KC Renegades End Winning Streak

The Kansas City Renegades lost their bid for five straight wins.  In the face of another dismal attendance, despite the "Kids Day" promotion, the Renegades bombed, losing to the Salina Bombers 47-31.  The Renegade managed to lead the game up until the final few minutes of the first half when the Bombers scored three times before the break, and never looked back.

Again, I didn't waste my time or money making the run down to Kemper Arena to watch the event.  I relaxed at home and pulled the game up on 810TV and watched their live stream.  What I found was a team that couldn't get their game together, and couldn't stop the Bomber's air attack.  In fact, the Bombers didn't have a single running play in the first half.  They did come out in the second half and introduce a running game after half time, and while KC managed to put another 14 points on the board in the second half, but it wasn't enough to overcome the lead that Salina took into the half and held the rest of the game.  The closest KC came to taking the lead was coming within 3 points with 10:52 left in the game.

Once again, attendance was dismal.  Looking at the video, I find it hard to believe that the team is bringing in enough money to pay the bills.  Yes, there is advertising around the field, but how long are companies going to pay with attendance as low as it is.  Then there was the promo that they ran for this game.  Each paid adult could bring one child to the game for free.  I don't know where they advertised this promo other than on their web site, but it clearly had little affect on the attendance.

So, what's next?  The Renegades take on the Sioux City Bandits (4-2) at Kemper Arena.  The Bandits come into Kansas City after a loss to the Omaha Beef.  Considering the level of play that was observed against Salina, I find it hard to perceive that the Renegades will win next week.  In fact, I am only willing to ponder the idea of the Renegades winning two, maybe three more games.  I will go out on a limb and give the Renegades wins against Oklahoma and Kansas.  Bloomington on the other hand could go either way, but I find it difficult to give the Renegades the upper hand against Sioux City or Omaha.  So, with the Renegades currently at 4-3, they could conceivably end the season at a ... well ... I guess respectable 7-5.  And at that end result, there is a chance that the Renegades could conceivably finish in the top four of the league.

But I am not about to use that possible end result as a statement of how good the team is, but as a reference to how bad the league is.