KC Renegade - Game One

I find it hard to believe that this new indoor league will survive in Kansas City.  Like around fifty other people, I elected to for-go the $12 cheap seats to attend the game at Kemper Arena, and pulled the game up on Livestream.  What did I find?  A lot of empty seats.  A lot of empty seats along the wall, in the end zones, and up in the cheaper seats of the lower level.  If I was going to rate the team's future based on what I could see in fan support ... its not looking good at all.

Kansas City has taken another step backward when it comes to football in Kansas City.  Watching the game, it came off amateurish.  The KC Renegades quarterback tossed several interceptions, player mistakes cancelling touch downs, and simply falling apart in the second half of the game.  The Renegades were leading the game by four points (21-17) at half-time, but by the end of the third quarter the Omaha Beef had a ten point lead (31-21).  By the midpoint of the fourth quarter, I had seen enough, and I now find myself thinking about next weekend when the Arena Football League kicks off its season and my favorite team, the Chicago Rush, will take on the Iowa Barnstormers.  Hopefully I will be able to find that game on a live stream.

Predictions?  If this first game is any example of team talent and fan support, the Kansas City Renegades will find it very hard to have a second season in Kansas City.  Even with the tickets ranging from $12 to $37 dollars, and Season Tickets around $72 a season, people are not going to put aside their past experience with indoor football in Kansas City and the team will struggle to get any fan support.