Why?
I have completely lost all respect for the media. They report about this "petition" as if it is real. If they spent 5 mins reading the names and comments instead of just looking to see how many names are counted, they would see this as complete and total bull spit. I am waiting for Whitlock to come out and denounce the petition for what it is. When/If he does that, he will be the only journalist at the Kansas City Star. It is bad enough that Babb inserted himself into the story of LJ. Babb isn't a journalist, he is a blogger at best.
I have a hard time believing that anyone is taking this "petition" seriously. Look at some of the names.... And I spent no time even thinking. And only 3 mins looking.. These were the obvious names in there. I also question how many of the name are really chief fans...Than the question of how many actually have ever spent a dime on the Chiefs....And then how many are season ticket holders...And how many season ticket holders will cancel their tickets solely on the basis of who the team's all time leading rusher is. If you ask me the team's play is more evident.
| 103. | Larry Johnson | I hate Kansas City! I wish i could get my f****t a** out of here! |
| 72. | Charles Norris | Just cut him already |
| 71. | O.J. Simpson |
| 66. | Dick Vermeil | LOL. |
| 53. | Todd Haley | I gave you another chance and this is how you repay me you POS |
| 36. | Priest Holmes | This is great! I've been counting the yards. No mas! Now I can eat nachos in peace. |
| 35. | Mike Scimeca | |
| 34. | Carl Delano Peterson | Of course he deserves it. I drafted him. Quite frankly, Larry Johnson never averaged 2.7 yards per carry when I was GM. Scott Pioli should fire himself. |
| 23. | Dick Inabox | |
| 22. | Curious George | |
| 21. | Ivana Tinkle |
| 6. | Ian Fleming | Here's to the future! |
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Whenever you have an online form like this
you are going to have jack asses screwing around and adding fake names. The petition has gotten a lot of signatures and while I am sure a lot of them are fake names and BS as posted above, a lot of them, probably most of them, are genuine fans who see the petition as an opportunity to voice their displeasure with the idea of L.J. playing for the Chiefs.
Is the petition going to have an actual impact? Probably not. However, it is important for fans to voice their displeasure and I assure you, the brass are listening. That doesn’t mean they are just going to bend to the fans will but I am sure the petition has at least gotten Pioli’s attention.
A similar situation is happening in Cleveland where a couple of long time ticket holders are staging an "arrive late’ protest of the Browns at their next Monday night game. The owner of the Browns heard about this and is going to have a face to face meeting with the men staging the protest. They are preparing a presentation for the owner.
It is a shame that some immature people post vulgar, silly names in the petition but most of the names on the petition are real. It is great way for a group of people to make one loud statement.
As for Babb and his credibility as a journalist I would say he is at least on the level of Jason Whitlock, if not beyond him. I’m not a big fan of the media in general simply because it is a business that is saturated with sensationalistic headlines and fake news.
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by Patrick Allen on Nov 5, 2009 8:02 AM CST reply actions 2 recs
Out of all that you just said
I am shocked the most that the Browns play a effing MNF game. That’s BS!
This isn't a "kum-bye-yah" campfire! THIS IS SPARTA FOOTBALL!
by IISaiNtII on Nov 5, 2009 8:10 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Yeah I know
It is like having to watch the Lions play every freaking Thanksgiving.
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by Patrick Allen on Nov 5, 2009 8:21 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
or the Chiefs every Sunday
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by Patrick Allen on Nov 5, 2009 8:22 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I thought only GOOD teams got primetime games?
When was the last time the Chiefs had SNF or MNF? 2006?
This isn't a "kum-bye-yah" campfire! THIS IS FOOTBALL!
by IISaiNtII on Nov 5, 2009 9:10 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Last I remember
Was NFLN inaugural Thanksgiving game vs Bronco’s in Primetime.
Johnnie Morton: The Man. The Myth. The Legend.
by craig in calgary on Nov 5, 2009 9:45 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Last Chiefs game I was at.
It was awesome.
by NJ Chiefs Fan on Nov 5, 2009 9:49 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Best Chiefs game and best Thanksgiving ever.
"What?!?! I aint no Obama for the weed!"
-Turk McBride
by HIV 2 Elway on Nov 5, 2009 9:51 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I really am afraid to go to another game.
That experience was nearly perfect and would be tough to live up to.
by NJ Chiefs Fan on Nov 5, 2009 10:16 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, but that doesn't count.
and that was 2006? or 2005?
This isn't a "kum-bye-yah" campfire! THIS IS FOOTBALL!
by IISaiNtII on Nov 5, 2009 10:03 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I think 2006
Johnnie Morton: The Man. The Myth. The Legend.
by craig in calgary on Nov 5, 2009 10:42 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Craig..YOU are the LEGEND!!
The legend of AP!! As told by Krayfish…(any similaries to people or places is strictly coincidental)!
There was a man from Calgary…who’s &!! was … well you get the idea!
by krayfish on Nov 5, 2009 12:22 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I respect what the Browns fans are doing
At least there you have fans that have actually spent money on the product. Here could be anyone making up names. Hell there is software that can auto fill these petitions for you. I am just saying that the media shouldn’t be reporting this as legit.
Predictions for 2009:
LJ breaks Chiefs all time rushing record at home
Bowe's numbers regress due to lack of decent QB play.
The D gets better in the second half but still is plagued by big plays
Cassel looks more like the guy Pioli almost cut in the '08 preseason instead of the franchise QB he hoped he would be when he traded him for
Chiefs 6-10
by bonesjackson on Nov 5, 2009 3:24 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Leave it to an LJ Homer...
To denounce the Petition. there are over 7000 signatures on there and you show like 14 names. Child Please. Leave LJ in the past bro. I know it is hard to except but its over for him.
OHANA!
by darwithabar on Nov 5, 2009 4:11 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Again
I only spent a couple of minutes on there looking. 14 names out of 100 are obviously phony how many are phony without being silly? How many spend money on the Chiefs? I saw several people claiming to be fans of other teams. Why should the Chiefs give 2 fucks what jet fans think? I would be surprised if more than 5% of that list is real season ticket holders. why? because season ticket holders don’t make a decision to fork over the money because Priest Holmes holds the single season rushing record. You fork over the money because of a variety of reasons, most of which have to do with watching the team play. I, unlike many shitbags have season tickets and can tell you from my prospective I am more concerned with the chiefs making the playoffs than any rushing rushing record.
Predictions for 2009:
LJ breaks Chiefs all time rushing record at home
Bowe's numbers regress due to lack of decent QB play.
The D gets better in the second half but still is plagued by big plays
Cassel looks more like the guy Pioli almost cut in the '08 preseason instead of the franchise QB he hoped he would be when he traded him for
Chiefs 6-10
by bonesjackson on Nov 6, 2009 3:50 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
are you saying that those of us that don't have season tix
are shitbags?
Air Cassel - approved for takeoff
by kabrink on Nov 6, 2009 10:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
just for the sake of clarification
Air Cassel - approved for takeoff
by kabrink on Nov 6, 2009 10:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
We the Fans
We want a voice, we always have and always will. I’m not saying this will have any effect other than making the voice of the fan heard a bit louder than in just ranting to themselves of on a blog site. I love AP, however we don’t have all of the Chiefs fans but we are getting there. I have seen countless post and comments about how everyone feels and thinks about the team. But what kind of voice do we have with the Chiefs? is anyone listening to us, I’d like to hope so, but that’s just hope. Although I see both sides of this point I tend to lean toward the side that is getting heard, ranting in the dark only makes you look crazy.
The team will not take any action based on any petition, and I’m fine with that. The point is that now there is a voice that the team can’t just ignore because they have to answer questions about it. The fans are important to the Chiefs, we have heard it time and again, we do pay for Tickets, parking and all the merchandise we choose to afford. The petition is just one way of being heard, it’s not a boycott, or a walk out, but it let’s the team and Ownership know we are not happy with the situation as it is and we want something done about it. They may not listen to us at all which could blow up in their faces, because if there’s one thing I know it is not to ignore a Cheifs fan, we will be heard in one form or another.
is it me? or isn't about time the Lamar Hunt trophy belonged to His team?
I’m a Chiefs fan Dammit and I’m damn proud of it!
by KC Fanatic on Nov 5, 2009 9:19 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I hope team management is not listening to whinny internet fans...
They have far more important things to do than listen to the poorly thought out, emotionally driven opinions. The only “voice” that needs to be listened to is the one that is dropping cash for tickets. Fans are buying tickets, games aren’t being blacked out, the real fans are behind what is going on.
"What?!?! I aint no Obama for the weed!"
-Turk McBride
by HIV 2 Elway on Nov 5, 2009 9:34 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
AMEN
I think that this petition has forced the Chiefs hands. Even if they did not plan on playing LJ the rest of the season, they have to now or risk one of these crazy petitions coming out every week. I can see it now…
should cassel be benched?
Should DJ be starting?
Should we trade the human drop machine Bowe?
Predictions for 2009:
LJ breaks Chiefs all time rushing record at home
Bowe's numbers regress due to lack of decent QB play.
The D gets better in the second half but still is plagued by big plays
Cassel looks more like the guy Pioli almost cut in the '08 preseason instead of the franchise QB he hoped he would be when he traded him for
Chiefs 6-10
by bonesjackson on Nov 5, 2009 3:27 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I understand how Larry feels, everyday it’s just one fool after another trying to take me down.
It’s not going to work and you are starting to make me mad.
Love.
Jason Bourne
by kcbh on Nov 5, 2009 10:04 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
if Larry got mad again,
maybe he’d run with some authority. Wouldn’t that be a nice blast from the past.
btw, props on the Jason Bourne reference. those are some sweet movies.
by thehulk on Nov 5, 2009 10:08 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
The difference being...
That Larry is taking himself down. You can’t not produce on the field and then start running your mouth about your coach and whatever else.
Its kind of like Roy Williams the Bust spouting off about how Romo doesn’t get him the ball where he can catch it. Show some fucking accountability for once.
"The first step to penetration... must not be lateral"
-Confucius, in contrary to Glenn Dorsey lining up in the 2-tech
by ArrowSpread on Nov 5, 2009 10:12 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Agreed
I’m sick of this blaming everyone but yourself mentality. Step up Prove that your better than more than popping off at the mouth.
is it me? or isn't about time the Lamar Hunt trophy belonged to His team?
I’m a Chiefs fan Dammit and I’m damn proud of it!
by KC Fanatic on Nov 5, 2009 11:01 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Or better yet
get an account-a-bil-a-buddy!
This isn't a "kum-bye-yah" campfire! THIS IS FOOTBALL!
by IISaiNtII on Nov 5, 2009 11:05 AM CST up reply actions 0 recs
Okay let me try this again....but kinder and gentler...
to me personally, this post came off a bit whiny. That’s just my opinion. The first thing that comes to mind when I read this and other posts like it is quite simply “get over it”.
I mean that sincerely. LJ asked for this. No one is petitioning for Vrable to get banned. When your in the spotlight and your team and community and fans are counting on you, it’s time to man up and accept your role model status. Not use it to inflate your ego so big that you feel it is okay to pound on women and insult people who don’t live like you do.
So sorry if LJ is offended by it. He started it in the off season by telling us all how much he hated us here in KC and how bad he wanted out.
Perhaps if LJ would grow up and act like a man instead of a thug he wouldn’t get this kind of negative attention. There was no need to talk to the reporters like that. That’s their job and every other team puts up with it too.
by krayfish on Nov 5, 2009 11:15 AM CST reply actions 0 recs
I agree
LJ is now getting exactly what he has been asking for from the fans of KC. He wanted all the attention, well he’s got it. He wanted to be outspoken well he got that to. I guess no one told him that we would just keep taking it. He wanted the respect of KC, Well to get respect you have to show some, and all he has shown is a lack of respect for this team, it’s fans, and this city. He got what he wanted, now he can rot in it.
is it me? or isn't about time the Lamar Hunt trophy belonged to His team?
I’m a Chiefs fan Dammit and I’m damn proud of it!
by KC Fanatic on Nov 5, 2009 12:00 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
OMG...KC Fanatic..we can't start agreeing with one another...
Let’s just stop this right now and go back to the way things were…umm hold on let me try first…..“Oh KC Fan..that’s ridiculous…you never think before you post, what r u talking about anyway?? Don’t you have something else to do besides annoy me”??
How was that?? Ok I feel better…I just needed to know I still had it in me…tks man. I hate to admit it but your right..he gets what he deserves…for God Sakes…I might even end up rec’ing that one for you…
by krayfish on Nov 5, 2009 12:21 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
I agree
The petition is whiny. As are the fools that would rather lose every game this season than have LJ break the record…
Predictions for 2009:
LJ breaks Chiefs all time rushing record at home
Bowe's numbers regress due to lack of decent QB play.
The D gets better in the second half but still is plagued by big plays
Cassel looks more like the guy Pioli almost cut in the '08 preseason instead of the franchise QB he hoped he would be when he traded him for
Chiefs 6-10
by bonesjackson on Nov 5, 2009 3:29 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
You come off as whiny...
You cant defend yourself or LJ anymore. You are either LJ or you have some weird man-love crush on him.
OHANA!
by darwithabar on Nov 5, 2009 4:16 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
He has really helped us win so far...
…poor argument. He is not a playmaker…This is like arguing that not playing Mark Bradley at the No. 1 wideout spot will make us lose…folly
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by woodman212 on Nov 5, 2009 11:31 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
the plot thickens!
Paranoia is setting in & soon it will turn to mass hysteria as around every corner & behind every screen-name there is a potential LJ!
There are those whom are wondering this very thought already though!
by ttownmikey on Nov 5, 2009 1:17 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
We all know "Why"!
The question should be: “Why not?”
by ttownmikey on Nov 5, 2009 1:18 PM CST reply actions 0 recs
Why?
Did I mumble incoherently when I was typing? Was there spittle flying out your monitor? I’ve been fooling you all of this time with my defense of Haley, haven’t I! You knew it had to be a front! :P
by ttownmikey on Nov 5, 2009 1:56 PM CST up reply actions 0 recs
LMAO...I KNEW IT!!
Well I’d tell you that the people of AP don’t like you LJ, and that you should run for your life…but we all know you can’t run so….(-:
by krayfish on Nov 5, 2009 2:08 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

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