so yes every masshole cretin can now watch CSI, Criminal Minds, etc.
As http://www.patriot-place.com/article.aspx?id=195 says everyone just wins. By everyone we simply mean CBS and the Patriots.
"There is no greater franchise right now in the NFL than the New England Patriots, and there is no better or higher rated broadcaster than CBS Sports, which has become network television's #1 supplier of big ticket events like the NFL," said Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer, CBS Corporation. "The CBS Scene Restaurant and Bar represents a terrific opportunity to bring these forces together to launch a first-of-its-kind dining and entertainment destination at what promises to be one of Northeast's most popular attractions. We're very pleased to be partnering with The Kraft Group in bringing this project to life, and creating a venue like nothing else out there."
I know the Pats are having an incredible season and that is genuinely a #1 story, but shouldn't CBS TRY to be objective in all this? All season long they have been hoping and rooting for the Patriots to go undefeated and make the Superbowl even despite the big spygate news. CBS merely swept that under the rug in a pathetic attempt to validate the team’s legitimacy.
Fortunately for the objective fan, the game is on FOX.
Who is this guy and why is he seated next to the Patriots' Owner?
Here’s Les bio from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Moonves
Nantz referred to something called Patriot Place when discussing Les and Robert and why they seem to be such inseparable bedfellows.
All it took was some simple digging on what exactly this nightmare is: http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2007/12/09/kraft_cbs_focus_on_a_concept_restaurant/
The restaurant will sit at the mouth of the stadium as part of the adjacent Patriot Place retail complex under development in Foxborough. Kraft said he initially considered the sports dining venue ESPN Zone for the site, but decided he wanted a fresh concept for the massive new shopping and entertainment center and approached a friend, CBS chief executive Leslie Moonves. ESPN Zone offers a similar set-up, serving grill food with big-screen televisions and nonstop sports coverage.
"We want to be a unique destination. We have a great relationship with CBS, and their network is so much bigger than sports," Kraft said.
Now I understand the need for one to expand one’s ever growing empire but is anyone else bothered by this?
CBS pays a boatload of money to bring the AFC games to its viewers so I guess they are entitled to do anything they want but um aren't they opening up a gigantic can of worms with this?
Nobody finds anything wrong when the HEAD of a network is in your back pocket and a business partner to arguably their most notable team this year? Sure deals like this happen all the time in business and no one seems to complain than. It just makes this season all the more unbearable for everyone not in Patriot nation. Look if I wanted to listen to NESN, I’d move back to Boston. I don’t want A MAJOR TV NETWORK to suck off a team especially when there are loads more of other teams involved and should also have been covered.
This seemingly has been brewing this entire season with the initial reports of Spygate. Where was CBS in all this? Other networks showed you tapes and questioned the validity of past Patriot success while CBS tried their hardest to justify it.
Not partly because CBS does own rights to AFC games, why would they like to harp on something that takes credence, dollars and ratings from their football games. The point is they don’t and this combined with this new Patriot Place is their any reason for them to talk to the Patriots with any sort of negative light.
Furthermore, why would CBS go ahead and do ANYTHING to upset Kraft – especially with a fantabulous new restaurant that's dedicated to CBS programming so yes every masshole cretin can now watch CSI, Criminal Minds, etc.
As http://www.patriot-place.com/article.aspx?id=195 says everyone just wins. By everyone we simply mean CBS and the Patriots.
"There is no greater franchise right now in the NFL than the New England Patriots, and there is no better or higher rated broadcaster than CBS Sports, which has become network television's #1 supplier of big ticket events like the NFL," said Leslie Moonves, President and Chief Executive Officer, CBS Corporation. "The CBS Scene Restaurant and Bar represents a terrific opportunity to bring these forces together to launch a first-of-its-kind dining and entertainment destination at what promises to be one of Northeast's most popular attractions. We're very pleased to be partnering with The Kraft Group in bringing this project to life, and creating a venue like nothing else out there."
I know the Pats are having an incredible season and that is genuinely a #1 story, but shouldn't CBS TRY to be objective in all this? All season long they have been hoping and rooting for the Patriots to go undefeated and make the Superbowl even despite the big spygate news. CBS merely swept that under the rug in a pathetic attempt to validate the team’s legitimacy.
Fortunately for the objective fan, the game is on FOX.
so the question is... does this bother you dear Straight Up Sports reader or am I barking up another wrong tree?
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This is similar to the sweetheart deal NBC and Notre Dame have. Look for CBS to raise a ton of shit when NBC tries to poach a Pats game for Sunday night. Oh, wait, that already happened this year, didnt it? CBS will be shamelessly forcing shots of the restaurant and Jim Nantz furiously fellating Brady next year.
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