Laddie Morse
30 years ago — or so– I decided to have a Leap Day Party at my house so I convinced a local butcher in Brookside to make Frog Legs available (he even thought it was such a great idea that he hung a sign in his window announcing that he had Frog Legs for sale) and I served them for a treat. If you haven’t had them before they taste like chicken. Really! Well, it’s Leap Day once again, which only comes around every four years, but form a Chiefs Kingdom fan standpoint, it’s time jump on some issues. 😆
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Complaint Department
Right Next to the Dept. of Redundancy Dept.
I see myself as a positive person. That’s mostly because I had a heart-attack in the classroom — I spent 39 years as a classroom teacher — over 17 years ago and the doctor said it was mostly due to my having High Blood pressure which came about from periods of high anxiety. Consequently, I’ve done away with things that cause me any anxiety at all… primarily “things” I’d worry about.
That’s probably why I didn’t get too upset when the Chiefs announced their new additions to Arrowhead Stadium. Apparently, there are plenty of Kingdom fans who are upset, and plenty, about those changes… or lack thereof. The following is taken from a Chiefs Kingdom fan named Connie Jo who is quoting Clark Hunt from the presser event yesterday:
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My Sticking Point
The one big sticking point for me is the Chiefs not ever hosting a Super Bowl because Arrowhead is open to the elements. I was living in the Dallas area when the vote was taken years ago, to add a roof or a rolling roof to Arrowhead and Royals stadiums so I was out of the loop then. Still, as a long time Chiefs fan, I can see now, I will never get to experience a Super Bowl in Arrowhead Stadium.
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A roof that could be rolled over Arrowhead Stadium (as well as Royal Stadium) doesn’t have to mean weather will not be an element of the Arrowhead experience. If the roof could roll, it would also mean the grass would still get direct sunlight whenever possible.
With the NFLPA Survey showing that the Chiefs fell two slots and once again finished near the bottom of the list of team’s surveyed, brings up another issue;
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Being graded out with a F- is pretty severe. Learning that the Hunt Family will only be paying out $300M while the Jackson County taxpayers would have to shell out $800M in no way seems fair to me. That means the Jackson County tax payers would have to shoulder 62.5% of the renovation costs. Does that seems equitable to you? Mind you –> that does not include a roof. From Pete Sweeney: “The Arrowhead renovations did not list a roof, so I asked Chiefs owner Clark Hunt about what that may mean for a potential Super Bowl in Kansas City.”
Clark Hunt was quoted, via Pete Sweeney:
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“Certainly, the league has not ruled out going back to a cold-weather market for the Super Bowl. They did it in New York approximately 10 years ago (2014), and it ended up being very successful, in large part because the weather was very nice that weekend. I don’t think it’s off the table, and certainly, any time that a community makes a big investment in an NFL stadium, the NFL is open to bringing big events like the Super Bowl to those markets.”
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If you agree with Clark Hunt that the NFL will one day approve a Super Bowl to be played in Arrowhead without a roof, please raise your hand. No hands up, huh? Mine either. I do notice that the NFL hasn’t gone to a cold weather city any time in the past ten years. Plus, I’ve always believed that the reason the NFL decided to go to MetLife in New Jersey for a Super Bowl, was because it was located next to a major market that housed two NFL franchises. Please correct me if I’m wrong about that.
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Here’s a look at the NFLPA survey issues from Cole DeRuse of “How Bout Those Chiefs” in a video called, “This is an EMBARRASSING look for the Chiefs” (11:42):
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Back to the Rolling Roof Idea
From FOX4KC, who revealed that the idea to add a rolling roof to Arrowhead and Kauffman Stadiums was rejected by taxpayers in 2006, but it would only have cost about $170… back then:
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“Jackson County voters rejected the $170 million
plan to install a rolling roof that could have alternated
between Arrowhead and Kauffman stadiums in 2006.”
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Well, I’ve said enough… besides, I can’t afford to get too upset and raise my blood pressure to dangerous levels. Back to football… and whether or not K.C. will sign L’Jarius Sneed or Chris Jones first… or at all.
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Laddie Morse — ArrowheadOne