Chiefs to Host 2015 Game in London

[Dante84]

As part of the NFL's International Series the Chiefs are headed to London to host the Lions on November 1, 2015

The National Football League announced on Thursday that the Kansas City Chiefs have been selected to host a regular-season game overseas for the first time in franchise history. The club will take on the Detroit Lions in London on Nov. 1, 2015. The Week 8 contest will be part of the NFL’s International Series played at Wembley Stadium, one of three NFL games taking place in the United Kingdom in 2015. The game will be televised live locally and nationally on FOX.

“It is an honor for Kansas City to represent the NFL on an international stage,” Chiefs President Mark Donovan said. "We are excited for the opportunity this creates for our fans, our city and the global growth of the Chiefs brand.”

Chiefs Chairman and CEO Clark Hunt has played a key role in expanding the NFL’s footprint overseas. He has served as the International Committee’s Chairman since 2011. The International Series has grown from one regular season game in 2007 to three games in 2014. In total, 17 clubs have played games in London since 2007. Six NFL franchises will play at Wembley stadium in 2015. The Chiefs will host the Detroit Lions, the Miami Dolphins will host the New York Jets in a division matchup and the Jacksonville Jaguars will host the Buffalo Bills.

NFL International was formed in October of 1996. The league has held at least one regular-season game in London each year since 2007.

http://www.kcchiefs.com/news/article-2/Kansas-City-Chiefs-to-host-Detroit-Lions-in-London-UK/630442c3-00c5-42aa-ab9e-1ba9510c50e6


Clark Hunt in 2011 on a London game

''It's something we may be interested in. It's something we would be open to. I definitely can't sit here and say that we've made the decision that it would be good for us. There are a lot of things that go into that decision. It's something we would want to discuss with the community. We understand that taking a home game away from the market affects people. We would want to make sure there would be support for it.''

Clark Hunt in 2011 on losing a home game

''That's something that weighs very much in my mind. 'We have a tremendous home-field advantage at Arrowhead. That would be one of the main considerations.''

[TimBone]

Boo

[Dante84]

Damnit.

We lost a game at Arrowhead.

[Dante84]

Plus side is, I may try to go.

[Amnorix]

Tough to give up the home field advantage that is Arrowhead, especially against a good team (Detroit).

[DJay23]

Gooodd savvvee theeee CHIEFS!

[Donger]

NFL International

That makes sense.

[Amnorix]

Plus side is, I may try to go.


London. Is. Awesome.

But obviously not cheap.

Everyone should go once if possible. I went for the first time last year and loved it.

[Dante84]

Megatron will likely be in a walker by then.

And Suh will be gone.

[RealSNR]

I blame Donger

[cmh6476]

Bunch of bullocks

[ChiefsCountry]

Every team will host one eventually so that doesn't piss me off. I'm upset for personal reasons as the Lions and the Redskins are the only NFL teams I haven't seen in person. Thought I was going to check one off my list.

[Donger]

I wonder if the serve Bovril at Wembley during these games. If they do, any attendees should try it.

[chiefs1111]

Hopefully it won't be a 9:00 am game

[bdj23]

Unless I go.. It's kinda lame.

[Danguardace]

As a UK Chiefs Fan for 24 Years who travelled to KC in 2004 to watch them play I am delighted!!!!

Slightly surprised they didn't go for Bears or Packers as the other team though.

[Strongside]

As a season ticket holder, this pisses me off. I bet they jack up ticket prices enough to spread the cost of losing that one game over the rest of the season...which will ROYALLY piss me off.

[Dante84]

Wonder if that Chiefs fan in the Carhartt overalls will be banging his fat chick against an Aston Martin.

[ChiefsCountry]

Good news is we know the bye week will be week 9.

[KCUnited]

Supporting 3 games a season with +80k. Soon they'll expand to 5, then 6, then the London Jaguars.

[TLO]

This is a bunch of patchy twaddle.

[Steron]

Having NFL games in London is stupid. I wish they would stop it already. While they're at it, stop Thursday night too.

[ChiefsCountry]

The NFL should have it set for 4 games in London every year. Rotate through the entire league in 4 years that everybody goes over there.

[tomahawk kid]

**** playing overseas.

**** playing in London.

**** Roger Goodell's obsession with playing overseas and playing in London.

It's ******* silly, ridiculous & stupid.

Ok - I'm done

[Unsmooth-Moment]

7 home games, 8 away and a neutral site game. Sounds fair.

[Direckshun]

As a season ticket holder, this pisses me off. I bet they jack up ticket prices enough to spread the cost of losing that one game over the rest of the season...which will ROYALLY piss me off.

I was wondering about that...

Will the Chiefs charge the same for one less game?

Stay tuned.

[TLO]

Babadaboopi? Babadaboopi!

[Dante84]

Pretty sure the costs they lose from the home game will be covered in money gained from creating an international presence.

If its one thing the Hunts don't do, its lose money.

[Dante84]

In fact, my guess is that they are actually making money from this decision, and Clark jumped at the chance to take advantage.

[BigMeatballDave]

In fact, my guess is that they are actually making money from this decision, and Clark jumped at the chance to take advantage.

Absolutely

[Discuss Thrower]

....

[chiefzilla1501]

Fuck the NFL.
Fuck Roger Goodell.
Fuckity fuck fuck fuck

This does nothing but completely throw off competitive balance. Losing one home game is a huge deal. It's not like the mlb where you have 162 games to spread around.

[Donger]

As a UK Chiefs Fan for 24 Years who travelled to KC in 2004 to watch them play I am delighted!!!!

Slightly surprised they didn't go for Bears or Packers as the other team though.

Probably not the best thread in which for you to opine.

[BigMeatballDave]

Having NFL games in London is stupid. I wish they would stop it already. While they're at it, stop Thursday night too.

It's strictly business.

It's not going to stop unless it somehow stops being a cashcow.

[Chiefs Pantalones]

This is fucking stupid.

[nychief]

Probably not the best thread in which for you to opine.



Why not? It is the PERFECT place to opine, in fact.

I'm going...

[BigMeatballDave]

Fuck the NFL.
Fuck Roger Goodell.
Fuckity fuck fuck fuck

This does nothing but completely throw off competitive balance. Losing one home game is a huge deal. It's not like the mlb where you have 162 games to spread around.

LMAO Stop blaming Goodell. You look dumb.

Blame the owners.

[DaFace]

Is there anyone who is really happy about all of these international games?

[Mr. Flopnuts]

As a UK Chiefs Fan for 24 Years who travelled to KC in 2004 to watch them play I am delighted!!!!

Slightly surprised they didn't go for Bears or Packers as the other team though.

Well, I am certainly happy for you, but I sure hope that loss of a home game doesn't bite us in the ass next year when I expect us to be contending for a deep playoff run.

[WhawhaWhat]

Oh bugger!

[Discuss Thrower]

Is there anyone who is really happy about all of these international games?

I can think of about 31 people.

[ILChief]

It is going to happen to every team eventually, it sucks but is expected

[Frosty]

It's weird that it's the Lions since they played there this year. I would have thought they would rotate a different team through.

[Amnorix]

Pretty sure the costs they lose from the home game will be covered in money gained from creating an international presence.

If its one thing the Hunts don't do, its lose money.


No doubt. Either ticket sales from the London game, or the NFL itself, will redistribute or whatever to cover it. I'm sure they don't just spread the normal 8 game cost across 7 games. But I'm also sure they don't economically penalize the team that is giving up a home game.

[Donger]

Why not? It is the PERFECT place to opine, in fact.

I'm going...

Because many of the people here are going to lose attending a home game and we're all going to miss a game at Arrowhead. The reaction could be rather visceral.

[RealSNR]

Oy! Me Chiefs got their bouncey flouncey britches all mangy and tangled in their patchy smatchy twaddle wit dis one. The NFL shall farbish their gold coinage and scat-man-do me leather pinky ball team out of a game with their adoring kin!

Now I'm so angry I need to go out for a pillowbiter!

[BigMeatballDave]

Is there anyone who is really happy about all of these international games?

Owners?

[Danguardace]

Well, I am certainly happy for you, but I sure hope that loss of a home game doesn't bite us in the ass next year when I expect us to be contending for a deep playoff run.

Picking a team who will have fresh experience of the London scenario is not a smart move in my opinion.

[Ming the Merciless]

Every team will host one eventually so that doesn't piss me off. I'm upset for personal reasons as the Lions and the Redskins are the only NFL teams I haven't seen in person. Thought I was going to check one off my list.

London calling

[Donger]

Oy! Me Chiefs got their bouncey flouncey britches all mangy and tangled in their patchy smatchy twaddle wit dis one. The NFL shall farbish their gold coinage and scat-man-do me leather pinky ball team out of a game with their adoring kin!

Now I'm so angry I need to go out for a pillowbiter!

Was that an attempt at a special needs British imitation?

[BigMeatballDave]

Oy! Me Chiefs got their bouncey flouncey britches all mangy and tangled in their patchy smatchy twaddle wit dis one. The NFL shall farbish their gold coinage and scat-man-do me leather pinky ball team out of a game with their adoring kin!

Now I'm so angry I need to go out for a pillowbiter!
LMAO

[RealSNR]

Make the Lions host the fucking game. Nobody fucking even attends their shitty games except on Thanksgiving.

I can't wait to see the NFL try to take a home game away from Seattle. That will be fun.

[Dayze]

Then we'll probably pay Denver in Denver on Thursday night 11/5

[Discuss Thrower]

Oy! Me Chiefs got their bouncey flouncey britches all mangy and tangled in their patchy smatchy twaddle wit dis one. The NFL shall farbish their gold coinage and scat-man-do me leather pinky ball team out of a game with their adoring kin!

Now I'm so angry I need to go out for a pillowbiter!

Piss off you daft cunt.

I sware on me mum, i'll bash ye fookin hed in m8. i'm the sickest bloke and i've nicked two thousand quid from the nandos barrister.

[BigMeatballDave]

Was that an attempt at a special needs British imitation?

Yeah, don't let that extra chromosome get you down...

:D

[RealSNR]

Was that an attempt at a special needs British imitation?

THAT'S HOW YOU PEOPLE FUCKING TALK!

[Donger]

Yeah, don't let that extra chromosome get you down...

:D

Forty-six and two, just ahead of me.

[Donger]

THAT'S HOW YOU PEOPLE ****ING TALK!

LMAO

[Hoover]

On the plus side it means our bye week is probably week 9 next season, which I like.

[cmh6476]

Make the Lions host the fucking game. Nobody fucking even attends their shitty games except on Thanksgiving.

I can't wait to see the NFL try to take a home game away from Seattle. That will be fun.

Home game in Tokyo!

[TEX]

NFL Football in London is so fucking stupid.

[TribalElder]

Fuck that shit

[BigMeatballDave]

Forty-six and two, just ahead of me.

LMAO Awesome Tool reference!

[TribalElder]

Why would they ever make a team give up home games for this bedshit if anything it should be away games

[Dayze]

I would love it if the NFL would employ referees from the local area; only to have them come out and announce penalties in complete gibberish like the hotel curator in European Vacation.

[RealSNR]

J.K. Rowling is a perfectly intelligent woman. But when you read Harry Potter, she wanted all of her characters to have fantastic-sounding names. It just comes off sounding like bullshit babytalk most of the time.

Dumbledore. Percy Wesley. Cornelius Fudge. Hufflepuff.

They fancy themselves a literary culture, but they never step back and actually listen to themselves talk.

Fuck, I've seen a bunch of Doctor Who. Ever see David Tennant say alliterative lines without grimacing like a psycho? That's because he can't!

[Sorter]

Was that an attempt at a special needs British imitation?

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRKA6xXRP4SVzbtN4Kw6rb8NVIECPz76v-jN90RsSAGR19vQYn3

[Discuss Thrower]

I would love it if the NFL would employ referees from the local area; only to have them come out and announce penalties in complete gibberish like the hotel curator in European Vacation.

"Uh, this gent in red here, yeah, he got quite mental with this bloke over there. 15 metre penalty, automatic first try"

[Trivers]

Emailed the travel agent.

Turning in miles to go.

Wonder how much the tickets will cost....where do you buy them?

[Dayze]

LMAO
@ "First Try"

[Discuss Thrower]

Was that an attempt at a special needs British imitation?

Are you taking the piss m8?

[Donger]

"Uh, this gent in red here, yeah, he got quite mental with this chap over there. 15 metre penalty, automatic first try"

LMAO

[kcjayhawks5]

Fuck this

[chiefs1111]

I see the Jags will be going back next season as well to play the Bills lol

[LoneWolf]

Forty-six and two, just ahead of me.

Your cool rating just went up.

[RealSNR]

Unsportsmanlike conduct will now become "Bloody silly soddery"

[Discuss Thrower]

Unsportsmanlike conduct will now become "Bloody silly soddery"

False starts and other illegal procedures = Proper Buggering

[chiefs1111]

If Priest Holmes goes to the game will he eat Fish and Chips? I don;t think they have Nachos in London

[TLO]

Oy! Me Chiefs got their bouncey flouncey britches all mangy and tangled in their patchy smatchy twaddle wit dis one. The NFL shall farbish their gold coinage and scat-man-do me leather pinky ball team out of a game with their adoring kin!

Now I'm so angry I need to go out for a pillowbiter!

SNR wins the thread.

Discuss came in 2nd.

[Sorter]

Bunch of limey poofs in this thread.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Picking a team who will have fresh experience of the London scenario is not a smart move in my opinion.

I didn't even think about that. Jesus, Detroit JUST went this year. Why are they going back so soon?

[Dayze]

just look what happened the last time this happened.
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[Discuss Thrower]

SNR wins the thread.

Discuss came in 2nd.

Yeah well your Nan's got a gash big enough for a fookin' lorry.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Forty-six and two, just ahead of me.

Whoa...

[chiefzilla1501]

LMAO Stop blaming Goodell. You look dumb.

Blame the owners.
Roger Goodell is a fucking idiot.

You keep bringing up that he's somehow blameless in all the nfls debacles. And yet, almost everyone here probably recognizes that there are lots of able nfl guys who can do goodells job a million times more competently.

So no... I fail to see how a commissioner with a reputation for favoring money over the integrity of the game... Repeatedly. Over and over again. Of course that guy is blameless. And regardless of how much influence he has here, it is one of a million dumbass decisions the NFL has made over the years that Goodell undoubtedly had a heavy hand in.

[Donger]

Somewhat apropos:

http://youtu.be/ErYp_JxR8sw?t=52m51s

"Ah yes. 'American Football.' Rugby played with... helmets and shoulder pads. Hear! Hear!"

LMAO

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Yeah well your Nan's got a gash big enough for a fookin' lorry.

ROFL No, no. I'm sorry but Discuss won this one easily.

[Donger]

Whoa...

What?

[Mr. Flopnuts]

What?

I had no idea that you were familiar with Tool.

[KCUnited]

Yeah well your Nan's got a gash big enough for a fookin' lorry.

I bet your pops willy is bent like beckham m8.

[Donger]

I had no idea that you were familiar with Tool.

LMAO

Tool's been my favourite band since Opiate.

[nychief]

Because many of the people here are going to lose attending a home game and we're all going to miss a game at Arrowhead. The reaction could be rather visceral.

I understand... but ppl can't get angry with others for seeing this as an opportunity. I travel for the chiefs anyway, being in NY... I'm stoked for an excuse to go to London, but I get the other side of the argument too.

[Brian Jones]

NFL International

That makes sense.

Each post looks familiar. Being witty is something that comes natural and isn't forced.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

LMAO

Tool's been my favourite band since Opiate.

Heh, I would've never guessed that would be down your alley. We have something in common. They're my 2nd favorite band, and I'm anxiously awaiting their new album.

[RealSNR]

Yeah well your Nan's got a gash big enough for a fookin' lorry.

'aht 'ave' 'ee 'ere? Word filter 'ooligan? I done foggered off to the mods wit dat one. Theys gonna take you to da fuckin cleanehs faster dan you can say Bob's yoh uncohl!

[Dante84]

Heh, I would've never guessed that would be down your alley. We have something in common. They're my 2nd favorite band, and I'm anxiously awaiting their new album.

Wait, what? New Tool album?

Fuck yeah!

[Bowser]

'Orrible conts, the lot of ye.

[Sorter]

'aht 'ave' 'ee 'ere? Word filter 'ooligan? I done foggered off to the mods wit dat one. Theys gonna take you to da fuckin cleanehs faster dan you can say Bob's yoh uncohl!

I wager Discuss is fucked. Proper fucked.

[Bewbies]

I'm going to have to put this on my calendar. A friend of mine went to see the Falcons over there and had a blast.

He said the fans have no idea when to cheer, which makes the game all the more fun. LMAO

[Dante84]

Did you guys get a chance to communicate on this?

I didn't....did you?

Clark Hunt in 2011 on a London game

''It's something we may be interested in. It's something we would be open to. I definitely can't sit here and say that we've made the decision that it would be good for us. There are a lot of things that go into that decision. It's something we would want to discuss with the community. We understand that taking a home game away from the market affects people. We would want to make sure there would be support for it.''

Clark Hunt in 2011 on losing a home game

''That's something that weighs very much in my mind. 'We have a tremendous home-field advantage at Arrowhead. That would be one of the main considerations.''

[ModSocks]

WTF do they use the word "Host"?

Are they trying to make us feel better about fucking us out of a home game by claiming we're "hosting"?

[SPchief]

Did you guys get a chance to communicate on this?

I didn't....did you?

It was on the ballot on tuesday

[RealSNR]

I imagine half the crowd going to the Jaguars game will feel gipped because they thought they bought tickets to a car show

[OldSchool]

7 home games, 8 away and a neutral site game. Sounds fair.

They know that the Chiefs are going to be a real threat next year so they are trying to set Manning up for another run when he fails to get a ring again this year.

[DaKCMan AP]

London. Is. Awesome.

But obviously not cheap.

Everyone should go once if possible. I went for the first time last year and loved it.

Eh. It wasn't bad, but out of all the places I've been internationally London ranks absolute last.

[Easy 6]

**** playing overseas.

**** playing in London.

**** Roger Goodell's obsession with playing overseas and playing in London.

It's ******* silly, ridiculous & stupid.

Ok - I'm done

+1

[Garcia Bronco]

London is a city like the one you live near. It's not really all that great of a tourist location, IMO.

[hometeam]

this is bullshit

[nychief]

London is a city like the one you live near. It's not really all that great of a tourist location, IMO.


ummm... sarcasm?

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Wait, what? New Tool album?

Fuck yeah!

It's been ready to go since May. They're in the middle of some legal issues that need to be resolved before it's released.

[nychief]

SNR is RULING THIS THREAD.

[Bowser]

I can see Donger calling a pause to a meeting with the powers that be on fixing gas prices worldwide to get some tantric headbanging in to some not-so-subtle Tool song....

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[RealSNR]

this is bollocks

FYP

[GloucesterChief]

I am not sure why the owners are aiming at Europe for an international expansion.

The only reason I could see is that they don't want to/can't afford to merge with the CFL which already has teams and a built in fanbase....

[Donger]

SNR is RULING THIS THREAD.

King SNR? If he starts using the royal we, I say we pants him.

[Discuss Thrower]

I am not sure why the owners are aiming at Europe for an international expansion.

The only reason I could see is that they don't want to/can't afford to merge with the CFL which already has teams and a built in fanbase....

If the NFL wanted Calgary, Hamilton and Saskatchewan they would have already had them by now.

Further, I'd guess Canadians have just enough pride that they wouldn't like seeing their second most popular pastime get folded into a huge American amalgam.

[Fish]

If ticket prices don't Go down next year I'm done with season tickets. What a load of horse shit.....

[hometeam]

FYP

Fuck you for being right.

[Donger]

I can see Donger calling a pause to a meeting with the powers that be on fixing gas prices worldwide to get some tantric headbanging in to some not-so-subtle Tool song....

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No, much more mellow. A favorite is JS Bach, Suite for Solo Cello No. 1 in G

[Dante84]

I hope Clark gets roasted over his comments in '11.

We want to communicate with the fans!

Nah, fuck 'em. Lets do it anyways.

[BigMeatballDave]

It's been ready to go since May. They're in the middle of some legal issues that need to be resolved before it's released.

They're still recording.

[O.city]

This is bullshit. STHs better get cheaper next year

[GloucesterChief]

If the NFL wanted Calgary, Hamilton and Saskatchewan they would have already had them by now.

Further, I'd guess Canadians have just enough pride that they wouldn't like seeing their second most popular pastime get folded into a huge American amalgam.

Their favorite pastimes premier league started with more American teams then Canadian and the first Canadian expansion team wasn't till 1970.

[Discuss Thrower]

This is bullshit. STHs better get cheaper next year


Via a Reddit STH:


Just emailed the Chiefs Customer Service, inquiring what their plan is regarding 2015 Season Ticket Holders. If they expect us to still pay full price while losing a homegame, I'm going to be extremely disappointed.
EDIT: Ok, Customer Service just called me. They don't have any exact numbers yet (duh), but the rep confirmed to me that the London game WILL be taken into consideration when they do start figuring out prices and whatnot. Also, I asked if a STH's ticket would be valid in London, or if you would need to purchase a separate ticket for that, and she said they had not nailed that down yet. She said ideally it WOULD be valid, but there's still negotiating going on between the team, the NFL, Wembley reps, etc, and there wasn't any more information on that at this time.

[Discuss Thrower]

Their favorite pastimes premier league started with more American teams then Canadian and the first Canadian expansion team wasn't till 1970.

Also, there's no way the Shield or the Union wants to deal with cold weather games in Canada.

[okcchief]

I knew this would happen eventually. Don't like giving away a home game. Hopefully we get it back as the visiting team a year or 2 after.

[Old Dog]

This is bullshit. STHs better get cheaper next year

You, me and everyone else knows damn well what they're going to do. Instead of charging for 10 games, they'll charge you for 9. You get the privilege of paying full price for two meaningless preseason games and seven real ones instead of the normal 8.

Fuck 'em. I was on the fence for next year anyway. I'm almost certainly out now.

[GloucesterChief]

Also, there's no way the Shield or the Union wants to deal with cold weather games in Canada.

Its not worse than Green Bay, Buffalo, Chicago, or New England in December.

[O.city]

You, me and everyone else knows damn well what they're going to do. Instead of charging for 10 games, they'll charge you for 9. You get the privilege of paying full price for two meaningless preseason games and seven real ones instead of the normal 8.

**** 'em. I was on the fence for next year anyway. I'm almost certainly out now.

More than likely.

[O.city]

Only way this is good is if it brings a super bowl to Arrowhead as a host city.

Color me skeptical

[Discuss Thrower]

Only way this is good is if it brings a super bowl to Arrowhead as a host city.

Color me skeptical

That ship sailed when the voters shot down the rolling roof.

Further, hosting a super bowl is extremely costly to a city.

[O.city]

That ship sailed when the voters shot down the rolling roof.

Further, hosting a super bowl is extremely costly to a city.

Eh, I remember looking at the number for that. Brings in alot of revenue as well. After the sports world seeing how KC reacts to their sports this fall, I'd imagine they wouldn't mind having a DB here.

If they can have one in NY with no dome, they can in KC

[Dayze]

The Brits will stand in awe of Jack Harry's pearly whites.

[tk13]

The only thing this is doing is continuing to build the base in London so eventually they can hold 8 games a year, then put a team there. Then the owners profit from a larger fan base, maybe even European TV contracts. I'm guessing they'll work something out so season ticket holders don't get stuck with the bill, but this is about the long term goals of the NFL.
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[ChiefsCountry]

On the topic of the Super Bowl, this was suppose to be the year Kansas City hosted the Super Bowl. How fucking cool would have been to have the World Series and the Super Bowl in the same year.

[O.city]

On the topic of the Super Bowl, this was suppose to be the year Kansas City hosted the Super Bowl. How ****ing cool would have been to have the World Series and the Super Bowl in the same year.

Damn

Especially when the Chiefs are playing in it too!#!!

[Discuss Thrower]

On the topic of the Super Bowl, this was suppose to be the year Kansas City hosted the Super Bowl. How fucking cool would have been to have the World Series and the Super Bowl in the same year.

I wouldn't pay $2,000 to watch Seattle and Denver.

[nychief]

Detookrgame!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=768h3Tz4Qik

[BWillie]

I wish they would make the 2nd to last home game in London if they are going to do it, One less game I have to go to that is cold as fuck.

[Donger]

The Brits will stand in awe of Jack Harry's pearly whites.

Maybe, but they'll love how he pronounces Wimbledon.

[Donger]

I wonder if they'll change from NFL to IFL?

[tk13]

If the NFL wanted Calgary, Hamilton and Saskatchewan they would have already had them by now.

Further, I'd guess Canadians have just enough pride that they wouldn't like seeing their second most popular pastime get folded into a huge American amalgam.

Also, in London they have a ready built stadium they can plop an NFL field on and sell out in one of the world's greatest cities. I do wonder if when they put in a London team, if they start playing games in places like Germany or Spain.
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[Dayze]

Maybe, but they'll love how he pronounces Wimbledon.
LMAO

[chiefzilla1501]

Also, in London they have a ready built stadium they can plop an NFL field on and sell out in one of the world's greatest cities. I do wonder if when they put in a London team, if they start playing games in places like Germany or Spain.
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If they put a team in London, the NFL can fist fuck themselves.

[Donger]

LMAO

I can still hear my Dad yelling at the TV back in the early 1980s:

"What the fuck did that fucking red-haired, fucking pig-eyed Mick just say!!? Wimpleton?! Wimpleton!!? It's "Wimbledon," you fucking cunt!"

Mum: "I don't think he's Irish, dear."

[J Diddy]

I feel that they are totally going to mess up "home of the Chiefs," something fierce.

[Discuss Thrower]

Also, in London they have a ready built stadium they can plop an NFL field on and sell out in one of the world's greatest cities. I do wonder if when they put in a London team, if they start playing games in places like Germany or Spain.
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Dunno what would be the draw of Spain given that anywhere from 25 to 50% of the 18-49 demographic is unemployed.

[underEJ]

I am going to go for sure. Sounds fun. And hopefully they do give STH some advantage to get tickets there since it is a home game.

[Dayze]

I can still hear my Dad yelling at the TV back in the early 1980s:

"What the fuck did that fucking red-haired, fucking pig-eyed Mick just say!!? Wimpleton?! Wimpleton!!? It's "Wimbledon," you fucking cunt!"

Mum: "I don't think he's Irish, dear."
LMAO at your mom's response

[ChiefsCountry]

Also, in London they have a ready built stadium they can plop an NFL field on and sell out in one of the world's greatest cities. I do wonder if when they put in a London team, if they start playing games in places like Germany or Spain.
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Germany is where NFL Europe actually did pretty well.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

I can see Donger calling a pause to a meeting with the powers that be on fixing gas prices worldwide to get some tantric headbanging in to some not-so-subtle Tool song....

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And that was all the motivation I needed to set up a fat Tool playlist on Youtube streamed to my Xbox. I use that fucking thing more for youtube, than I do playing games. :facepalm:

[Mr. Flopnuts]

They're still recording.

Hmm. I thought I heard it was ready. I know for a fact straight from their site that legal problems are holding the whole thing up.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

I can still hear my Dad yelling at the TV back in the early 1980s:

"What the fuck did that fucking red-haired, fucking pig-eyed Mick just say!!? Wimpleton?! Wimpleton!!? It's "Wimbledon," you fucking cunt!"

Mum: "I don't think he's Irish, dear."

LMAO That is GREAT!

[Danguardace]

Just been told that this will be the same weekend as the Rugby World Cup Final... For the uninitiated that is going to be like host the final Four. Hotel and flight prices will be jacked up.

Great Job Chiefs

[Bowser]

Just been told that this will be the same weekend as the Rugby World Cup Final... For the uninitiated that is going to be like host the final Four. Hotel and flight prices will be jacked up.

Great Job Chiefs

LMAO


I'll go ahead and ask you....is there that big of a demand for American Football in England (or any other European locale, for that matter)?

[nychief]

Just been told that this will be the same weekend as the Rugby World Cup Final... For the uninitiated that is going to be like host the final Four. Hotel and flight prices will be jacked up.

Great Job Chiefs


Stupid Chiefs planning the game during the RWC final.

[cosmo20002]

Oy! Me Chiefs got their bouncey flouncey britches all mangy and tangled in their patchy smatchy twaddle wit dis one. The NFL shall farbish their gold coinage and scat-man-do me leather pinky ball team out of a game with their adoring kin!

Now I'm so angry I need to go out for a pillowbiter!

Donger, please translate

[Dayze]

Donger, please translate

it means Alex Smith sucks.

[cosmo20002]

Why would they ever make a team give up home games for this bedshit if anything it should be away games

Figuring out a way this post could make sense is giving me a headache.

[Danguardace]

LMAO


I'll go ahead and ask you....is there that big of a demand for American Football in England (or any other European locale, for that matter)?

Well I think every International Series game in London has sold 80-90k tickets. The sport is growing very quickly in this country with a rapidly growing University League even attracting American players.

Germany and Austria have semi Pro Leagues with good American talent being imported... guys College football fans will recognise.

So answer is yes.

[BigMeatballDave]

Hmm. I thought I heard it was ready. I know for a fact straight from their site that legal problems are holding the whole thing up.

Yes, there were legal issues over album art. Something like that.

[Donger]

Well I think every International Series game in London has sold 80-90k tickets. The sport is growing very quickly in this country with a rapidly growing University League even attracting American players.

Germany and Austria have semi Pro Leagues with good American talent being imported... guys College football fans will recognise.

So answer is yes.

Are you an ex-pat or a Brit?

[Raiderhater]

As much I do not like this it could be worse. The Dolphins are giving up a home DIVISIONAL game. If we were playing one of our division foes over there I would be going ape shit.

[MotherfuckerJones]

NIFL

[Bowser]

Adam Teicher, of all people....

"Another thing: taxpayers put what, $250 million into Arrowhead renovations? So they coughed up money so the Chiefs could give up home game?"

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Mark Donovan just said that this game has nothing to do with trying to get a Super Bowl for KC.

[Bowser]

Well I think every International Series game in London has sold 80-90k tickets. The sport is growing very quickly in this country with a rapidly growing University League even attracting American players.

Germany and Austria have semi Pro Leagues with good American talent being imported... guys College football fans will recognise.

So answer is yes.

Interesting. I would not have guessed the popularity of the NFL would be so widespread in Europe.

[Wallcrawler]

Ugh.

Just start a league over there and be done with this shit.

Losing a game at Arrowhead sucks. That's complete bullshit. Not to mention the ridiculous time difference that throws everything off for regular football fans.

Fuck this stupid ass London football bullshit.

[Donger]

Just been told that this will be the same weekend as the Rugby World Cup Final... For the uninitiated that is going to be like host the final Four. Hotel and flight prices will be jacked up.

Great Job Chiefs

I Hate Big Hotel and Airline.

[Lzen]

This sucks.

Why can't they do this in preseason?

[TLO]

This sucks.

Why can't they do this in preseason?

Because we are the Chiefs.

[Old Dog]

This sucks.

Why can't they do this in preseason?

$$$$
They wouldn't sell tickets to a preseason game over there any more than they would here. The difference is that here they have season ticket holders to pay full price to those games.

[Dayze]

it really is comical the more I think about it.

I grow to hate this league more and more each year.

[Hootie]

I hate this so much

but, fortunately, we're a pretty good road team under Reid

[Danguardace]

Are you an ex-pat or a Brit?

Brit

I have followed the sport since 1990. I have Played in Amateur teams here and have coached for the last 6 years. The sport had a boom in the 80's and decline in the early 00's and has been on the rise again since 2007.

[MMXcalibur]

Awesome, we lose one of the better home field advantages against a team where disrupting their offense with noise would be most advantageous.

But no, let's throw that away so some English cunts can enjoy themselves.

Fuck the NFL.

[Hootie]

I was mad for 35 seconds and then I just officially got over it

[wazu]

Just heard point on the radio that Lions will have experience in a London game from this season whereas Chiefs will be figuring it out for the first time. In case anybody wanted another reason to not like this.

[Hootie]

Just heard point on the radio that Lions will have experience in a London game from this season whereas Chiefs will be figuring it out for the first time. In case anybody wanted another reason to not like this.

oh by golly gee we're doomed

[Danguardace]

Interesting. I would not have guessed the popularity of the NFL would be so widespread in Europe.

The NFL likes to think it is purely down to them selves but College football has been televised here for the last 10 years or so we now get 6-7 Live CFB games a week. Ireland hosts an annual college football too.

The NFL is trying to fathom out whether a Franchise is possible over here. Due to EU policy and the channel tunnel the whole of Europe can get over here which is an underrated aspect of this. People from Ireland, Scandinavia, Germany, France etc come to watch these games not just Brits.

[Donger]

Brit

I have followed the sport since 1990. I have Played in Amateur teams here and have coached for the last 6 years. The sport had a boom in the 80's and decline in the early 00's and has been on the rise again since 2007.

That's neat. Why did you pick the Chiefs? Penance for something else?

[wazu]

I was mad for 35 seconds and then I just officially got over it

Pretty much where I'm at.

[KC native]

LMAO

Tool's been my favourite band since Opiate.

I have a difficult time believing this.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

I was mad for 35 seconds and then I just officially got over it

Yeah, me too. Now I'm planning on going.

[Danguardace]

That's neat. Why did you pick the Chiefs? Penance for something else?

Really Random to be honest I used to collect NFL sticker albums (not sure if you have them in the States) but I got the Chiefs logo and thought "who are they?" From then on I just followed the scores in the 1990 season (I was 9), it probably helped we had a good year that year and it just snow balled from there.

Before I knew it I was listening to fuzzy Armed Forces Radio feeds on Sunday nights to follow games and then I travelled to KC in 2004 to see us play the Pats on MNF.

[Donger]

I have a difficult time believing this.

Just think of the words of The Gaping Lotus Experience, and you will believe.

[Bugeater]

Why would they ever make a team give up home games for this bedshit if anything it should be away games
:spock:

[Hootie]

Really Random to be honest I used to collect NFL sticker albums (not sure if you have them in the States) but I got the Chiefs logo and thought "who are they?" From then on I just followed the scores in the 1990 season, it probably help we had a good year that year and it just snow balled from there.

Before I knew it I was listening to fuzzy Armed Forces Radio feeds on Sunday nights to follow games and then I travelled to KC in 2004 to see us play the Pats on MNF.

you picked a damn good game

didn't Greg Wesley have like 3 picks that game? 4?

[Donger]

Really Random to be honest I used to collect NFL sticker albums (not sure if you have them in the States) but I got the Chiefs logo and thought "who are they?" From then on I just followed the scores in the 1990 season, it probably help we had a good year that year and it just snow balled from there.

Before I knew it I was listening to fuzzy Armed Forces Radio feeds on Sunday nights to follow games and then I travelled to KC in 2004 to see us play the Pats on MNF.

That's a better story than mine.

And, now you get to take some of the shit that I take from these Colonists.

[O.city]

So the chiefs game over there is the week after the phins, so that field will be shit.

[CapsLockKey]

What a huge fuck over to season ticket holders. Even if they reduce the cost for one less game, it still devalues season tickets. Now the cost of two worthless preseason games is spread over 7 games instead of 8.

[Dayze]

I'm sure Rams29Jackson called this months, if not years ago.

[Fish]

Mark Donovan just said that this game has nothing to do with trying to get a Super Bowl for KC.

Bull fucking shit.

One of the requirements for hosting a SB is playing an overseas game within a 5 year span. There's literally no other reason to give up a home game.

[Dayze]

Clark is furiously trying to figure out how he can charge for parking, since we're hosting it.

[Pasta Little Brioni]

Nice competitive balance. Somehow Denver will avoid ever going

[Pasta Little Brioni]

This is fucking dumb as all hell. Fuck all the douchebag owners.

[Jimmya]

I'll be fine with it as long as we win!

[Discuss Thrower]

That's neat. Why did you pick the Chiefs? Penance for something else?

He honestly believed Jim'll Fixit.

[J Diddy]

That's a better story than mine.

And, now you get to take some of the shit that I take from these Colonists.

Are you still bitter that our forefathers beat General Lee at the Alamo?

[Pasta Little Brioni]

But hooray they get to play in that dump Wembley Stadium!!

[POND_OF_RED]

Why not just send the teams on an international preseason tour? No one really goes to those games anyways but they'd probably sellout overseas. You don't see the English premiere league playing regular matches in the USA. They play friendlies with half their team. Show them the same respect

[BigMeatballDave]

Nice competitive balance. Somehow Denver will avoid ever going

I'm surprised Denver has any road games.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Bull fucking shit.

One of the requirements for hosting a SB is playing an overseas game within a 5 year span. There's literally no other reason to give up a home game.

Yep. I have no idea why he would even say that, even if he were thinking it. No benefit at all. None.

[Marcellus]

Clark is furiously trying to figure out how he can charge for parking, since we're hosting it.

The Chiefs don't get the parking revenue at Arrowhead, Johnson County does.

[KCUnited]

The Chiefs don't get the parking revenue at Arrowhead, Johnson County does.

That wouldn't surprise me a bit.

[Dayze]

The Chiefs don't get the parking revenue at Arrowhead, Johnson County does.

that's what they want you to think.



/ moonbat

[J Diddy]

The Chiefs don't get the parking revenue at Arrowhead, Johnson County does.

If I'm parking in Johnson County, I better be able to catch a tram to the gate.

[Dayze]

If I'm parking in Johnson County, I better be able to catch a tram to the gate.

that will cost you extra.

[J Diddy]

that will cost you extra.

Pshaw

I've got them beat. I'll just park at my step dad's in Mission and then pay my lil brother $5 for a ride.

The savings will then be used for strippers and blow.

[Dayze]

Pshaw

I've got them beat. I'll just park at my step dad's in Mission and then pay my lil brother $5 for a ride.

The savings will then be used for strippers and blow.

apparently back in the day that kid could've given you a ride and scored his blow from X-Factor.

[J Diddy]

apparently back in the day that kid could've given you a ride and scored his blow from X-Factor.

I try to stay away away from grown men in costumes on days that aren't Halloween.

[Dayze]

That's sound advice. probably a close 2nd behind "Don't Eat yellow snow".

[cosmo20002]

Only way this is good is if it brings a super bowl to Arrowhead as a host city.

Color me skeptical

Why would it?

[cosmo20002]

That's a better story than mine.

And, now you get to take some of the shit that I take from these Colonists.

You still seem more British than he does.

[cosmo20002]

Nice competitive balance. Somehow Denver will avoid ever going

San Francisco 49ers won 24-16 over the Denver Broncos in 2010.

[cosmo20002]

The Chiefs don't get the parking revenue at Arrowhead, Johnson County does.

That wouldn't surprise me a bit.

That actually would be VERY surprising.

[Quesadilla Joe]

Every team will host one eventually so that doesn't piss me off. I'm upset for personal reasons as the Lions and the Redskins are the only NFL teams I haven't seen in person. Thought I was going to check one off my list.

Denver won't have to...

But the folks across the pond won’t see Peyton Manning and the Broncos unless another team is willing to surrender a potential home game featuring the draw of a Manning visit.

Why? Because the Broncos cannot be the "home" team for a London game. Their contract to play in Sports Authority Field at Mile High, which is municipally owned by the Metropolitan Football Stadium District, includes a provision that the team must play 10 home games a season there as part of the revenue streams to pay for the stadium.

Those 10 games are the Broncos' eight regular-season games and two preseason games. The stadium opened in 2001.

And with the Manning-led Broncos being such an enticing draw around the league, the league simply hasn’t received much support from any of the Broncos' future opponents to surrender a Manning visit in their home stadium.http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/148377/why-the-manning-led-broncos-havent-played-in-london

[gblowfish]

The Chiefs don't get the parking revenue at Arrowhead, Johnson County does.

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[Eleazar]

I don't see anything wrong with a game or two a year in London, but basing a team there would be just beyond stupid.

[chiefzilla1501]

Denver won't have to...

http://espn.go.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/148377/why-the-manning-led-broncos-havent-played-in-london
I'm curious about how many stadiums have a similar provision. If I'm a taxpayer in a city losing a home game, I would be livid. The biggest hit to the city is entertainment and hospitality. Losing 1/8 of the season is a really big deal. There are hotels, restaurants, bars, local businesses that lose a significant chunk of revenue if you take away a home game. Do they get reimbursed too? Probably not.

Which is a tremendous gesture by the owners to the taxpayers who are paying a huge chunk of their operating expense.

[carcosa]

As a UK Chiefs Fan for 24 Years who travelled to KC in 2004 to watch them play I am delighted!!!!

Slightly surprised they didn't go for Bears or Packers as the other team though.

That's awesome. Hope you get a ticket!

[ModSocks]

I'm curious about how many stadiums have a similar provision. If I'm a taxpayer in a city losing a home game, I would be livid. The biggest hit to the city is entertainment and hospitality. Losing 1/8 of the season is a really big deal. There are hotels, restaurants, bars, local businesses that lose a significant chunk of revenue if you take away a home game. Do they get reimbursed too? Probably not.

Which is a tremendous gesture by the owners to the taxpayers who are paying a huge chunk of their operating expense.

Yup.

It's the NFL giving local business the middle finger.

[007]

well this fucking sucks.

[Discuss Thrower]

Kansas City understands the unspoken threat from the Hunt family that if Arrowhead isn't renovated, team moves to LA.

Taxpayers fork over money, stadium is renovated.

Hunt then offers to have his team host a game across a literal ocean.

Oh, and the team was skimming extra money from taxpayers to pay for payroll.

What a big fuck you to Johnson County taxpayers.

[Big Poppa Payne]

I'm curious about how many stadiums have a similar provision. If I'm a taxpayer in a city losing a home game, I would be livid. The biggest hit to the city is entertainment and hospitality. Losing 1/8 of the season is a really big deal. There are hotels, restaurants, bars, local businesses that lose a significant chunk of revenue if you take away a home game. Do they get reimbursed too? Probably not.

Which is a tremendous gesture by the owners to the taxpayers who are paying a huge chunk of their operating expense.

Absolutely! This will have an impact on the local economy. No one will go out of business or anything but the Chiefs are a big deal in this city and when they play people come to town to watch them and they spend money in and around Kansas City.

[KChiefs1]

Don't you guys think this has to do with getting the Super Bowl in KC?

[007]

Watch them put two away games on both sides of this game too.

[OnTheWarpath15]

http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/give_a_fuck.gif

[FloridaMan88]

As usual Clark Hunt is more interested in business/branding/strategic matters than the "pesky" issue of trying to win a Super Bowl.

Teams that are trying to win a Super Bowl don't voluntarily give up a home game, especially when you have one of the best home field advantages in all of football.

Absolutely pathetic.

[FloridaMan88]

San Francisco 49ers won 24-16 over the Denver Broncos in 2010.

And that was a "home" game for the 49ers, Denver didn't give up a home game.

[BWillie]

Dunno what would be the draw of Spain given that anywhere from 25 to 50% of the 18-49 demographic is unemployed.

I thought you were full of shit until I looked it up. How is that even possible, for the unemployment to be that bad in a 1st world country? Is it that lots of people work part time? I don't get it.

[tk13]

I'd agree I think Germany would come first before Spain. I bet you could draw a following there. I was just thinking of cities where they had NFL Europe teams. Even if you had two teams in the UK and two teams in Germany, you could create a European division.

[ChiefsCountry]

I'd agree I think Germany would come first before Spain. I bet you could draw a following there. I was just thinking of cities where they had NFL Europe teams. Even if you had two teams in the UK and two teams in Germany, you could create a European division.

At the time of NFL Europe, London had horrible stadium situations which caused the league to move to all the teams to Germany.

NFL Europe had teams in:
Scotland
London
Barcelona
Frankfurt
Rhein
Amsterdam
Berlin
Cologne
Hamburg

[cosmo20002]

Kansas City understands the unspoken threat from the Hunt family that if Arrowhead isn't renovated, team moves to LA.

Taxpayers fork over money, stadium is renovated.

Hunt then offers to have his team host a game across a literal ocean.

Oh, and the team was skimming extra money from taxpayers to pay for payroll.

What a big fuck you to Johnson County taxpayers.

:facepalm:

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Mmmmmmm.....that "Chiefs Brand"!

"It's a brand, not a band"/Gene Hunt

[Chiefs4TheWin]

Poppycock!

[hometeam]

fuck london

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

fuck london

http://koleenknowsnothing.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/joe-strummer-tele.jpg

[Bugeater]

Don't you guys think this has to do with getting the Super Bowl in KC?
No.

[GloryDayz]

I'm only mad because it's a home game. Other than that, I think it's pretty cool.

Oh, and if a team were to move there, I'd liken the time difference to nothing more than the altitude advantage Denver gets for 8 games a year. In fact, I'd say Denver's altitude is more of an advantage than London's time difference.

[InChiefsHeaven]

I hate that it's a home game. I have limited opportunity to get to a game as it is, now it's one game less. But...this shit was probably bound to happen. If Clark "Vollunteered" to do it, it's probably to garner favor with the league and to make the Chiefs more "legit" in the eyes of the media. Small market and all you know...

[GloryDayz]

I hate that it's a home game. I have limited opportunity to get to a game as it is, now it's one game less. But...this shit was probably bound to happen. If Clark "Vollunteered" to do it, it's probably to garner favor with the league and to make the Chiefs more "legit" in the eyes of the media. Small market and all you know...

The morning shitheads were saying something about how ANY "cold weather" team that wanted to host a super bowl HAS to play a game overseas.

I don't get the logic, if that's a rule, that should apply to any team, regardless of weather...

But that might be why Clark did it. Might!!! Or it's that he's his normal whore self.

[Bugeater]

I hate that it's a home game. I have limited opportunity to get to a game as it is, now it's one game less. But...this shit was probably bound to happen. If Clark "Vollunteered" to do it, it's probably to garner favor with the league and to make the Chiefs more "legit" in the eyes of the media. Small market and all you know...
I suppose that's an easier than...you know....winning something once in a while

[GloryDayz]

I suppose that's an easier than...you know....winning something once in a while

Shut-up whore!

[Oz_Chief]

I thought this (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2826155/Class-92-wield-axe-Paul-Scholes-caught-embarrassing-tapping-storm-Twitter.html) was interesting.

BLAME THE TOPSOIL, ROY
The Football Association (FA) are blaming the poor state of their Wembley pitch on too much topsoil being applied in the summer — rather than the American football games which have upset England manager Roy Hodgson.

It’s seen by the FA as a technical problem that can be resolved, with the surface back in pristine condition before two Rugby World Cup games and three NFL matches next autumn provide another big test.

Meanwhile, it has caused considerable surprise within the NFL that Hodgson should be so negative about American football at Wembley when FA general secretary Alex Horne had so recently described bringing an NFL franchise to the national stadium as a priority.

[Baby Lee]

Great news, our 'home game' in London broadcast 8:30am CST, 9:30am EST

[The Franchise]

6:30 in the morning here? Thanks Obama!

[BossChief]

The morning shitheads were saying something about how ANY "cold weather" team that wanted to host a super bowl HAS to play a game overseas.

I don't get the logic, if that's a rule, that should apply to any team, regardless of weather...

But that might be why Clark did it. Might!!! Or it's that he's his normal whore self.

It's because the league wants to expand overseas in the next 15-20 years.

To do that, they are gonna need fan support over there for the brand.

[ThaVirus]

Great news, our 'home game' in London broadcast 8:30am CST, 9:30am EST

As a fan that lives outside of KC, this is good news for me. I'll get to watch a game.

Still wish we didn't have to give up a home game to do it..

[BossChief]

I wonder if it will even be televised live.

I haven't watched the other games from overseas....do they televise live?