The Kansas City Command are sitting with a dismal record of 0-3 after Week Four. They would likely be 0-4 if it wasn't for their early bye week, especially when you look at the league stats after the first four weeks. The Kansas City Command rank last in Scoring Offense, Pass Offense, Total Offense, Pass Efficiency, First Down, Third Down Conversions, and Field Goals. They ranked next to worst in allowing their opponents to convert on fourth down, and the dismal stats go on and on and on and on.
Those stats are about to get worse, and they are going to allow the Chicago Rush to break the "curse" of being picked the number one team when they go to Chicago this weekend, and instead of fulfilling their destiny and winning the game, they are going to stack more pitiful numbers on their already horrible stats.
But let's face facts. When you look at the attendance across the league. When you look at the points scored, and you take the time to watch some of the other games around the league, its easy to see that we're getting exactly what the owners are willing to pay for ... and that's far from the cream of the crop. I heard one person state that the player turnover across the league is approaching 80-85%. Players are not willing to put their bodies through the rigors of Football for pennies on the dollar. It's gotten to the point where Players cannot afford to take time away from what have become their 'real jobs' in order to pursue what is not basically a hobby of playing football. The team owners, and the owners of the new AFL have put this league back ... well one person said ten years, I would say its is far more than that. Remember the base pay for an AFL player is now only around $400 per game, versus almost $6,000 per game before the league collapsed a few years ago and this new ... pseudo AFL ... arose.
The Kansas City Command need to do something fast. They can use the excuse of competing against a KU Final Four match to explain away their last home game attendance of 2,833. But what about the fact that they had less than 6,000 the home game before, and with all the promotions they are running, they will unlikely do any better the next home game. The league needs to do something fast. They are losing AFL fans at a high rate of speed.
Yes, I am spending a lot of time pointing out how bad things are in the AFL. Suggestions? How about we get back to what made the league great? Cater to the Fans once again, going to an AFL game use to be a lot of fun. Pay more money so you can get some better players. We used to see some incredible football in the final minutes of a game, not any more.
league stats: http://www.arenafootball.com/statsdrilldown/CONFLDRS.HTM
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