The Unknown Author of the Bradenton Herald is upset how Bucs fans got hosed out of a home game to play in London.

Someone at the Bradenton Herald — which no longer has a fulltime Bucs beat writer (and people wonder why newspapers are dying?) — posts a story on the Bucs, though someone over there forgot to add a byline (thus, Joe sadly cannot give credit to the author, the Unknown Author).

The Unknown Author rips the NFL for screwing Bucs fans out of a home game, which Joe wrote about many times when the schedule first debuted last spring.

The last time the Patriots came to Tampa for a meaningful game was Nov. 16, 1997. Remember? The Bucs, in their new pewter-and-red uniforms, allowed a meaningless fourth-quarter touchdown that afternoon and won 27-7. It was their eighth win of the season. They would win 10 and return to the playoffs for the first time since Lee Roy Selmon was the man about town.

The Pats quarterback that day? Drew Bledsoe. Brady had yet to arrive on the scene, and given how often the NFL sends the Patriots to Tampa during the regular season — three times since 1976 — it’s likely Brady will be gone before the Patriots’ next trip here.

So, that means football fans in this area are being robbed of their one time to see Tom Brady in his prime.

Somehow, that doesn’t seem fair.

Hey, Unknown Author, the NFL isn’t about being fair. It’s about selling gear and TV commercials. Joe sympathizes both with the Unknown Author and Bucs fans in general.

But hey, those cool looking No. 90 orange jerseys should fly off the shelves in jolly old England.