Clark Hunt could care less about local fans-states as much

[scho63]

WOW!!! -I think Clark Hunt better go back to communications school and learn how to speak to the press because this paragraph is a real doozy, a blunt kick in the teeth to all the loyal fans who have spent thousands and thousands of dollars over the years while the Chiefs haven't won jack shit! If he really feels this way, why even spend another dime for this team? What a piss poor response!

So good for the Chiefs and the NFL but who cares about the local fans.....

http://espn.go.com/blog/kansas-city-...-sometime-soon

Hunt said he had no regrets about taking the Lions game away from fans at Arrowhead Stadium.

“None whatsoever,’’ he said. “It’s been a great experience for the organization. I know we have fans who are disappointed that this game (was) not at Arrowhead, and I understand that, but I think it was the right thing for us to do for the Chiefs and the National Football League.

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Look for Chiefs to play internationally again sometime soon

Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff Writer

LONDON -- The Kansas City Chiefs’ international experience was colored, of course, by the result of Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions. A lot of things could have gone wrong and the trip overseas would have been a pleasure because of the Chiefs’ 45-10 victory.

Not much of significance did go wrong, though. The Chiefs, as an organization at least, embraced the experience. They threw a party at a local pub for their fans who made the trip, and by all appearances, a good time was had by all.

So the Chiefs may be making another trip to London or for an international game in Germany, Mexico or another location in the near future.

But chairman Clark Hunt said that game probably wouldn’t involve the Chiefs relinquishing a home game, as they did with the Lions game.

“I don’t foresee us playing a home game (internationally) in the near future,’’ he said. “It would be much more likely that we would play an away game before we would play another home game. Having said that, the league is going to expand the international series. Beginning in 2018, there will be four games here (in London) and the league is already looking at other markets like Mexico, Canada, Germany, Brazil, maybe one day somewhere in Asia. I think the series is going to expand, but certainly, I don’t want to give up another home game in the near future.”


The Chiefs got a lot of fan support at Wembley Stadium in London for their game against the Lions. Charlie Crowhurst/Getty Images)
Hunt said he had no regrets about taking the Lions game away from fans at Arrowhead Stadium.

“None whatsoever,’’ he said. “It’s been a great experience for the organization. I know we have fans who are disappointed that this game (was) not at Arrowhead, and I understand that, but I think it was the right thing for us to do for the Chiefs and the National Football League.

“From a fan standpoint, probably the best experience that the fans have had -- and I enjoyed it, too -- was the pub party that we hosted on Friday. We had approximately 400 fans attend it. And there were a lot that came from Kansas City, but there were also a lot that lived somewhere in Europe who are Chiefs fans and this was their chance to come to a game that wasn’t too far away. There were a lot that live here in the U.K.’’

Teams from the NFL’s bigger markets have mostly resisted giving up a home game to play internationally. The Chiefs are the first team to relinquish a home game that either wasn’t playing in an obsolete stadium or having trouble selling tickets, or both.

As the NFL expands its international footprint, it will need to remove more games from home U.S. markets. But Hunt, the chair of the NFL’s international committee, said small-market teams like Kansas City’s wouldn’t carry the entire burden of having to relinquish home games.

“I don’t see that at all,’’ Hunt said. “I think we’ll see more teams willing to give up home games. Going back to the first couple years of this series, I think there were very few that were willing to do it. But now there’s a bigger group and that’s going to grow in the future and that’s going to have to grow in the future. I don’t know what the number of international games that will be played but it could be six, it could be as many as eight one (year). And just practically, teams are going to have to give up home games. I think that there’s an acceptance that it’s good for the team, it’s not bad from a football standpoint and it gives you a chance to grow your brand.

“I think five years from now, we’re going to look back and there will be significantly more that have given up a home game. At that point is it going to be every team that has done it? I don’t know.”

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by Tuckdaddy

The problem with Clark and the Hunt family is that they are just business men. They just don't truly love football enough to go after a title at all costs like some other owners. They hire office personnel to run the brand and if they are making money then that's ok with them and the record doesn't matter. As long as tickets are sold and the fan base is not flying banners over the stadium it will not change. As long as the Chiefs are not complete bottom feeders nothing will change.

Until KC falls ass backwards into a great QB we are stuck in the same place year after year. The organization will not do what needs to be done to find one.

[BigMeatballDave]

Wow. If I were a season ticket holder, he just made the decision for me to never buy them again.

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

Wow. If I were a season ticket holder, he just made the decision for me to never buy them again.

It just gets easier and easier to not give Clark Hunt another ****ing dollar.

**** that smarmy prick.

[milkman]

Originally Posted by King_Chief_Fan

are we surprised....No.

His attempt to field a competitive team with a competent coach has failed many times....I don't think he gives two rats pa-toots about anything the fans say.

The fools in all of this are the fans....Fans keep buying their merchandise and keep their butts in the seats and keep paying $32 to cook their BBQ 7 times a year.

FYP

[ChiliConCarnage]

I'm not sure what part of that paragraph would upset you. It's just stating the obvious

[KCUnited]

Just 1 game back of the 6th seed.

If you start me up...

[Prison Bitch]

It's a busness, don't take it personally. And when he asks you for your $, remind him it's a business. He will understand.

[rabblerouser]

Originally Posted by KCUnited

Just 1 game back of the 6th seed.

If you start me up...

**** you, CHunt.

[Hydrae]

Interesting which paragraphs you highlighted with no mention of this one:

Originally Posted by OP

“I don’t foresee us playing a home game (internationally) in the near future,’’ he said. “It would be much more likely that we would play an away game before we would play another home game. Having said that, the league is going to expand the international series. Beginning in 2018, there will be four games here (in London) and the league is already looking at other markets like Mexico, Canada, Germany, Brazil, maybe one day somewhere in Asia. I think the series is going to expand, but certainly, I don’t want to give up another home game in the near future.”

The international games will be happening, nothing the fans can do to stop that but bitch. But Clark, as head of the International Committee (which was interesting news), set an example this year with this game. This does not mean he expects to give up a game a year like Jacksonville. But this will allow the committee to put more pressure on other top tier teams to give up home games down the road.

[srvy]

Guess that statement isn't surprising to me at all. The Hunts have always been NFL first over locality.

I won't get to butt hurt over this. The NFL knew exactly what teams to go to to surrender the home game. The Hunts have always been the biggest supporters of the NFL did we expect them to say no?

[mrbiggz]

The stadium wasn't even full. I saw on the broadcast that several rows of the seats had a chiefs covering over them. I would probably be correct to assume that Detroit's side had the same thing. London and/or the UK must be paying a lot of money to get the NFL in Europe.

[joeman335td]

And this is why we haven't won a playoff game in 20 years, nor a Super Bowl in 45. Thanks, Clark. We appreciate you, too.

[alnorth]

I don't understand why people are outraged at the quoted paragraph or the story as a whole. Its pretty much completely accurate. The international series has been very successful, and it is important to the NFL. If giving up a home game this year puts pressure on successful franchises to do the same in the future, then that makes a lot of sense as well.

[KCTitus]

Originally Posted by joeman335td

And this is why we haven't won a playoff game in 20 years, nor a Super Bowl in 45. Thanks, Clark. We appreciate you, too.

You're putting all that on Clark? You realize Clark has been the actual 'owner' for less than a decade, yes?

I will agree, however, that Lamar got his championship and didnt seem all that interested in one after that.

Still, it's the football guys that put the product on the field, the owner just pays the bills.

[alnorth]

Originally Posted by mrbiggz

The stadium wasn't even full. I saw on the broadcast that several rows of the seats had a chiefs covering over them. I would probably be correct to assume that Detroit's side had the same thing. London and/or the UK must be paying a lot of money to get the NFL in Europe.

Wembley stadium seats 86,000 for American Football. Attendance was 83,624 (97.2% full)