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Nixhex wrote:Sure Lamar made a lot of money. He also helped make KC a major league city. Without him this town might be Omaha. His ventures here have created thousands of jobs and tax revenue for the city. He's stayed loyal to the city when he could have moved the team to a larger market. He really believed in diversity and was one of the first to bring black players into the league. The list goes on. Anyone who wants to look at how much money he gave to charities, etc. and judge him simply based on that is a certified fucking moron.

Not to mention the Chiefs as an organization has produced millions of dollars for charities over the years. I guess Lamar deserves no credit at all for that. Fuckin' haters. :roll:

420 wrote:

Nixhex wrote:Sure Lamar made a lot of money. He also helped make KC a major league city. Without him this town might be Omaha. His ventures here have created thousands of jobs and tax revenue for the city. He's stayed loyal to the city when he could have moved the team to a larger market. He really believed in diversity and was one of the first to bring black players into the league. The list goes on. Anyone who wants to look at how much money he gave to charities, etc. and judge him simply based on that is a certified fucking moron.

Not to mention the Chiefs as an organization has produced millions of dollars for charities over the years. I guess Lamar deserves no credit at all for that. Fuckin' haters. :roll:

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Nixhex wrote:

420 wrote:I think you're lost...

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Nice take faggot. You want to refute what I posted or just act like the ignorant motherfucker you are.

Nixhex wrote:

420 wrote:

Nixhex wrote:Sure Lamar made a lot of money. He also helped make KC a major league city. Without him this town might be Omaha. His ventures here have created thousands of jobs and tax revenue for the city. He's stayed loyal to the city when he could have moved the team to a larger market. He really believed in diversity and was one of the first to bring black players into the league. The list goes on. Anyone who wants to look at how much money he gave to charities, etc. and judge him simply based on that is a certified fucking moron.

Not to mention the Chiefs as an organization has produced millions of dollars for charities over the years. I guess Lamar deserves no credit at all for that. Fuckin' haters. :roll:

I think you're lost...

You're home

You're welcome.

Nice take faggot. You want to refute what I posted or just act like the ignorant motherfucker you are.

BSmack wrote:

Nixhex wrote:

420 wrote:I think you're lost...

You're home

You're welcome.

Nice take faggot. You want to refute what I posted or just act like the ignorant motherfucker you are.

It's m2, what did you expect?

War Wagon wrote:Why the fuck do you care what it means, Coods?

I appreciate the respect from the fans of opposing teams being shown to one of the founders of the AFL. You have an issue with that?

We here in KC gave an enormous amount of respect, admiration and appreciation for his accomplishments. You don't have to be a member of his family to understand that.

Well, maybe YOU do.

Cuda wrote:Just because I didn't mention you, doesn't mean I wasn't thinking of you, Paula.

Nixhex wrote:Sure Lamar made a lot of money. He also helped make KC a major league city. Without him this town might be Omaha. His ventures here have created thousands of jobs and tax revenue for the city. He's stayed loyal to the city when he could have moved the team to a larger market.

He really believed in diversity and was one of the first to bring black players into the league.

The list goes on.

Anyone who wants to look at how much money he gave to charities, etc. and judge him simply based on that is a certified fucking moron.

KC Scott wrote:

Nixhex wrote:Sure Lamar made a lot of money. He also helped make KC a major league city. Without him this town might be Omaha. His ventures here have created thousands of jobs and tax revenue for the city. He's stayed loyal to the city when he could have moved the team to a larger market.

Kansas City in the late 50's early 60's rivaled St. Louis & Chicago for growth.
This made KC a very attractive market - Why do you think Charley Finley moved the A's here?
As for "staying loyal" to the city did you not hear the veiled threats of relocation broadcast when they pushed the stadium hike down Jackson county's throat?

BTW - Just as I said then, it was a bullshit threat beacuse there sure as fuck wasn't another market that could have supported the Chiefs the way KC has. Jackson county voter just caved to the threat.

He really believed in diversity and was one of the first to bring black players into the league.

You sure your not thinking of the Rams and Browns in the 40's

The list goes on.

Anyone who wants to look at how much money he gave to charities, etc. and judge him simply based on that is a certified fucking moron.

Well then I'm your huckleberry - feel free to list all the glorious contributions to society Lamar made.
Then explain how he even gets in the same conversation as Ewing Kauffman.

e wrote: take a look across lot M.

e wrote: if the team were to sink into a period of crappiness like they did in the 80s, you'd stop seeing sold-out games and the references to being the toughest place in the league to play a road game would dry up and blow away.

Nixhex wrote:
Ewing Kauffman was an amazing man himself. Sure Lamar may not have been the philanthropist Ewing was. That doesn't make him any less of a man. Like I stated earlier. The Chiefs organization has given and produced millions of dollars for charity over the years. Lamar being the Chiefs owner deserves some credit for that.

He was a businessman first. I agree with that. But to paint him as the fucking Grinch isn't right. That's all I'm trying to say.

KC Scott wrote: And all I'm trying to say to those cannonizing him, both in the media, and on this thread is let's look at Lamar for who he really was. A Savy Businessman who started a rival league and owned the Chiefs.

Nothing more, nothing less.

KC Scott wrote:

Nixhex wrote:
Ewing Kauffman was an amazing man himself. Sure Lamar may not have been the philanthropist Ewing was. That doesn't make him any less of a man. Like I stated earlier. The Chiefs organization has given and produced millions of dollars for charity over the years. Lamar being the Chiefs owner deserves some credit for that.

He was a businessman first. I agree with that. But to paint him as the fucking Grinch isn't right. That's all I'm trying to say.

And all I'm trying to say to those cannonizing him, both in the media, and on this thread is let's look at Lamar for who he really was. A Savy Businessman who started a rival league and owned the Chiefs.

Nothing more, nothing less.

War Wagon wrote: If you were expecting Mother Teresa to own your local NFL franchise, I guess you're disappointed. The other 99.9% of us who proudly call ourselves CHIEFS fans will simply RACK! Lamar Hunt.

And that's all I'm saying.

BSmack wrote:
He wasn't THAT savy.

sin

The silver market

KC Scott wrote:

BSmack wrote:
He wasn't THAT savy.

sin

The silver market

That was his dad - Nelson Bunker Hunt.

e wrote: if the team were to sink into a period of crappiness like they did in the 80s, you'd stop seeing sold-out games and the references to being the toughest place in the league to play a road game would dry up and blow away.

Charity
Truly the heart of a champion
Hunt was a benefactor of causes from art to music to education.
By RANDY COVITZ
The Kansas City Star

Lamar Hunt donated his time and his money to several philanthropic endeavors, both in his hometown of Dallas and his adopted home of Kansas City.

Hunt was a supporter of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and Starlight Theatre in Kansas City, and was a benefactor of the Dallas Museum of Art, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and several causes related to education, children’s charities and fine arts.

Two of the projects closest to his heart were his alma mater — Southern Methodist University — and a middle-school program, Heart of a Champion, which is a nonprofit entity that focuses on character development.

Hunt was co-chairman of SMU’s campaign to build a new, 32,000-seat on-campus football stadium that opened in 2000 and helped raise $60 million in 18 months for the project. Hunt and his wife, Norma, contributed $5 million.

“He wrote letters, he talked to people, he was very active,” said former SMU athletic director Jim Copeland. “He wasn’t just a figurehead.”

Hunt also was a 1973 recipient of SMU’s highest honor, the Distinguished Alumni Award, and he and Norma are one of nine donors listed in the scholarship category of SMU’s donors, which includes those who give $30,000 annually to fund scholarships.

The Heart of a Champion Foundation is based in Dallas, where the program was launched in 2001, and Hunt introduced it in Kansas City, where it helps about 10,000 middle and junior high students at 17 schools in the metropolitan area.

“Lamar was one of the wonderful individuals who has from the very beginning believed in the program and believed in its necessity in terms of how valuable character development is for kids today,” said Steve Riach, chairman of the Heart of a Champion Foundation

Heart of a Champion is a nine-month program that is taught in class during school hours or in an after-school setting such as the Boys and Girls Clubs. The program includes an in-class curriculum in which students have workbooks, watch videotapes and go through exercises that develop character.

“I have met fewer finer men than Lamar,” Riach said. “Heart of a Champion would not be having the impact we’re having today were it nor not for the efforts of Lamar Hunt and his family.”