Bobby Bell joins WPI's Out of Bounds Podcast
 

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WARPAINT ILLUSTRATED’S WEEKLY OUT OF BOUNDS PODCAST FEATURES CHIEFS HALL OF FAMER BOBBY BELL.

Pro Football Hall of Fame LB Bobby Bell Adds Legendary Perspective to Chiefs 2008-2009 Season

Warpaint Illustrated is proud to announce the addition of Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker Bobby Bell to its weekly Out of Bounds podcast. Bell will join Warpaint Illustrated Publisher Nick "The Erroneous One" Athan each Monday to add perspective on the Chiefs 2008-2009 season. Warpaint’s Out of Bounds podcast can be heard every evening at www.warpaintillustrated.com, beginning Monday, August 18 through the Super Bowl.

"This is a dream come true,” said Athan of Bell’s addition. “As a kid growing up in Kansas City I was blessed to be Bobby’s neighbor for a large part of my youth. He is one of the primary reasons I grew up a fan of the Chiefs. His addition to our team is just the continued evolution of Warpaint Illustrated.com and our desire to secure the best talent and content in covering the Kansas City Chiefs.”

Out of Bounds will be recorded via 101 the Fox KCFX - the Flagship Station of the Kansas City Chiefs. The show will allow fans to get to know Bobby Bell better and learn how he’s giving back to the fans through the Chiefs Fan Rewards program – www.chiefstravel.com. Bell is the official spokesperson. In addition, the show will include special appearances by Bell’s former teammates, other special NFL guests and, of course, analysis of the Chiefs wins and losses throughout the season.

“I’ve always had a special relationship with Kansas City Chiefs fans and joining the Out of Bounds team will be an extension of that relationship,” said Bell. “I look forward to providing perspective on what I am sure will be a great season of Chiefs football.”

About Bobby Bell

Bobby Bell became the first Chiefs player to be enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 1983. Some have called him the greatest outside linebacker to play the game. Throughout his career, Bell earned a spot in the AFL All-Star game, had nine Pro Bowl appearances and was named to the AFL’s all-time team. He starred on two AFL Championship teams and played in Super Bowls I and IV.

About Warpaint Illustrated

In 2006, Warpaint Illustrated.com began production of Out of Bounds, a one-hour podcast. Produced in conjunction with 101 the Fox KCFX - the Flagship Station of the Kansas City Chiefs - the show features a roundtable format designed to discuss the Kansas City Chiefs every Monday throughout the season. It has included NFL notables, Chiefs coaches and players. Out of Bounds continues to grow in audience and stature with tens of thousands of downloads each week. For more information, visit www.warpaintillustrated.com.

Media Contacts:

Warpaint Illustrated
Nick Athan
madgreek@kcnet.com

High Impact Marketing – Bobby Bell
Mark Molzen 602.614.7476
mark@himemail.com

Why you lucky sons of a bitches

It wouldn't be much of a Nick "The Erroneous One" Athan column without that little tidbit in there. You let another one slip through, Clayton.

Bobby Bell is a great human being - an even better football player.... He's incredibly funny. He wasn't my neighbor or anything but I've enjoyed his company before. I don't think I'd break down any doors to hear him on the radio - or the internet.

For the record, this would be my response if Bobby had just signed on with 101 The Fox as well.

Dude!!!!!!!It's Bobby Bell I'd definitely listen to his comments and thoughts

This is fabulous news for you guys, Mr. GoChiefs. Even though I can kick his ass at Foosball with three of my little plastic men's little plastic hands tied behind their little plastic backs, Bell is one of the all time greats. As an NFL player and, of course, as a Chief. A violent, fast, hard-hitting, intelligent player. He'll bring a lot to WPI.

Congratulations.

FAX

I'm excited to meet him. I've never met any of the old-tyme Chiefs save Len Dawson. He sounds like a really cool guy who has bonded with the fans.

It's great for you guys, that's for sure, Mr. GoChiefs. Bobby Bell is an NFL icon. You should get him to autograph your buttocks, or something.

FAX

I would love to create a highlight video for Mr. Bell. It would be an honor.

That's a great idea. Do you have access to some of the old games? I know there are a couple of playoff games out there - and the SBs, of course. I'm certain he would love to see a highlight reel featuring that defense ... just one of the top 5 defenses to ever take the field in the NFL.

FAX

I bet the Chiefs do.

You should do it. As a welcome to the organization gift.

FAX

The Chiefs aren't about to provide me with access to their video archives.

Houston ... we have a problem.

Are there no other sources?

FAX

NFL freakin' Films. I'll just give them a call.

Yeah - save them some time tracking you down.

Bobby Bell was really nice to me when i was 12 and wanted his autograph, i still have the ball he signed for me

Sounds like you are a little jealous of Mr GoChiefs, IMHO.

Heh. Yes, that's right. I want to be just like him.

There are so many highlights that I would love to have packaged. You always see the same highlights, but I wouldn't mind having every sack ever by DT just strung together. There could be music, but I always see the same highlights over and over and half of those are stills of him in the rain. If you ever want to see a good show. Watch the game where richard dent and Derrick Thomas were in the backfield the entire game for the Niners and chiefs.

How can this not be considered blatant spamming of the board?

it is sad that Bell is lowering himself to this

Dude, Chiefs fans love our podcast. Bobby Bell loves Chiefs fans. It's a great fit.

Cool. Do you have to be an insider?

I like the articles you can see on the site that give you a good amount of information, like this: http://kan.scout.com/2/780820.html

obviously the mods don't give a flying rats behind about that.
Spam away Chiefs fans

Honestly,Bobby probably thinks that WPI is some KC Chiefs fan club, and thus doesn't have a problem making an appearance.

Is Bobby Bell hard up for money?? Thats sad....

Nope, podcast has always been free.

agree, you would think a hall of fame football player could get better gigs.

Wait 'til you hear who we got to do our radio show this year.... ;)

it's not spamming
it's a thread spinoff
Claythan now has a wingman

i have never seen a website allow free unlimited advertising to a competitor

Dude, I hate when these threads go down this path, but for the millionth time - Chiefsplanet and Warpaint aren't competitors.

I agree It's like advertising a chicken planks from long john silvers in a mcdonalds

Then why post your WPI spam over here? Pretty much every WPI related thread you make GOES DOWN THIS PATH.

Maybe not in the traditional sense of the word but when you dig deeper....

Warpaint has Nick Athan
ChiefsPlanet has Brad Essex

this allows spam like this because this site exists to drive registrations for WPI....

and in return? just more spam....

this is not even a poorly written article you could istake as being from a legitimate news source, it's an undisguised advertisement

You're quite the go-getter, n00b.

What exactly are we competing for?

:LOL:

WPI would like CP members to go to their site and click on their articles, don't they?

Sure. You don't have to. You can read it here at Chiefsplanet.

we aren't competing for anything


but we are used for a constant stream of spam, the point of which is to drive people to a for-profit site....for the point of making profit...


we don't allow spam for all products....just one, for some reason...

and he is fairly accurate also

Does the KC Star make a profit? What about ESPN? Their articles are posted on here all the time as well. Should that be considered spam? What about formerdb's articles on the Coalition? I'd think that they're as much a "competitor" as WPI is, if not more. What if another user posts WPI content on here aside from GoChiefs? Should we delete that as well? There have been a couple posts from ArrowheadPride on here in the past few months with articles from his blog. He's a good writer, but probably no more reputable than some of the WPI guys when it really comes down to it. Is that spam too?

I'm not arguing that WPI is anywhere near the level of ESPN, but I just don't get the hatred toward posting their articles on here. I actually think it's pretty cool that Bell is going to be on, and I may even tune into their podcast just to hear what he has to say. Does that change the fact that I think Athan is a hack and is largely incompetent? Of course not. Would I care of WPI ceased to exist tomorrow? Nope. But they do have some decent content, and every other week there's a thread complaining about the lack of Chiefs content on ChiefsPlanet.

Look, if people are really that against it, I don't have any issue with changing my view on what is and is not spam. But I have serious doubts that the Planet as a whole would be for an all-out ban of WPI content.

DaFace,
If these websites don't compete try posting a link to ChiefsPlanet or any other site on WPI. I've seen people banned for it over there. So my attitude towards it has changed in recent months.

Every website on the internet is competing for clicks.

I don't think there's any argument that WPI's forums are different than ChiefsPlanet from a philosophical standpoint. They fully embrace censorship, while one of the fundamental tenets of ChiefsPlanet is the lack of it. I guess that's why I hesitate so much with actually saying "No WPI articles on ChiefsPlanet." It just strikes me as going against some of the basic principals of this place.

For what it's worth (and that isn't much), I didn't see this particular thread as "spam". I viewed this as news relating to Bobby Bell - one of the greatest Chiefs of all times - and, therefore, perfectly reasonable. I also like the WPI articles - even the ones that suck a lot - because they're Chiefs related. What I don't like (and what I consider to be spam) are the endless posts that are simply stating stuff like, "We said that on WPI last week." or "WPI has an article about that on our site." Those are the posts that I absolutely consider to be extreme spamish.

Also, I am fully aware that Mr. GoChiefs makes those posts for the primary purpose of irritating peeps. It's the only conceivable reason - and it works. However, were I a mod, I would have a difficult time sorting out those dastardly posts from the decent ones. That's why I think Mr. GoChiefs needs to voluntarily desist from that behavior because it's good and right and nice. And I am convinced that, somewhere in the furthest regions of Mr. GoChiefs' troubled soul, there still exists some goodness and rightness and niceness if only we could reach it.

FAX

That's not even remotely true. I just want to bring Chiefs news to Chiefs fans.

Yup.

I'm not suggesting you do that but if I were again given the keys to this site I'd probably put up some reasonable boundaries, such as 3 WPI articles in a week's time. That way he's forced to pick the quality articles and leave the chaff at home. I'm not saying my way is the only way or that you should choose that path but I don't think that type of solution is unreasonable. It's also something that has worked towards gochiefs' rehabilitation in the past, limiting him to one thread starter per day. He needs limits and boundaries - possibly because they're not imposed elsewhere.

In any case, I support whatever you decide. I know that's been weighing on you heavily.

Hmmm. How is the act of posting something like, "We reported that on WPI last week." bringing Chiefs news to Chiefs fans?

FAX

We pointed this hypocrisy out on fatchatter 2 days ago.

I support Claythan and his mission to bring 100% Chiefs news to Chiefs fans.

Chiefs news for the people, by the people.














If only he were sincere.

He's trying to bring traffic to his pay site. In other words he's trying to make a profit off of CP.

We're surrounded!!!

Take cover!!

FAX

I wonder if he gets a kickback for each new subscriber?

He might, who knows?

That would be the obvious conclusion, Mr. Dimension2112. However, Mr. GoChiefs stated here that he is only trying to "bring Chiefs news to Chiefs fans".

Based on that assertion, I assumed that his well-meaning generosity and authentic concern was intended for the benefit of Planeteers. However, when you are merely posting notices referring to a recent "scoop" that is only available on WPI, one must assume that your assessment of his motivation is more accurate.

FAX

I am old enough to have watched Bobby Bell play. In a trio that included Willie Lanier (HOF) and Jim Lynch, BB was faster, smarter, and more physical than any OLB in the game at the time, largely due to Henry Stram's vicious definsive alignments that bet the farm against the run and trusted an assassin secondary to take away the deep ball. Emitt Thomas has just been honored for his substantial contributions to that secondary. Johnny Robinson and Jim Marsalis were also key contributors to the Chiefs' dominance.

To put in perspective just how good the Chiefs D was with Bobby Bell in the lineup, the 1969 Chiefs gave up just 177 points all season (14 games). Please compare with the 2000 Ravens. Defense wins championships!

Nope. I don't start threads about premium content.

And Warpaint Illustrated is largely a free site.

Furthermore, I don't even post everything we publish here. Since we left River Falls I've started 7 threads about Warpaint articles in 12 days, and three of those were last night. I don't think that's an absurd amount.

Well if your intent is to solely bring Chiefs news to Chiefs fans, why not post all of WPI's articles?

Wasn't Bell the Chiefs long snapper and emergency QB? The guy could do anything.

Not all of them are newsworthy.

You can't, you'd get in trouble with your daddy.

Except for all the important ''breaking news'', right? what content is free? old news?

ROFL


Look, it's not a question of whether it's an absurd amount or not. it's enough to promote WPI, which can make you a profit. so if you're going to do that you should dig deep down in those pockets and donate to this site. I have even donated to CP twice, have you?

Um, I suppose. I'm not stupid, you know?

A lot of the news that comes out is posted free. However, Scout.com REQUIRES that a certain amount of our content be premium. We don't control that.

Most definitely.

Why? and I'm being serious.



That's fair, I didn't know.


If it's true of course

I don't know. That's their business model. There are tons of sites on scout. As far as I know, they all have premium content.

You want to see a site that chucks out premium in SPADES?

http://dal.scout.com/4/1.html

In fact, the Cowboys put up low-res photos from getty images and make it a premium feature on their front page after games. That kinda disgusts me.

Bah, of course it's true. And I'll donate again. I love this site and want to keep it running.

Ah, it's a franchise. I didn't know. why do you want to work for such disgusting people?
Fair enough

I'm a total whore. And I love the Chiefs. I love going to training camp. Getting a letter from King Carl was great. I like being a part of "new" media. I don't think I could ever work for a daily newspaper. Did I mention Gunther Cunningham loves my videos? All made possible because of my connection with Warpaint Illustrated.

I guess any Chiefs news I post from my radio show or any articles from the Kansas City Star, ESPN, NFL.com, Sports Illustated or WPI, etc are all considered "spam."

Last time I checked it's Chiefs news, not "spam."

You mean the arrogant, fanboy media with zero formal journalism study? Congrats.

Yep, the all volunteer force. Not a journalist among them. The low payroll does reduce overhead however. It also reduces quality.

To be fair, he has more journalism study than most the fools on Scout.

Ok, lets go with football playing experience or knowledge?

:doh!:

I don't think you're a whore, Mr. GoChiefs. Total or otherwise. I'm certain that many Planeteers endure far less enjoyable employment than you. Heck, some days I don't like my job and I was the one who made it up. And just so there's no misunderstanding, my earlier comments were not intended as a request that you justify your existence or your vocation. Rather, I'm merely pointing out that you do, in fact, make posts along the lines of "We knew such and so over at WPI three weeks ago" and "We had an article about that at WPI last night" and other similar statements.

If your intention and desire is to add value to ChiefsPlanet by providing news and information, I can say nothing but "Thank you". For, in this you certainly contribute more than your fair share. However, posts like the example above are, to my mind, inconsistent with that objective. They are, by any reasonable standard of measure, spam.

All I'm asking is that you recognize that fact and that those types of posts are both irritating to others and, frankly, in violation (if not of the letter, certainly of the spirit) of the board rules. You were an established member here long before I, though, so I don't feel it's my place to say anything more about it - other than I hope and trust you'll see fit to discontinue that behavior for the sake of all the little yellow babies all over the world and the remains of my pitiable brainpan.

FAX

OK, you're right FAX. I do make those comments - occasionally. But not often. If you're annoyed by them, I apologize. I'll stop. If you see me make one, reprimand me harshly by PM.

Wow - then why would you post them over there? Is it just fluff garbage?

Principles

LOLOROLGVVST

I'm normally not a grammar hound (I make my share of spelling mistakes all the time, as you know), but I couldn't help noticing that, earlier this evening, Ms. KCJohhny misspelled the word, "defensive" in a post somewhere on the board. I have to tell you, when a member of our armed forces (who relishes any opportunity to expound on the many reasons why he is superior to us civilians), misspells the word "defensive", it doesn't make me feel very dang secure.

FAX