My Chief Concerns: A Deflating Football Interest

by My Chief Concerns

Is your interest in football diminishing?

I, (presumably just like you), and the other writers that write for this blog, are blood thirsty die hard Chiefs fans who drink up every single drop, or even whiff, of blood.  We have been thirsting for Chiefs news and action for so many years that we cannot remember a time in our lives where our obsessed rabid fanhood was tempered by any sense of normalcy.  That is, until now.

The lockout has caused a normal, healthy, (or unhealthy), flow of information, opinion and news to completely dry up and wither away.  The lockout is rehab for the NFL addicted masses and the entire NFL (players and owners) are making a big mistake.  Instead of causing its fan base to become more obsessed, the NFL and its players association, is sending millions and millions of us (reluctantly, as always) to rehab.  (… and that is not necessarily a good thing if you are Dr. Feelgood).

I am not going to pick sides in the lockout debate.  I don’t care who is right or who is wrong.  I have no say in the battle.  But it is painfully obvious to anyone who peruses NFL blogs, websites, chart rooms, and the like, that the fan interest is not just down, it’s out!  Comments on this site and other major blogs (PFT) are considerably dormant. Even the top NFL writers are boring me to death with their scarce information. (Sorry Peter King)

More after the jump…

Some fans, like me, find themselves spending their extra time at their jobs working even harder, with friends, with family, focusing on finances, watching MMA, playing golf, etc.; generally just filing up the extra time and energy with other and even new interests. (I guess there IS more to life than just Chiefs football; blasphemy!).

It has gotten to the point where I can now actually imagine a season without NFL football, and it does not seem so bad after all.  In fact, a very tiny part of me is kind of hoping for a lost season to see just how this addict would survive.  (I cannot believe I just wrote that, and the other writers for this blog are probably pissed right now, but it is a bit true).  We all might deserve the perspective a lockout would offer. Yes that means you too.

My Chiefs and NFL bloodlust has now become a small appetite of apathy.  If the two parties cannot get together, that is ok; I will spend my extra time and money elsewhere.  Let them destroy, deflate, water down, or hinder what they have so damn good. The NFL is the number one sport in America. Let them all cut off their noses to spite their face.  They can call me when they figure it all out. I, and most likely you, will be back, but maybe not everyone, and perhaps that is what the entire NFL deserves.

That is just how if feel.

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I agree that there is less interest, at least for me. I used to check multiple football sites multiple times a day. Now I realy only check this one and not even every day. I also think the lack of free agency, or any real football news, has me way too invested in the draft. Past years I would look into a few prospects projected to go in the first couple rounds and have guys I liked and guys I didn't then when draft day rolled around and it went nothing like I thought it would it was no big deal. This year instead of doing most of the research after the picks have already been made, I have picks that I want all the way into the seventh round. I'm not sure I'll take it as well when it doesn't go how I want. I wish I could just give up on the NFL, but when they do eventually play I'll be planted at the pub every sunday watchin the game with my friends. Stupid lockout

I will be fishing in Sundays. Going snagging for spoonbill this weekend because it's that time of year!

I feel your pain Jeremy. It's kind of like if you were madly in love with a girl and then she says she's going to Europe for a year. She says she's not breaking up with you just have to wait until she comes back to pick things back up. Its hard to have the same feelings of excitement when they show so little dedication to you.

Well Said. KCinTX

Good point, but then it is clear she does not love you as much as you love her, otherwise she would not have gone.

Jeremy, to be honest, this sounds like a departing letter or resigning letter

A letter of resignation; resigning myself to the fact of a lockout. Good point.

I hear you, I hadn’t played golf in about 11 years. Just to give you an ideal how long it’s been. When I stopped playing, the driver (Bazooka 280cc with 9.5 deg) I have was considered a monster driver. On Sunday I pulled out the clubs and gave them a polish and headed down to the local course. I shot a 98 on a par 68 course, Ouch!!! Funny thing is I was hitting the driver well and my short irons were all over the place. Anyway I had forgotten how good it feels to hit the ball and make the long puts, still can’t remember the feeling of making a long putt, point is I think I’m hooked on golf again. I’m asking for suggestions on drivers and fairway woods. I can’t find a matching set for sale and I have never hit a hybrid. Any suggestion / reviews on driver and 3 wood combinations? Sadly I know I will be back hunting for every bit of news on the Chiefs I can find. Sooner or later they will agree on something that both of them can live with. I already know this will lead to the owners raising the ticket, refreshment, parking and souvenir prices. In the end neither the players nor the owners will know or care what the fans suffered through this (Im starting to understand the batter wife syndrome) One thumping of the Raiders and Ill forgive them and pay the additional cost. KCinTX

I don't know about Texas, but in CA we have a Big 5 sporting goods store that always has great deals on mathching set of clubs, sets of drivers, etc. Actually give the hybrids a try. I was hesitant at first but have grown to like them. Plus the two, three and four iron(s) are going to become a thing of the past becuase of the hydbrids. You might not have a choice. There is nothing better than "crushing" a long straight drive, even if infrequently. Beating the Raiders is priceless.

Thanks for the tip. "Big 5 sporting goods" maybe they are an online store. Ill have to Google it. KCinTX

Might consider 3balls.com. Used clubs but, what the heck, how good are you anyway? As for me I got a matching set for next to nothing. If they do not work, put them in your next garage sale and buy more. Senior, graphics are very forgiving. I cannot use a wedge very well so got a chipper (heavy iron with 7 iron angle).

Well at my best I could play the par 72 course in La Porte and usally finish somewhere in the 82 - 87 range. I played it 2, sometimes 3, times a week so I knew the course well. Now it looks like I would be over 100 easily on that same course. Looks like I can still hit the driver 240 - 260 range. I landed mostly in the fairway fringe but not in the high ruff. I played with a kid around 25. He had what looked like a bucket tied to a stick for a driver and he was never under 280. He didn't have a fade or draw, just straight shots. He let me hit it once, that's was all it took, now I must have one. John Daly would have been proud. (I Had to explane to the kid who John Daly was, that made me feel old). Hell the way I hit that ball I may not need the 2, 3 & 4 irons anymore. I will be to close to the green to use them lol. I don't know how far it went. If I had to guess, I'd say somewhere between 280 - 300. It was straight down the fairway. My only fairway drive of the day. That drive could cost me up to $500 in clubs but damn it felt good.

Thanks for the 3balls.com connection now I own a Taylormade R9 460 driver - 10.5*(same club the kid had) Taylormade R9 3 Wood - 15.3* Taylormade Rescue Dual Utility Hybrid - 22* I only paid $18 for the hybrid, can't go wrong at that price.

MMA has officially passed fooball as my favorite sport. This lockout sealed the deal. And actually, about the only silver lining I can see to a lost season is that mixed martial arts would surely benefit. I had to make the decisions between writing about the Chiefs and writing about MMA a while back. I picked the Chiefs. This is how they repay me.

Lol! I noticed that you were no longer posting on Cage Pages. Maybe you should give Sanchez a call and get back in! But don't ever leave here.

I agree that there is less interest, at least for me. I used to check multiple football sites multiple times a day. Now I realy only check this one and not even every day. I also think the lack of free agency, or any real football news, has me way too invested in the draft. Past years I would look into a few prospects projected to go in the first couple rounds and have guys I liked and guys I didn't then when draft day rolled around and it went nothing like I thought it would it was no big deal. This year instead of doing most of the research after the picks have already been made, I have picks that I want all the way into the seventh round. I'm not sure I'll take it as well when it doesn't go how I want. I wish I could just give up on the NFL, but when they do eventually play I'll be planted at the pub every sunday watchin the game with my friends. Stupid lockout

I will be fishing in Sundays. Going snagging for spoonbill this weekend because it's that time of year!

I feel your pain Jeremy. It's kind of like if you were madly in love with a girl and then she says she's going to Europe for a year. She says she's not breaking up with you just have to wait until she comes back to pick things back up. Its hard to have the same feelings of excitement when they show so little dedication to you.

Well Said.

KCinTX

Good point, but then it is clear she does not love you as much as you love her, otherwise she would not have gone.

Jeremy, to be honest, this sounds like a departing letter or resigning letter

A letter of resignation; resigning myself to the fact of a lockout. Good point.

I hear you, I hadn’t played golf in about 11 years. Just to give you an ideal how long it’s been. When I stopped playing, the driver (Bazooka 280cc with 9.5 deg) I have was considered a monster driver. On Sunday I pulled out the clubs and gave them a polish and headed down to the local course. I shot a 98 on a par 68 course, Ouch!!! Funny thing is I was hitting the driver well and my short irons were all over the place. Anyway I had forgotten how good it feels to hit the ball and make the long puts, still can’t remember the feeling of making a long putt, point is I think I’m hooked on golf again. I’m asking for suggestions on drivers and fairway woods. I can’t find a matching set for sale and I have never hit a hybrid. Any suggestion / reviews on driver and 3 wood combinations?

Sadly I know I will be back hunting for every bit of news on the Chiefs I can find. Sooner or later they will agree on something that both of them can live with. I already know this will lead to the owners raising the ticket, refreshment, parking and souvenir prices. In the end neither the players nor the owners will know or care what the fans suffered through this (Im starting to understand the batter wife syndrome) One thumping of the Raiders and Ill forgive them and pay the additional cost.

KCinTX

I don't know about Texas, but in CA we have a Big 5 sporting goods store that always has great deals on mathching set of clubs, sets of drivers, etc.

Actually give the hybrids a try. I was hesitant at first but have grown to like them. Plus the two, three and four iron(s) are going to become a thing of the past becuase of the hydbrids. You might not have a choice.

There is nothing better than "crushing" a long straight drive, even if infrequently.

Beating the Raiders is priceless.

Thanks for the tip. "Big 5 sporting goods" maybe they are an online store. Ill have to Google it.

KCinTX

Might consider 3balls.com. Used clubs but, what the heck, how good are you anyway? As for me I got a matching set for next to nothing. If they do not work, put them in your next garage sale and buy more. Senior, graphics are very forgiving. I cannot use a wedge very well so got a chipper (heavy iron with 7 iron angle).

Well at my best I could play the par 72 course in La Porte and usally finish somewhere in the 82 - 87 range. I played it 2, sometimes 3, times a week so I knew the course well. Now it looks like I would be over 100 easily on that same course.

Looks like I can still hit the driver 240 - 260 range. I landed mostly in the fairway fringe but not in the high ruff. I played with a kid around 25. He had what looked like a bucket tied to a stick for a driver and he was never under 280. He didn't have a fade or draw, just straight shots. He let me hit it once, that's was all it took, now I must have one. John Daly would have been proud. (I Had to explane to the kid who John Daly was, that made me feel old). Hell the way I hit that ball I may not need the 2, 3 & 4 irons anymore. I will be to close to the green to use them lol.

I don't know how far it went. If I had to guess, I'd say somewhere between 280 - 300. It was straight down the fairway. My only fairway drive of the day. That drive could cost me up to $500 in clubs but damn it felt good.

Thanks for the 3balls.com connection now I own a

Taylormade R9 460 driver - 10.5*(same club the kid had)

Taylormade R9 3 Wood - 15.3*

Taylormade Rescue Dual Utility Hybrid - 22* I only paid $18 for the hybrid, can't go wrong at that price.

MMA has officially passed fooball as my favorite sport. This lockout sealed the deal. And actually, about the only silver lining I can see to a lost season is that mixed martial arts would surely benefit.

I had to make the decisions between writing about the Chiefs and writing about MMA a while back. I picked the Chiefs. This is how they repay me.

Lol! I noticed that you were no longer posting on Cage Pages. Maybe you should give Sanchez a call and get back in! But don't ever leave here.