Originally Posted by frazod (Post 8964465)

I guess I should also mention that this is how it was with my losing interest in the Royals. Of course, that was before DirecTV or the internet, so I wasn't able to watch them play if they weren't playing the Sox, and there was no support group to commiserate with. Just me and the shame of watching them get the shit kicked out of them yet again and relentlessly suck year after year after mother****ing year. When Brett retired, that was pretty much the end.

I'm really starting to not care about the Chiefs in the same way. Doesn't matter if I can watch them or don't feel alone in being a fan anymore. Decades of abuse tell me that the best I can hope for is crushing heartbreak when they come thisclose but fail spectacularly. And normally they just stink. Every level of the organization is shit, and the handful of talented players we have are wasted. I don't see it getting any better.

Originally Posted by pr_capone (Post 8964477)

THIS.

I am a second year STH and though I have the cheapest seats in the house, I cannot afford to just burn that money. At least by making a trip up to KC I get a road trip and get to BBQ and scream for a while.

The ONLY thing that will make me renew tickets for next season will be if KC drafts Geno. **** Barkley, **** Wilson, **** Bray. I swear upon everything that I hold holy and dear... if Geno is on the board and we pass on him... I will burn every piece of Chiefs gear I own.

Originally Posted by Coogs (Post 8964453)

Don't bet on it. Happened against Cleveland in 2009.

Originally Posted by qabbaan (Post 8964494)

The blackout rules have changed, there probably won't be any more blackouts.

Originally Posted by Coogs (Post 8964499)

I see. What are the new rules since 2009? I thought San Diego was blacked out just a week or two ago at home.

Originally Posted by BigRedChief (Post 8964481)

welllll you did have 3 trips to the World Series and 2 World Championships to help you feel good about at least one of your sports teams.:p

Originally Posted by FAX (Post 8964508)

You used to have to sell out. Now, I think it's just a percentage ... like 85% or something.

FAX

Originally Posted by Coogs (Post 8964522)

I thought that is what it was in 2009 too. :shrug:

Originally Posted by Coogs (Post 8964522)

I thought that is what it was in 2009 too. :shrug:

Originally Posted by frazod (Post 8964509)

Even though I grew up rooting for both the Cards and the Royals, as a kid I always liked the Royals better. I was born in Kansas City. The first game I ever saw was at Royals Stadium. George Brett was my hero and is still my all time favorite player. Even though it was painful to pick between them in 85, I rooted for the Royals (that's why it cracks me up when people try to piss me off with Denkinger talk). But at some point they just faded into nothingness. I obviously don't need my team to win all the time, but I do need to feel like they're trying, like the organization is committed to success. And neither Kansas City team cares about that. At this point it's fairly obvious.

Originally Posted by MIAdragon (Post 8964535)

http://content.usatoday.com/communit...1#.UGjTvE3A8no
Updated 2012-07-02 4:23 PM

The NFL no longer will require that regular-season games that aren't sellouts be blacked out on TV in the home team's local market.

This season, games can be televised locally even when just 85% of tickets are sold. The Wall Street Journal reports that teams will be able to set their own "seat-sales benchmark" – as long as it's at least 85% of total capacity – and when that benchmark is met, games can be televised locally. "To discourage teams from setting easy benchmarks, teams will be forced to share more of the (ticket) revenue when they exceed it," the WSJ reports.

Blacked-out games aren't a huge deal: Just 16 of the NFL's 256 regular-season games were blacked out last season.

But at least theoretically, the looser rules on blackouts could encourage otherwise hesitant teams to expand stadium capacity.