Football season is here!!!

[bushido_man96]

On 2/21/2026 at 5:07 PM, sensei8 said:

That’s right because there’s Kansas City, MO and Kansas City, KS.

Yeah, they will still be in the Kansas City metro area proper.  Coach Andy Reid also quashed any rumors that Tyreek Hill might return to KC.  He said "nothing's happening there" at this time.  Things can always change, though.  Hill would have to come in on a really cheap "prove it" deal to get back to KC.

Edited February 23 by bushido_man96

[KarateKen]

Some of the state legislation in Indiana passed a vote 95-4 supporting building a stadium for the Bears.  Next it would have to pass the state senate, then be signed by the governor who has said he agrees with the stadium. If everything does pass the plan for the stadium is a multi-billion-dollar dome covered field that could be used for events year around.  Possibly a future Super Bowl as well.  The NFL has requirements that need to be met for a stadium to host a Super Bowl, and they tend to like domes more than open air stadiums so that there is not weather interference.  The only way a place like Chicago gets a Super Bowl is with a dome.  The league likes to put the game in warm weather climates, but we have seen the SB played in places like Minneapolis and Detroit because they are indoors.  They did have it in New York/NJ one year but that is not typical and unlikely to happen again anytime soon.  

The Illinois governor is fighting to keep the Bears, but it is trending more towards the team going to Indiana. 

The stadium would likely cost the Indiana taxpayers at least 885 million dollars, with the possibility of it being much higher.  Meanwhile the city of Chicago still owes about 500 million on Solider Field for renovations that were done in 2023. Crazy.  

[sensei8]

Hopefully any new stadium HAS A ROOF on it because playing football in a blizzard north of I-40 can’t be fun at all.

Oh, one last thing…seeing that the taxpayers help finance the stadium, shouldn’t the taxpayers get tickets at a much more affordable prices?!? Ticket prices to a Raiders home game in the nose bleed section are, well, STUPID…gouging at its worse.

Edited February 26 by sensei8

[KarateKen]

On 2/26/2026 at 10:16 AM, sensei8 said:

 

Oh, one last thing…seeing that the taxpayers help finance the stadium, shouldn’t the taxpayers get tickets at a much more affordable prices?!? Ticket prices to a Raiders home game in the nose bleed section are, well, STUPID…gouging at its worse.

Agreed.  It's pure greed.  Stick the taxpayers with the bill then make the tickets so expensive that many of the same people who helped pay for the stadium can't afford to attend.  What is also terrible is that the taxpayers often don't get a vote on it.  When it goes to a public vote, it tends to be shut down.  The taxpayers don't want to fund stadiums for billionaire owners and millionaire athletes, but in many cases, they are not given a say.  The state government simply decides to do it, and the taxpayers pay out hundreds of millions whether they support it or not.  It happened in Minnesota, Las Vegas, Buffalo, and now in Chicago, as well as many other places.  While a few NFL stadiums are funded with private money (such as SoFi in Los Angeles) that is the exception, not the rule.  Most are funded at least in part with tax money.  Both building the stadium and renovations that happen years later. 

There are arguments for taxpayer funding for stadiums, and typically they are that the stadium creates jobs and stimulates the local economy.  There are debates as to whether or not the juice is worth the squeeze on that one.  Also, state governments, especially governors, don't want it on their watch that a team left.  It is bad for reelection.  So, while fans and locals will be upset about the tax hike for the new stadium, they are also going to be angry if their favorite team moves because the governor didn't get a deal done.  It's a catch 22 for the governor, but I think the feeling among legislature is that more damage is done if they team moves than if they stay at the taxpayers' expense. This gives owners more leverage in negations, threatening to move the team if they don't get what they want.

That is what happened in Minnesota.  The Vikings were playing in the Metrodome in 2010 when it was falling apart. The roof even caved in hours before a game, which lead to the game being moved to Detroit.  Back in 2010 the NFL did not have a team in Los Angeles, and the owners knew how much the NFL wanted one.  So what the Vikings owner did was use the threat of moving to LA to get a new stadium with taxpayer money.  Give me a new stadium, make the taxpayers pay for part of it, or I will move the team to LA.  It worked.  The Vikings now play in US Bank stadium and the taxpayers paid much of the bill. 

[sensei8]

Tons of people that must have more money then they can shake a stick at because I see sold-out stadiums everywhere. Nothing will ever change in my lifetime so I will continue to watch the NFL on my tv.

Oh well!!

[KarateKen]

Looks like Cardinals QB Kyler Murray is on the move as he was released by Arizona.  No word yet on where he will end up but the rumored frontrunner is the Vikings.  Murry is coming of an injury plagued season where he played five games, threw 6 TDs 3 INTs and 962 yards.  The Cardinals were 2-3 in the games he started last year when he injured his foot in week 5 and missed the rest of the year. In 87 games with the Cardinals Murray has thrown 121 TDs, 60 INTs, and 20,460 yards, a QB rating of 91.6, with a record of 38-48-1.  Besides the Vikings other possible teams are the Steelers, Dolphins, and Jets.  Also, there is talk that the Oakland/Sacramento A's are interested.  Murray was drafted by the A's so maybe he goes into baseball.  Murray is a free agent.