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Re. Corvette/Lamoborghini incident, additional information revealed by police:
The Lamborghini was rented. Witnesses saw guns being removed from that SUV before the occupants left the scene. :shades:
 
JB said:
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Eagles trade pass-rusher Reddick to Jets for pick

Searching for an edge rusher in the wake of Bryce Huff's departure in free agency, the Jets acquired Haason Reddick in a trade with the Eagles.
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The Jets will send a conditional 2026 third-round pick to the Eagles that improves to a 2026 second-rounder if Reddick reaches 67.5% play time and 10 sacks, the sources said. In 2023, Reddick recorded 11 sacks and 38 tackles in 17 games. He played 74% of the defensive snaps.
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That's too pricey for an age 30 pass rusher on a $15 million expiring contract.
 
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A conditional 3rd two years down the road can't be worth much
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The condition is that it could turn into a 2nd. For a guy the Eagles were going to cut. But if the Jets can't contend this year, the coach and GM won't be around in 2026. No biggie for them.
 
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New Titans CB Sneed: Nothing wrong with knees

Cornerback L'Jarius Sneed dismissed any injury concerns about his knees when he was introduced by the Titans to the local media on Tuesday.
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Sneed had other potential suitors, one of which was reportedly the Minnesota Vikings, who backed off due to health concerns. Sneed dismissed any injury concerns when he was introduced by the Titans to the local media on Tuesday.
 
Lucky said:
The condition is that it could turn into a 2nd. For a guy the Eagles were going to cut. But if the Jets can't contend this year, the coach and GM won't be around in 2026. No biggie for them.
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You know for a fact they were going to cut him?
 
According to the Lambo leasing agreement, he's the only person who was permitted to drive the car ... this according to Kyle Coker, the attorney representing Classic Lifestyle (the Lambo owning entity).

After partying at a bar, then the crash........and he disappears.........probably to get that BAC down.

I think Rashee picked the wrong state to.............

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Report: Rashee Rice owns Corvette, leased Lamborghini involved in alleged street race
By Mike Florio
Published April 2, 2024 06:57 PM

On Saturday, two cars that were allegedly street racing in Dallas caused a six car crash. Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice leased one of the cars that allegedly was racing — and he owns the other.

Word emerged on Monday that Rice leased the Lamborghini Urus involved in the crash. Via TMZ.com, Rice also owns the Corvette.

Under a Texas law enacted in 2023, both cars could be subject to forfeiture. (Via TMZ.com, the Lamborghini reportedly was totaled in the crash.)

The bigger issue is whether Rice was driving the Lamborghini. Via TMZ.com, Rice admitted to involvement in the crash, in communications with the company that owns the car.

As noted earlier, it appears that Rice climbed from the driver’s seat out of the front passenger door, in dashcam video of the crash and its aftermath.

If Rice was driving, he faces potentially serious criminal penalties for leaving the scene of an accident involving injuries.
 
The people of KC, at least at this time, are not allowing themselves to be held hostage.

Let the owners and the NFL come up with the monies.............after all, they get all the exemptions and tax breaks!

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Blowout loss at ballot box throws raises real questions about future of Chiefs in Kansas City
Published April 2, 2024 11:00 PM

The Chiefs rarely suffer a blowout loss at home. On Tuesday, they did.
It wasn’t even close. Only 41 percent of Jackson County voters approved the extension of a sales tax to fund renovations at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Chiefs will now, as they have vowed, consider all options. It is fundamentally a business decision. Because professional football ultimately is a business.

What will the Chiefs do when their lease at Arrowhead expires after the 2030 season? They will be geographic free agents, able to do whatever they want to do.

Will they come up with another way to pay for the renovations? Will they try to build in a new location near Kansas City? Willl they try to get public money without a proposal tied to the Royals? Or will they entertain offers from another city that is both willing to come up with the cash — and able to do so without asking for permission from the voters?

Tuesday’s outcome proves that public votes to subsidize stadium construction will rarely if ever work. Most if not all public funding projects happen when the previously elected politicians work the various levers of government to divert cash to renovation or construction. The average voter simply isn’t willing to do it.

Many of them don’t care about sports at all. Plenty of those who do aren’t willing to support what looks like an effort to give free money to those who by all appearances don’t need it.

Moving forward, it comes down to what Clark Hunt chooses to do, and what he’s able to do. Some owners can afford to build their own stadiums. Some owners who are faced with that reality will explore options that include opportunities to generate the revenue that will make it a good investment.
Rams owner Stan Kroenke, for example, willingly plunked down billions to build a stadium in a place with a sufficiently large population base to host large-scale events throughout the calendar.

Really, football stadiums are used less than two full weeks out of the year. On the other 350 or so days, how can those facilities generate income?

Inevitably, teams will go where the people are, and thus where the money is.
Again, it’s a business decision. It’s not about loyalty. It’s not about family. It’s about the big mamoo. How much will it cost, and what will the return on the investment be?

The players are pawns in the presentation of the games, and the fans are pawns in the consumption of them. It’s a hard reality that fans of every NFL team in every NFL city needs to realize. The moment it’s no longer good for business to stay in that city is the moment the owner of the team will start looking for a place where business will be better.
 
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Sources: LT Mailata, Eagles agree to $66M deal

The Philadelphia Eagles and left tackle Jordan Mailata reached an agreement on a three-year, $66 million extension Thursday that includes $48 million guaranteed and a $20 million signing bonus, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
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PHILADELPHIA -- The Eagles and left tackle Jordan Mailata reached an agreement on a three-year, $66 million extension Thursday that includes $48 million guaranteed and a $20 million signing bonus, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The deal ties Mailata to Philadelphia through the 2028 season. The $22 million per-year average puts him behind only Laremy Tunsil, Trent Williams and Andrew Thomas among the NFL's highest-paid offensive tackles.
 
How much more patience will the Browns have with Deshaun Watson?
By Mike Florio
Published April 5, 2024 04:48 PM

Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson said Thursday he’ll be ready for Week 1. The bigger question is how many weeks he’ll be ready for after that.

His first year in Cleveland was shortened to six games. Thanks to multiple injuries, his second season consisted of another six games. That’s $92 million for 12 games.

This year, he gets another $46 million in fully guaranteed salary. Ditto for 2025 and 2026. The Browns opted not to restructure the deal in 2024, keeping him on the books at a cap number of $63.77 million. (His cap number is slightly more than that in each of the next two years.)

If Watson’s contract wasn’t fully guaranteed through 2026, this would likely be his up-or-out year, because the final two years wouldn’t have been guaranteed. What if this season ends up being shortened again for Watson due to injury? What if he just doesn’t play at a sufficiently high level?

The Browns will have $92 million in cash due to Watson over the final two years of the contract, along with $136.938 million in cap charges. Since they’ll be paying him whether he’s on the team or not, there would be no reason to cut him. At some point, however, the Browns need to ask themselves whether he’s the best option at the option.

They’ve loaded up with three backups for now, none of whom are camp arms. They thrived with Joe Flacco in a late-season role in 2023. They might have been concerned that his presence and his popularity would have created a groundswell for him to leapfrog Watson, if Deshaun struggles at all to start the season.

Watson has yet to perform like he did with the Texans. The Browns are otherwise solid enough to thrive without him doing what they hoped he’d do when they made the massive investment of guaranteed cash and first-round picks to get him.

The question becomes how much longer will they stick with him as the starter, if he doesn’t turn the clock back to 2020 or earlier? Will they keep him in the QB1 role simply because of the investment they made? Or will they do something like what the Broncos did with Russell Wilson, biting the bullet in order to move forward?

The Broncos are taking $85 million in dead-money charges over the next two years after cutting Wilson, and they’re paying him $39 million in 2024 (less the $1.21 million he’ll make in Pittsburgh). Would the Browns consider making Watson a post-June 1 release next March? They’d still owe him $92 million in cash, less whatever he makes elsewhere. They’d take a cap charge of $63.977 million in 2025 and $72.961 million in 2026.

(The other possibilities would be to try to trade him to a new team and to pay part of the salaries, or to hope that he does something that allows his guarantees to be voided.)

That’s the problem with a five-year guaranteed deal. It forces a team to double down on a possible mistake, tolerating massive financial obligations that could be redistributed to other players who are carrying the load. It’s also why an NFL with fully-guaranteed veteran deals would entail a very high percentage of one-, two-, and at most three-year deals.

The good news for the Browns is they’re good. Very good, actually. The bad news is that they’d be even better if they hadn’t gotten drunk on the notion that Deshaun would take them to the promised land. There’s a chance that his presence — and the draft picks they lost to get him — will be the thing that keeps an otherwise Super Bowl-ready team from getting there.

There’s also a chance he’ll be the difference between a wild-card exit and a deep playoff run. It also comes down to what he does, and how healthy he stays, in 2024.
 
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It’s back to Indy for players who need a medical re-check — without first-class airfare
By Mike Florio
Published April 6, 2024 07:34 AM

The NFL brings several hundred players to Indianapolis for the Scouting Combine. The players, as previously noted, don’t get first-class airfare.

This weekend, the players who need a medical re-check are going back to Indianapolis. Again, the league is buying cheaper plane tickets.

Per a source with knowledge of the situation, players are being booked in coach seats for the return trip to Indy.

Last time around, we heard tales of large bodies being crammed into middle seats. Other players were booked on cheaper connecting flights when direct flights were available.

It’s just another reflection of the attitude that the league is doing the players a favor by letting them come to the Combine, and not the other way around.

The truth is that, by attending, the players are making it easier for the teams to make better decisions about the use of their draft picks. Although some players benefit from what occurs in Indy, every single team derives an advantage from being able to scrutinize all players in one place.

Moreover, the league can afford to take better care of its job applicants. This isn’t some mom-and-pop shop operating on a shoestring budget. This is the NFL, which is earning unprecedented revenues while still obsessing over pinching pennies — whether it’s offering buyouts to older (and more expensive) employees to taking a popular NFL Network show dark for months and moving it across the country to a cheaper studio to dumping on-air personalities for no apparent reason.

It’s not personal. It’s strictly business.

That phrase had one meaning in The Godfather. It applies in this context, too, in a different way.

There’s no regard for the person. For the human. For the people affected by decisions that come from taking the path that costs less money.

And it’s not a great way to do business.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
The people of KC, at least at this time, are not allowing themselves to be held hostage.

Let the owners and the NFL come up with the monies.............after all, they get all the exemptions and tax breaks!

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Blowout loss at ballot box throws raises real questions about future of Chiefs in Kansas City
Published April 2, 2024 11:00 PM

The Chiefs rarely suffer a blowout loss at home. On Tuesday, they did.
It wasn’t even close. Only 41 percent of Jackson County voters approved the extension of a sales tax to fund renovations at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Chiefs will now, as they have vowed, consider all options. It is fundamentally a business decision. Because professional football ultimately is a business.

What will the Chiefs do when their lease at Arrowhead expires after the 2030 season? They will be geographic free agents, able to do whatever they want to do.

Will they come up with another way to pay for the renovations? Will they try to build in a new location near Kansas City? Willl they try to get public money without a proposal tied to the Royals? Or will they entertain offers from another city that is both willing to come up with the cash — and able to do so without asking for permission from the voters?

Tuesday’s outcome proves that public votes to subsidize stadium construction will rarely if ever work. Most if not all public funding projects happen when the previously elected politicians work the various levers of government to divert cash to renovation or construction. The average voter simply isn’t willing to do it.

Many of them don’t care about sports at all. Plenty of those who do aren’t willing to support what looks like an effort to give free money to those who by all appearances don’t need it.

Moving forward, it comes down to what Clark Hunt chooses to do, and what he’s able to do. Some owners can afford to build their own stadiums. Some owners who are faced with that reality will explore options that include opportunities to generate the revenue that will make it a good investment.
Rams owner Stan Kroenke, for example, willingly plunked down billions to build a stadium in a place with a sufficiently large population base to host large-scale events throughout the calendar.

Really, football stadiums are used less than two full weeks out of the year. On the other 350 or so days, how can those facilities generate income?

Inevitably, teams will go where the people are, and thus where the money is.
Again, it’s a business decision. It’s not about loyalty. It’s not about family. It’s about the big mamoo. How much will it cost, and what will the return on the investment be?

The players are pawns in the presentation of the games, and the fans are pawns in the consumption of them. It’s a hard reality that fans of every NFL team in every NFL city needs to realize. The moment it’s no longer good for business to stay in that city is the moment the owner of the team will start looking for a place where business will be better.
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The owner is a Texan of course, so probably makes no difference to him on which side of the
Missouri River his team plays its games.
 
IDEXAN said:
The owner is a Texan of course, so probably makes no difference to him on which side of the
Missouri River his team plays its games.
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NFL relocation costs alone (not including new construction costs) are similar whether a team moves right across statelines or thousands of miles away............today, probably between $600,000 and $900,000.

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The Least Credible Threat to Move a Sports Team in History
The Kansas City Chiefs’ owner must think his fans are very stupid.
BY ALEX KIRSHNER
MARCH 19, 202412:54 PM
 
Don't mess up in Texas! And if you do, admit to it and blame it on early dementia..........

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Rashee Rice faces multiple potential charges from street-racing crash
By Mike Florio
Published April 6, 2024 09:25 AM

Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice has a problem. More than one problem, actually.
He has multiple problems that span multiple court systems and concerns. The biggest problem — potential loss of liberty due to incarceration — could begin to take shape soon.

Via the Dallas Morning News, attorney Royce West said he expects Dallas police to file charges soon against Rice.

Given that West has said Rice admitted to driving the car, Rice’s first problem flows from Texas laws against street racing. Because the six-car crash triggered by the obvious race between the Lamborghini that Rice was driving and the Corvette registered to him resulted in injury to one or more people, Rice faces a potential third-degree felony charge, which carries a possible sentence of two to 10 years in prison.

Leaving the scene creates a separate issue for Rice, especially since the accident involved injury. It’s a one-to-five-year potential if the injuries are not regarded as “serious,” and two-to-ten years if the injuries are deemed “serious.”

The recent news that less than an ounce of marijuana was found in the Lamborghini potentially creates another issue. As noted by the Dallas Morning News, the local prosecutor previously has said minor marijuana possession cases won’t be prosecuted at all. The current policy is to review each case individually and apply “discretion in charging and in the final disposition of the case.”

Discretion is the key word here, on all fronts. Some think the rich and famous get preferential treatment in the criminal justice system. Often, those folks face greater scrutiny and tougher punishment in order to advance the general goal of widespread deterrence. By prosecuting Rice to the full extent of the law, everyone in Texas (and beyond) will learn the cost of racing cars on public streets — and of leaving the scene of an accident.

Beyond the specifics of any prosecution Rice faces, he’ll have to contend with discipline from the league under the Personal Conduct Policy. A first-offense DUI currently results in a two-game suspension. Felony charges arising from street racing and/or leaving the scene of an accident involving injuries could result in a stiffer punishment.

Although Rice likely was in checkmate on the question of whether he was driving the Lamborghini, his decision to take public responsibility for the situation could help him, both as it relates to the charges pursued, the sentence imposed, and eventually the suspension levied by the NFL. He basically needs to throw himself at the mercy of the court and the Commissioner, hoping that contrition creates a better outcome.
 
If Beckham really thinks he will get anywhere near that 15 million he received from the Ravens last offseason he might as well get a commentating gig now:

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Latest On Dolphins' WR Pursuit

The Dolphins continue to search for a third receiver behind Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle, but the team isn't willing …
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CloakNNNdagger said:
The people of KC, at least at this time, are not allowing themselves to be held hostage.

Let the owners and the NFL come up with the monies.............after all, they get all the exemptions and tax breaks!

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Blowout loss at ballot box throws raises real questions about future of Chiefs in Kansas City
Published April 2, 2024 11:00 PM

The Chiefs rarely suffer a blowout loss at home. On Tuesday, they did.
It wasn’t even close. Only 41 percent of Jackson County voters approved the extension of a sales tax to fund renovations at Arrowhead Stadium.

The Chiefs will now, as they have vowed, consider all options. It is fundamentally a business decision. Because professional football ultimately is a business.

What will the Chiefs do when their lease at Arrowhead expires after the 2030 season? They will be geographic free agents, able to do whatever they want to do.

Will they come up with another way to pay for the renovations? Will they try to build in a new location near Kansas City? Willl they try to get public money without a proposal tied to the Royals? Or will they entertain offers from another city that is both willing to come up with the cash — and able to do so without asking for permission from the voters?

Tuesday’s outcome proves that public votes to subsidize stadium construction will rarely if ever work. Most if not all public funding projects happen when the previously elected politicians work the various levers of government to divert cash to renovation or construction. The average voter simply isn’t willing to do it.

Many of them don’t care about sports at all. Plenty of those who do aren’t willing to support what looks like an effort to give free money to those who by all appearances don’t need it.

Moving forward, it comes down to what Clark Hunt chooses to do, and what he’s able to do. Some owners can afford to build their own stadiums. Some owners who are faced with that reality will explore options that include opportunities to generate the revenue that will make it a good investment.
Rams owner Stan Kroenke, for example, willingly plunked down billions to build a stadium in a place with a sufficiently large population base to host large-scale events throughout the calendar.

Really, football stadiums are used less than two full weeks out of the year. On the other 350 or so days, how can those facilities generate income?

Inevitably, teams will go where the people are, and thus where the money is.
Again, it’s a business decision. It’s not about loyalty. It’s not about family. It’s about the big mamoo. How much will it cost, and what will the return on the investment be?

The players are pawns in the presentation of the games, and the fans are pawns in the consumption of them. It’s a hard reality that fans of every NFL team in every NFL city needs to realize. The moment it’s no longer good for business to stay in that city is the moment the owner of the team will start looking for a place where business will be better.
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Unfortunately when the Texans start winning big I can see the organization asking for a new stadium just like the Chiefs and the Bills.
 
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Unfortunately when the Texans start winning big I can see the organization asking for a new stadium just like the Chiefs and the Bills.
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Fans should have no concern with this happening anytime soon. Chiefs (1972) and Bills (1973) are in old stadiums…..NRG is 22 years old which should give them another 30 years to enjoy getting some SB banners up.
 
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Hello, Jerry! :)

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Mayor says Chiefs have “serious opportunity” to return to Dallas
By Mike Florio
Published April 6, 2024 09:37 PM

Dallas mayor Eric Johnson seems determined to bring the Chiefs home.
The franchise started as the AFL’s Dallas Texans, before surrendering the city to the NFL’s Cowboys and moving to Kansas City in 1963.

On the heels of the landslide decision by Jackson County, Missouri voters to reject the extension of a sales tax to help pay for the renovation of Arrowhead Stadium, Johnson is openly courting the Chiefs back to Dallas.
Via Lukas Weese of TheAthletic.com, Johnson called it a “serious opportunity” for the Chiefs to solve their stadium situation.

“The connections are so deep, the history is so rich,” Johnson said. “We actually could put together the deals that would make sense for them to get them here.”

Johnson declined to say whether he has spoken to Chiefs owner Clark Hunt about a possible relocation to Dallas.

“I’m not really at liberty to say other than I have a good open line of communication with Clark Hunt,” Johnson said. “And that line of communication remains.”

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones surely wouldn’t want another team in the area, especially if it wouldn’t be playing in his stadium. Johnson seems to be optimistic that Dallas will eventually be deemed big enough for two teams.

“When the NFL looks at the next round of expansion, they will not find an American city where there is not an NFL franchise currently that will be a more lucrative or faster-growing market to put a team,” Johnson said.
Johnson made a separate case for sharing the market, one that will cater to Jones’s ego.

“You never say never because he’s a businessman and he’s in the business of making money,” Johnson said. “There is a strong argument to make that the Cowboys’ franchise value is not tied to the city it plays in or is connected with. It’s an international phenomenon at this point.”

He’s right. The Dallas Cowboys will continue to draw massive crowds and TV audiences regardless of whether Dallas has two or 20 teams.

If/when the NFL grows and/or reshuffles, it’s fair to evaluate current markets for the potential addition of a team. Chicago and Dallas would seem to be the most likely candidates.

The Chiefs’ lease runs through 2030. Which gives Kansas City and surrounding areas plenty of time to come up with a way to keep the Chiefs local. If that can’t happen, it’s fair to wonder where the Chiefs could otherwise go. Dallas should at least be on the radar screen of possibilities until the Chiefs have a clear answer to their sudden stadium uncertainty.
 
Mollywhopper said:
It's especially intriguing given the lease for the Texans at NRG is up in a mere 8 years..
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The Chiefs are up in 6 years.

2 more years and some discussions should start happening.

Voter approval, funding plans, architectural plans, construction approvals all take time to do.

Hannah is diabolical to build a winning team and have a Super Bowl window open at the same time.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
NFL relocation costs alone (not including new construction costs) are similar whether a team moves right across statelines or thousands of miles away............today, probably between $600,000 and $900,000.

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The Least Credible Threat to Move a Sports Team in History
The Kansas City Chiefs’ owner must think his fans are very stupid.
BY ALEX KIRSHNER
MARCH 19, 202412:54 PM
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Very interesting article but the last time I checked C&D the "Kansas City area" includes Kansas City, Kansas (the other side of the river).
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Hello, Jerry! :)

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Mayor says Chiefs have “serious opportunity” to return to Dallas
By Mike Florio
Published April 6, 2024 09:37 PM

Dallas mayor Eric Johnson seems determined to bring the Chiefs home.
The franchise started as the AFL’s Dallas Texans, before surrendering the city to the NFL’s Cowboys and moving to Kansas City in 1963.

On the heels of the landslide decision by Jackson County, Missouri voters to reject the extension of a sales tax to help pay for the renovation of Arrowhead Stadium, Johnson is openly courting the Chiefs back to Dallas.
Via Lukas Weese of TheAthletic.com, Johnson called it a “serious opportunity” for the Chiefs to solve their stadium situation.

“The connections are so deep, the history is so rich,” Johnson said. “We actually could put together the deals that would make sense for them to get them here.”

Johnson declined to say whether he has spoken to Chiefs owner Clark Hunt about a possible relocation to Dallas.

“I’m not really at liberty to say other than I have a good open line of communication with Clark Hunt,” Johnson said. “And that line of communication remains.”

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones surely wouldn’t want another team in the area, especially if it wouldn’t be playing in his stadium. Johnson seems to be optimistic that Dallas will eventually be deemed big enough for two teams.

“When the NFL looks at the next round of expansion, they will not find an American city where there is not an NFL franchise currently that will be a more lucrative or faster-growing market to put a team,” Johnson said.
Johnson made a separate case for sharing the market, one that will cater to Jones’s ego.

“You never say never because he’s a businessman and he’s in the business of making money,” Johnson said. “There is a strong argument to make that the Cowboys’ franchise value is not tied to the city it plays in or is connected with. It’s an international phenomenon at this point.”

He’s right. The Dallas Cowboys will continue to draw massive crowds and TV audiences regardless of whether Dallas has two or 20 teams.

If/when the NFL grows and/or reshuffles, it’s fair to evaluate current markets for the potential addition of a team. Chicago and Dallas would seem to be the most likely candidates.

The Chiefs’ lease runs through 2030. Which gives Kansas City and surrounding areas plenty of time to come up with a way to keep the Chiefs local. If that can’t happen, it’s fair to wonder where the Chiefs could otherwise go. Dallas should at least be on the radar screen of possibilities until the Chiefs have a clear answer to their sudden stadium uncertainty.
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The "Dallas Chiefs" !
I dunno has Dallas ever had NFL football, you know real NFL games or did they always play in
the suburbs like Irving before moving to Arlington ?
 
IDEXAN said:
Very interesting article but the last time I checked C&D the "Kansas City area" includes Kansas City, Kansas (the other side of the river).
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As you might know, I grew up in Kansas City, Mo. But a move across the river is still a relocation which will carry with it a hefty relocation fee. It will also carry an even heavier tax burden on the tax payers of those who live in the city/state (Kansas) across the river. A couple of years ago it was determined that moving to Johnson County, Kansas would be impractical. The present proposal would be Wyandotte County, Kansas.......an even more impractical site for the stadium move.

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Kansas lawmakers making possible plans for Royals & Chiefs stadiums, question costs
By Ryan Hennessy

Published: Apr. 4, 2024 at 5:47 PM CDT

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - A couple years back the State of Kansas looked into plans to bring the Chiefs across the border, and with the failure of the sales tax in Jackson County – Kansas could be in a good position to court both the Chiefs and Royals.

Kansas State Senator Robert Olson (R) would support the Chiefs or the Royals if they wanted to move to Kansas, and he believes Wyandotte, near the Speedway and Legends Outlet would be the best location.

“We looked at the Chiefs a couple of years ago, when I was over Chair of Commerce (Committee), there was a plan for them to come over, and I’m sure the Royals would be more than welcome,” Olson said. “I think western Wyandotte County has the roads to handle the traffic flow that they need.”
Kansas has a fund dedicated to attracting a professional sports team. It’s raised from sports betting. Last year it brought in $4 million, and this year it is projected to raise more than $7 million.

“That’s a small amount of money for what it would take, but I think we’ve got some pretty good tools, with STAR (Sales Tax and Revenue) bonds and some of the different types of financial tools we’d be able to use,” Olson said. “I would rather see these two teams in Kansas City on our side of the line than to be in St. Louis or somewhere else.”

Kansas State Senator Mike Thompson (R) does not believe the Chiefs and Royals should move to Wyandotte, because the smaller population, compared to Jackson County, would quickly complicate the matter.

“Wyandotte residents are already some of the highest taxed in the state, and Kansas property taxes are already too high,” Thompson said. “All you have to do is look at the vote in Jackson County, Missouri to see how fed up people (are) with being overtaxed in an inflationary economic environment.”
 
IDEXAN said:
The "Dallas Chiefs" !
I dunno has Dallas ever had NFL football, you know real NFL games or did they always play in
the suburbs like Irving before moving to Arlington ?
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The Cowboys and Texans shared the Cotton Bowl from 60-62. Texans, of course went to KC in 63, the Cowboys remained in the Cotton Bowl before moving to Irving in 71.

The original Dallas Texans (1952), who played one season and has unofficial ties to the start of the Baltimore, now Indianapolis Colts, also played in the Cotton Bowl. So the city of Dallas proper has only had NFL football for 12 seasons, the last of which was 1970.

*edit - Cowboys did play 2 games at the Cotton Bowl in the 71 season before Texas Stadium opened in late October.
 
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pirbroke said:
San Antonio deserves a team


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The San Antonio / Austin area is ripe for a team…..and it wouldn’t get any better if it were the Chiefs that moved into a new state of the art stadium with Super Bowl banners to hang.

If this were to happen, I’m fairly certain Jerrah would figure out how to pass squares through round holes.
 
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