Go Chiefs!!

[Heartstrings]

That is all!

[PJMcK]

1. There was a tweet from this morning

I think it was Jeff Tiedrich but if I'm wrong, accept my apologies.

To paraphrase, "Today is the Super Bowl and I don't know who to root for: The team with a racist name or the team with a racist quarterback." It was accompanied by a photograph of Trump and Tom Brady.

We'll watch it just for fun since we don't have a dog in this hunt.

[liberal N proud]

2. Why KC are Chiefs

Saw this story this week.

A 1955 profile in Time Magazine described 300-pound mayor and Boy Scout leader H. Roe Bartle as the “most imposing feature on the Kansas City landscape….outsized only by his own voice.”

That voice boomed, promoted and amused, earning Bartle hefty fees as a public speaker. But never did he use it more effectively than when pitching his city to a visiting football executive named Lamar Hunt.

Bartle acquired his nickname “the Chief” through his many years as a Boy Scout executive. When Hunt moved his Dallas Texans team to Kansas City in 1963, “Chiefs” popped up time and again in a name-the-team contest.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article54955480.html

[PJMcK]

3. That's interesting

However, did you ever notice the insignia on their helmets? It's an arrowhead. Clearly, the implication has to do with Native Americans, don't you think? Otherwise, the team could have used a likeness of Mr. Bartle.

[liberal N proud]

6. Yeah, there is that.

They did retire Warpaint

[Blue_playwright]

7. Yeah. And it's Arrowhead Stadium...

... I talked to a Native friend about this last year. He’s an artist and does Native American art and music. He loves the Chiefs. I asked if it was offensive- should we go the route of the Redskins?

He (one dudes opinion here) said no. He always felt the team took care to honor the history of the area and the tribes. Only thing he didn’t like was the tomahawk chop. Thought it was a step too far.

[Cobalt Violet]

8. Pretty white-washed excuse from what I can read.

I can't read the article because of the paywall but this guy was an impersonator of
Native American culture.

Fucking hope those fans don' t do the racist "tomahawk chop".

[Wawannabe]

4. Another DUer

Posted this same thing as an op never giving Twitter or tiedrich credit. 🙄

[Blue_playwright]

5. #chiefskingdom!!!

My boss (Herky Jerky owner) is rooting for the Bucs. I think when we win I should make him send me extra jerky! Lol

I guess I’ll ship him some Kansas grown popcorn (in Chiefs’ colors, of course) if the Chiefs don’t pull it off.

[yonder]

9. Chiefs, yes.

I have my reasons for hoping the Chiefs win, while thinking most folks are wanting to see a moving on from someone who is arguably the best pro quarterback to have ever played the game. Each team is blessed by excellent quarterbacks and though a team is more than just one player, the veteran has had his time in the spotlight.

After Brady throws two picks, the Chiefs win by 10.

Time for a new era - in DC and the NFL.

[oasis]

15. Maybe Brady's 2 picks will come in the 2nd half. 3 TDs so far.

But, in this kind of a game , ya never know.

[yonder]

16. +1 and a big effin OOPS. Did I say Brady?

Looks like MR. Brady is trying to start a new dynasty.

[alwaysinasnit]

10. I hope they dedicate this game to Marty Schottenheimer and his family.

(For those who are not aware, Marty is in hospice.)

[yonder]

11. Did not know that. Much peace to him and his family.

I don't think he ever got the credit and recognition that he most certainly deserved.

[alwaysinasnit]

12. I agree. He always struck me as one of the more likeable coaches.

[dhill926]

13. no dog in this hunt...

so I'll defer to my default position of rooting against Brady. The earth will cease to exist by the time my team makes the SB again...

[JonLP24]

14. That was only a 29 yard punt

Drops are hurting the Chiefs so far but enough time for Mahomes.