It’s been an eventful offseason for the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs,
to say the very least.
Virtually instantly after profitable their second Tremendous Bowl
in a row, a damper was placed on the celebration, as a taking pictures throughout their
victory parade resulted within the dying of 1 individual and accidents to a number of
extra.
Not lengthy after that, the NFL Gamers Affiliation launched their annual report playing cards on office situations, and the Chiefs — regardless of their success on the sector — have been deemed one of many worst organizations within the league. Notably, they have been the one staff to obtain an
F- within the possession class.
This leads us to the following challenge hanging over the Chiefs: funding for a brand new stadium and apply services. Whereas proprietor Clark Hunt is price round $1.5B (and the complete Hunt household is price about $25B), the staff needs taxpayers to pony up tens of millions within the type of elevated gross sales taxes. And since voters in Missouri rejected this, it’s doable that the Chiefs will transfer throughout the border to Kansas.
Whereas these distractions could also be ancillary, there have been many incidents over the past a number of months that might have a direct affect on what the Chiefs do on the sector this season.
In March, broad receiver Rashee Rice was arrested for his involvement in a six-car crash that injured seven folks in Dallas, and he’s dealing with a number of fees. He’s additionally being investigated for an assault in a Dallas nightclub that befell in Might.
Rice is much from the one member of the staff who has had a
run-in with the regulation this offseason. Offensive linemen Wanya Morris and Chukwuebuka
Godrick have been arrested in Might for misdemeanor possession of marijuana.
That very same month, defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs turned himself in on misdemeanor animal
cruelty fees. He was then arrested a number of weeks afterward a home
violence/housebreaking cost.
Lastly, there’s kicker Harrison Butker, who used his time as a graduation speaker at Benedictine School not a lot to supply phrases of knowledge or motivation to the brand new graduates, however to rail in opposition to an entire host of issues he appears to imagine are plaguing society. These included abortion and LGBTQ+ rights. He additionally stated that the ladies graduating ought to think about focusing extra on being wives and moms as an alternative of pursuing careers.
The speech was so caustic that even the nuns on the college launched a press release condemning it.
A few these incidents might not have a lot of an affect
on a gifted soccer staff. However, when mixed, they may put the Chiefs’ three-peat possibilities in actual jeopardy.
