Chiefs 2009 Preseason Schedule Released
The preseason schedule for the Kansas City Chiefs has been released.
Week 1 August 13-17
- Houston Texans at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 2 August 20-24
- Kansas City Chiefs at Minnesota Vikings
Week 3 August 27-31
- Seattle Seahawks at Kansas City Chiefs
Week 4 September 3-7
- Kansas City Chiefs at St. Louis Rams
I don’t know about you, but since I will be attending the home games I am pretty excited that I get to see the first and third preseason games, which in my opinion are the best two games in the preseason to attend.
Now, let’s see that regular season schedule!!
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Chiefs Fans Can Still Stand at Arrowhead Then?
Filed under: Carl Peterson, Featured, KC Chiefs Football, News, Random, Schedule
If you are reading this then you have probably heard all the buzz about the Kansas City Chiefs’ stadium policy that has been going around the internet, including here on this very site. I really wanted to believe that this no standing policy was just a bunch of hype, I was even fairly certain that this rule had always been there, just never enforced. My concern lies here: If this no standing policy was already there and the Chiefs really wanted to enforce it then they have every right to do so, I mean who’s going to stop them? So for me it is more about the principle.
Since this story blew up, the Chiefs have made an effort to tame it down by rewording the policy, as can be seen in the KC Star:
- That item [Fan Code of Conduct] had stated that the Arrowhead Stadium staff this season will proactively intervene with fans who are “standing and/or obstructing the view of other fans.”Of course, that’s not exactly what the Chiefs meant, and upon further review, the language of the policy was changed last week to read “continuous standing and/or obstructing the view of other fans.”
The Chiefs say they never meant for any of this to be taken so literally.
- “It was never our intent to try and legislate when fans can stand or not,” Chiefs director of public relations Bob Moore said. “We want fans on their feet and cheering. That’s what Arrowhead is all about, and that’s what has given us a home-field advantage.“We just want fans to show some common sense and courtesy. Not everyone, especially some of the elderly or the young children, can stand the entire game. Take into consideration the guy sitting behind you.”
As I stated in my article before I can totally understand if someone is physically unable to stand, you need to take that into consideration, but I do have one questions: When was the last time you saw someone standing the entire game? Is this really a problem? I have been to lots of Chiefs games and I don’t think I have ever seen someone stand the entire game.
Now, before you try to rip me, yes I know continuous standing doesn’t mean you are standing up the whole game. If one takes this statement literally the word “continuous” doesn’t really seem to make that much of difference in this statement. Here is why.
Here is the original statement: continuous standing and/or obstructing the view of other fans
This can be: continuous standing and obstructing the view of other fans
Can also be: continuous standing or obstructing the view of other fans
In the second phrase the person can be obstructing the view of other fans without “continuous standing”. Technically (although this example is fairly drastic) someone can raise their hand for a beer and be obstructing another fans view. Basically all I’m saying is it doesn’t necessarily take one (continuous standing) to have the other (obstructing the view of other fans), it can be either one separately, which to me is why the word “continuous” doesn’t make much of a difference.
This is kind of nitpicking, I’ll give you that, but the point I’m trying to prove is that I don’t think this changing of wording by the Chiefs constitutes the relief that has seem to come along with it. When it comes down to it they will either enforce this or they won’t. Do I think they will? Not sure. However, I do think that even if this policy is enforced at the beginning of the season , it won’t last long. Let’s face it, until the Chiefs start winning on a regular basis they need fans in the stands and one would think (and hope) they would do whatever they could to make this happen.
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2008 Kansas City Chiefs Schedule
Here is the Chiefs 2008 Schedule:
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