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scho63 · 11-04-2015, 07:52 AM

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.”

**Bugeater** · 11-04-2015, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Reaper16

It's tantamount to theft, IMO. Every lost home game is money out of the pockets of working class folk in the service industry & food out of the mouths of their children. If a pro sports organization is partly publicly funded in any significant capacity then they have an obligation, in my opinion, to play as many home games as they are allowed. Entire economies spring up around that public funding, and its the lower rungs on the ladder that get hit hardest when a home game is lost.

I'm waiting for one of these cities to file a lawsuit over this bullshit. I don't understand why it hasn't happened yet.

Brock · 11-04-2015, 10:14 AM

Every owner in the nfl will say exactly the same thing

rabblerouser · 11-04-2015, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Baconeater

I'm waiting for one of these cities to file a lawsuit over this bullshit. I don't understand why it hasn't happened yet.

Probably because the people who would need to bring forth the suit are too broke to hire legal representation??

**alnorth** · 11-04-2015, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Baconeater

I'm waiting for one of these cities to file a lawsuit over this bullshit. I don't understand why it hasn't happened yet.

It hasn't happened yet because that would be a very absurd lawsuit. The city is not even guaranteed to keep their team past the end of their current lease, much less 8 regular season home games every year.

King_Chief_Fan · 11-04-2015, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by KCTitus

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.

If you were paying the bills, would you be satisfied with what is happening with the Chiefs? Owners generally hold people accountable for poor results.

**wazu** · 11-04-2015, 10:22 AM

Wow. What an absurd overreaction this thread is. I guess I gotta say, if not watching the 2-5 Chiefs take on a terrible Lions team in person upsets you, then you are a bigger fan than me.

rabblerouser · 11-04-2015, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by King_Chief_Fan

If you were paying the bills, would you be satisfied with what is happening with the Chiefs? Owners generally hold people accountable for poor results.

The Colts were in the AFC Championship Game last year and just fired their OC.

Todd Haley was fired less than a year after going 10-6 and winning the division.

Andy Reid has not done a ****ing thing since going 9-0 against backups and 3rd string QBs in early 2013.

These are just facts.

Mile High Mania · 11-04-2015, 10:34 AM

If it's great business and good for teams... then send over the top teams. If you want to generate interest, you have to do better than Bills/Jags.

Don't send the spare teams that are looking for exposure - send the best of the best, really try to do it right.

And, not sure what I'm missing, but why couldn't both teams playing in Europe be playing 'road games'?

Grabbed this from Wikipedia about next season -
"2016[edit]
On October 7, 2015 the league announced that a resolution had been passed to schedule international games at additional locations to Tottenham until 2025. This means games will still take place at Wembley in 2016 but it is also possible games will take place outside of Wembley. Mexico City is thought likely to join the slate for 2016.[42] On October 22, 2015 it was confirmed that at least two games per year will remain at Wembley until at least 2020 and that the Jacksonville Jaguars will continue to play a home game there annually throughout the agreement.[43] Subsequent to this, on November 3, 2015 the NFL announced that it had reached an agreement with the Rugby Football Union to host regular season games at Twickenham Stadium from 2016 onwards, with a minimum of three, and as many as five games to be held over the initial agreement period of three years.[44]

Jacksonville will face either the Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, Minnesota Vikings, Green Bay Packers, an AFC North team, or one of their divisional rivals at Wembley and it is rumored that the Washington Redskins are considering playing a home game there too. Green Bay have confirmed they would be interested in traveling to London as an away team.[45][46]

Both the Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers have expressed interest in playing a game at Estadio Azteca (or possibly Estadio Olímpico Universitario) in Mexico City for 2016 although Houston would not be prepared to give up a home fixture.[47][48] (The two teams are not currently slated to face each other in 2016, unless they finish in the same position in their respective divisions in the 2015 season standings.)"

Brock · 11-04-2015, 10:38 AM

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Originally Posted by King_Chief_Fan

If you were paying the bills, would you be satisfied with what is happening with the Chiefs? Owners generally hold people accountable for poor results.

He's been through 3 gms and 4 hcs so far

**The Franchise** · 11-04-2015, 10:43 AM

Clark Hunt is trying to make money for his business? Holy shit....I'm shocked.

**Bugeater** · 11-04-2015, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by alnorth

It hasn't happened yet because that would be a very absurd lawsuit. The city is not even guaranteed to keep their team past the end of their current lease, much less 8 regular season home games every year.

So it's just another example of cities being held hostage by the team. Didn't the lease just get renewed with the renovations?

FloridaMan88 · 11-04-2015, 10:50 AM

Clark gave up a home game for the London game and gave up an available weekend at Arrowhead for the American Royal.

Clark is in the entertainment business, owners such as Robert Kraft are in the business of winning.

FloridaMan88 · 11-04-2015, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Pestilence

Clark Hunt is trying to make money for his business? Holy shit....I'm shocked.

Robert Kraft is in the business of making money as well... do you seem him readily giving up a home game to play in London?

KCTitus · 11-04-2015, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by King_Chief_Fan

If you were paying the bills, would you be satisfied with what is happening with the Chiefs? Owners generally hold people accountable for poor results.

Well, I'm a fan and so I would want the team to succeed on the field...that's a completely different perspective than an owner of a franchise who has to take into consideration the overall success of the league. Should I hope that Clark has the same desire to win a SB as I do, sure. Does he? No clue.

It seems to me, at least, that Clark has acted much quicker than his father in regard to holding people accountable. He can hire/fire the GM and HC. Naturally, those changes will necessitate changes at lower levels. I dont expect the owner to be involved in the hiring decisions that are the responsibility of the HC and GM.

**Rain Man** · 11-04-2015, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by KCChiefsFan88

Robert Kraft is in the business of making money as well... do you seem him readily giving up a home game to play in London?

The NFL is testing the market for moving an NFL team there, not starting one up. That's why it's the Rams and Jaguars playing there consistently. Teams that won't move probably won't have "home games" in London.

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