Kansas City Brigade Seek New Name

With the return of Arena Football to Kansas City, the owners are looking to give the team a new name.  It has been a matter of discussion that the name "Brigade" was not the first choice of the team, but with current events in the world being what they were, the owners could not convince the League to allow them to use the name Bombers.  Well, how about something a little more related to the history of Kansas City?

To be honest, I didn't see anything wrong with the name "Brigade".  It wasn't the name of the team that kept fans away from the game.  With the Kansas City Chiefs still drawing capacity crowds at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City wasn't grasping the 'uniqueness' of Arena Football.  In fact, many of the people that I talked didn't see Arena Football as Real Football.  The truth be known, the problem was in how the fans were being treated, and the move from Kemper to the Sprint Center drove a lot of fans away.  In the last season played in Kansas City, I talked to several people who were unhappy with the seating, with the Parking, and that there was no real place to tailgate for the games. 

And Kansas City fans are fickle.  They will support a winning team, but they will not support a team that is trying to rebuild.  The Royals only get large crowds when there is a popular promotion or a really good team comes to town.  We've tried to bring Professional Basketball to KC, and the new arena in Independence was supposed to house a minor league hockey team, which I have yet to hear anything about.

So, instead of addressing the issues that matter, the owners are looking to rename the Brigade.  Maybe they are counting on out dating all of the team clothing their past fans have purchased,  Counting on people such as myself to purchase the new team jerseys and hats

Anyway, if you are interested in suggesting a new name to the KC Arena Football Team (Brigade) owners, you have until September 27th to submit your suggestion at:  http://www.sprintcenter.com/default.asp?sprintcenter=182.

Lingeries Football - OK / MTV Broadcast Sucked

I finally caught a LFL game on MTV 2 and frankly, I was very disappointed.  Not as much as with the game, but with the production work by MTV.  It was a series of clips.  They cut you from one play to the next, they bounce their graphics in and out of the screen, and it really takes away from the game itself.  In short, LFL on MTV 2 sucks, but what can you expect from a broadcaster that focuses on music videos.  If the LFL wants to build up their fan base, they need to somehow get someone like ESPN to broadcast their games (but not try to take over the league like they did with the old AFL).

As for what I could get out of the game itself, I watched two thirty minute clips, because the way MTV 2 has them set up, you don't get the entire game because the DVR thinks the program is only thirty minutes long.  What I did see showed me some fairly descent football, you could actually see past the scantily dressed babes in pads, and actually see a football game.  But the rules are definitely different.  One two kick offs, one at the beginning of the game and another at the beginning of the second half.  The referees don't get flag happy over fights, so it appears, and the locker room clip that they showed me was almost amusing, listening to this almost cartoon like voice giving those girls hell about the game play.  Well, let's face facts, they aren't going to get top coaches in this league.

I honestly believe that I would have enjoyed the game more if MTV hadn't cut it up as badly as they did, and just show the damn game in full.  It clearly wasn't being broadcast live, you can't butcher live feed like they did and squeeze thirty minutes of live game time into thirty or forty five minutes of broadcast.