I don’t disagree with you, but Kroenke’s original stadium plan was worth $2 billion and will now cost him up to $6 billion just to finish up. Combine that with the relocation fee he had to pay, the lawsuit, Goff’s horrible contract, hardly any draft picks to build around, and his franchise running back has bad knees. He chased the money to LA and his plan completely flopped. The guy is a horrible owner and the sports world is finally getting to see it all in action. Give it another year or two and you’ll have nothing but an empty stadium except for the opposing team’s fans. I see no reason to be upset over it anymore. Kroenke is burning his own money away and I love every second of it.
What in the heck is this nonsense ?
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**** the NFL. I'm currently living an hour away from KC on the Kansas side. There is a dark part of me that hopes the Chiefs get blown out just so I don't have to listen to coworkers talk about the game anymore.
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Just one detail to add. As you note, the Relocation Committee voted 5-1 in favor of Carson. Then the owners voted on which project they liked better. Neither the Inglewood project nor the Carson project received enough votes during that process. Then Jerry Jones took over and proposed the idea of a secret ballot. That's when the vote flipped. But they also added a compromise so that Dean Spanos would be allowed to be a tenant in the Inglewood project. So owners who originally favored Spanos didn't feel so bad about sticking the knife in his back during the secret vote.
I am conflicted on rooting for the Chiefs because of Clark Hunt's vote, despite that it mattered very little in the end. I won't be disappointed if they win the Super Bowl but also won't be disappointed if they lose. Whereas, last year, when the Patriots beat the Rams, I cried tears of joy that the Rams lost (even at the hands of the Patriots).
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He's getting what he deserves but it still angers me that he and the NFL toyed with the city.
To be fair, I would vote to get Stan Kroenke as far away from me also.
Only one place in the world Kroenke deserves to be
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Yeah, The Blue Line is a really cool hockey bar in KC. That's the bar in the first video.
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Here's an idea I haven't seen anyone put forward before: the Kroenke's frugality is what initially soured negotiations between ROR and Colorado.
After leading the team in scoring in 2011-2012, ROR was rumored to be seeking a $5m long term deal, but the Avs refused to negotiate beyond their initial 2 year, $3.5M AAV bridge deal. Also, the "Duchene cap," *groan*. (Here's a summary of those events that I wrote for Sabres fans back when ROR was traded to Buffalo.)
TL;DR: if Kroenke ain't cheap, ROR likely never makes it to STL, and perhaps 2019 doesn't happen.
Imagine what a steal ROR would be if they'd signed him to that long-term $5M contract. Get rekt, Kroenke.
edit: also I've never heard of that bar, will have to check it out next time I'm in KC. I grew up in STL but live in Lawrence, KS now.
After leading the team in scoring in 2011-2012, ROR was rumored to be seeking a $5m long term deal, but the Avs refused to negotiate beyond their initial 2 year, $3.5M AAV bridge deal. Also, the "Duchene cap," *groan*. (Here's a summary of those events that I wrote for Sabres fans back when ROR was traded to Buffalo.)
TL;DR: if Kroenke ain't cheap, ROR likely never makes it to STL, and perhaps 2019 doesn't happen.
Imagine what a steal ROR would be if they'd signed him to that long-term $5M contract. Get rekt, Kroenke.
edit: also I've never heard of that bar, will have to check it out next time I'm in KC. I grew up in STL but live in Lawrence, KS now.
There’s simply no downside for the Blues to forge a relationship with the team 4 hours down 70 who currently employ the the quickest rising star in the most popular league in the country. Having Mahomes show up at Blues games/talk about the Blues is pure upside for the organization.
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It's going to be even more awesome when that stadium is finally completed and the infrastructure around it largely completed and The Big One hits Los Angeles and wipes most of all that area out, forcing Kroenke to rebuild it all from scratch yet again.
It is a downside, because you’re giving your money to the same criminal cabal who defrauded our city.
I’m not saying go out and buy tickets/gear/TV packages, or even watch the NFL at all. I was talking solely from the Blues perspective. Mahomes and Kelce showed up at the SCF game and then Mahomes congratulated them after they won. The fact of the matter is outside of STL the NFL is top dog. And having perhaps the best QB in the NFL showing up and talking about the Blues is pure upside for them. If the Blues had a “Chiefs night” or something that may be a bridge too far for some people. But I don’t see any harm in an innocuous tweet wishing KC well before the AFC Championship game (featuring one of their star players in a Blues jersey, nonetheless). And I say this as someone who was at probably 90% of the home games during the 15-65 stretch for the Rams and loathes the Rams/Kroenke/Goodell/etc.
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Wrong way round for peace. Think it is a British fan of the Blues and Chiefs who is telling us to go F*** ourselves.
