1 00:00:07,186 --> 00:00:09,666 Speaker 1: The Season with Peter Schreeger as a production of the 2 00:00:09,786 --> 00:00:24,666 Speaker 1: NFL in partnership with iHeartRadio. Welcome everybody to a Super 3 00:00:24,706 --> 00:00:28,826 Speaker 1: Bowl Week edition of the Season with Peter Schreger. I 4 00:00:28,866 --> 00:00:35,626 Speaker 1: am so thrilled to have two different podcasts here from Arizona. 5 00:00:35,706 --> 00:00:39,466 Speaker 1: Both of them are with very influential people in the NFL, 6 00:00:39,586 --> 00:00:43,266 Speaker 1: and both of them make for very unique guests in 7 00:00:43,506 --> 00:00:47,786 Speaker 1: a crowded space of NFL podcasts. You see, I got 8 00:00:47,826 --> 00:00:50,506 Speaker 1: here to Arizona and I said, did we get an 9 00:00:50,506 --> 00:00:53,586 Speaker 1: next player? Do we get maybe a current player, Do 10 00:00:53,626 --> 00:00:57,466 Speaker 1: we get a former, you know, league executive, somebody, anyone, 11 00:00:57,746 --> 00:00:59,706 Speaker 1: maybe one of the guys calling the games? And that 12 00:00:59,986 --> 00:01:03,386 Speaker 1: all would be great. I thought, for this week's podcast, 13 00:01:03,506 --> 00:01:09,026 Speaker 1: let's get two guests, the two lead dogs of both 14 00:01:09,026 --> 00:01:12,946 Speaker 1: of these franchises. Yes, in this episode, it is going 15 00:01:12,986 --> 00:01:15,786 Speaker 1: to be chairman and CEO of the Kansas City Chiefs, 16 00:01:15,986 --> 00:01:19,026 Speaker 1: mister Clark Hunt. And in part two, which is going 17 00:01:19,066 --> 00:01:21,946 Speaker 1: to be posting shortly thereafter, it is the chairman and 18 00:01:22,026 --> 00:01:26,466 Speaker 1: CEO of the Philadelphia Eagles, mister Jeffrey Lorie's quick background 19 00:01:26,466 --> 00:01:28,706 Speaker 1: on Clark Hunt. He became CEO of the Chiefs in 20 00:01:28,826 --> 00:01:31,706 Speaker 1: twenty ten his father, Lamar Hunt. Of course, when the 21 00:01:31,786 --> 00:01:36,026 Speaker 1: legends of football history passed away and Clark took over. 22 00:01:36,226 --> 00:01:38,666 Speaker 1: He was officially CEO in twenty ten, and he has 23 00:01:38,666 --> 00:01:42,586 Speaker 1: been the driving force behind the resurgence of the Chiefs franchise. 24 00:01:43,666 --> 00:01:46,266 Speaker 1: The Chiefs have won eight AFC West titles and have 25 00:01:46,346 --> 00:01:49,826 Speaker 1: been to the playoffs ten different times since twenty ten alone. 26 00:01:50,506 --> 00:01:54,146 Speaker 1: They are AFC champions this year. They were AFC champions 27 00:01:54,306 --> 00:01:57,186 Speaker 1: two years ago, they were AFC Champions three years ago. 28 00:01:57,226 --> 00:02:00,986 Speaker 1: That means Clark has hoisted the Lamar Hunt Trophy three 29 00:02:01,186 --> 00:02:04,226 Speaker 1: of the past four seasons. He's also done incredible things 30 00:02:04,506 --> 00:02:07,026 Speaker 1: with the org chart. When he took over, it was 31 00:02:07,146 --> 00:02:09,546 Speaker 1: the GM reports to the owner and so on and 32 00:02:09,546 --> 00:02:11,466 Speaker 1: so forth. No, no, he changed things. He said, let's 33 00:02:11,466 --> 00:02:14,066 Speaker 1: restructure the organization and how this thing is built. The 34 00:02:14,226 --> 00:02:19,266 Speaker 1: coach directly reports to the owner. The GM directly reports 35 00:02:19,346 --> 00:02:22,186 Speaker 1: to the owner, and that was in twenty thirteen. It 36 00:02:22,266 --> 00:02:25,906 Speaker 1: also sinks up quite nicely with the hiring of maybe 37 00:02:26,026 --> 00:02:29,586 Speaker 1: the most influential person in this Chief's organization on the field, 38 00:02:30,106 --> 00:02:33,746 Speaker 1: mister Andy Reid. I'm excited to ask Clark about the 39 00:02:33,826 --> 00:02:36,706 Speaker 1: hiring of Andy Reid. How that all went down. And 40 00:02:36,706 --> 00:02:39,226 Speaker 1: I'm also going to ask about the hiring of Brett Veach, 41 00:02:39,306 --> 00:02:42,226 Speaker 1: which was an internal hire in twenty seventeen as a 42 00:02:42,266 --> 00:02:45,186 Speaker 1: general manager. But Clark, of course, when he brought in 43 00:02:45,266 --> 00:02:48,546 Speaker 1: Andy Reid, Andy Reid, he himself took Brett Veach from 44 00:02:48,586 --> 00:02:52,386 Speaker 1: Philadelphia with him to Kansas City. Look, Clark Hunt is 45 00:02:52,426 --> 00:02:55,226 Speaker 1: a leading voice among a lot of the NFL owners 46 00:02:55,266 --> 00:02:58,146 Speaker 1: because of the different committees he's on. He's on the 47 00:02:58,226 --> 00:03:00,866 Speaker 1: NFL Finance Committees, on the Personal Conduct committees, on the 48 00:03:00,906 --> 00:03:04,666 Speaker 1: International committees, on the Management Council Executive Committee, and he 49 00:03:04,666 --> 00:03:07,026 Speaker 1: played a key role in a lot of those CBA 50 00:03:07,106 --> 00:03:11,026 Speaker 1: dealings both in twenty eleven and in twenty twenty. This 51 00:03:11,106 --> 00:03:14,626 Speaker 1: dude loves his Chiefs. He loves his Chiefs. It is 52 00:03:14,786 --> 00:03:18,146 Speaker 1: a family business. And he is there at every game 53 00:03:18,426 --> 00:03:20,706 Speaker 1: and he is there on the crowns and arrowhead when 54 00:03:20,746 --> 00:03:24,906 Speaker 1: you see them take the field every Sunday in those 55 00:03:24,946 --> 00:03:28,306 Speaker 1: home games. I am excited to bring on Clark Hunt 56 00:03:28,626 --> 00:03:31,666 Speaker 1: as gentleman, the CEO and chairman of the Kansas City Chiefs. 57 00:03:31,866 --> 00:03:34,866 Speaker 1: Mister Clark Hunt, and with no further ado, I'm excited 58 00:03:34,866 --> 00:03:37,466 Speaker 1: about this guest. He's the chairman and CEO of the 59 00:03:37,546 --> 00:03:40,586 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs, and his team is in the Super 60 00:03:40,626 --> 00:03:43,906 Speaker 1: Bowl yet again, and they are now AFC champions the 61 00:03:44,026 --> 00:03:48,186 Speaker 1: third time in four years. Clark Hunt, Welcome to the 62 00:03:48,226 --> 00:03:51,746 Speaker 1: season with Peter Schreker. Yeah, thank you very much. It's 63 00:03:51,746 --> 00:03:54,666 Speaker 1: a pleasure to be on with you today. Yeah. Look, 64 00:03:54,706 --> 00:03:57,426 Speaker 1: we're thrilled to have you. You know, the Andy Reid 65 00:03:57,506 --> 00:04:01,026 Speaker 1: storyline is playing such a huge role. But I feel 66 00:04:01,026 --> 00:04:04,026 Speaker 1: like there's this vague memory of Okay, well, Reid is 67 00:04:04,746 --> 00:04:07,546 Speaker 1: done with the Eagles, but three days later joins the 68 00:04:07,626 --> 00:04:10,426 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. I always wanted to know where were 69 00:04:10,466 --> 00:04:14,466 Speaker 1: you in that process and the Chiefs organization as to 70 00:04:14,746 --> 00:04:17,546 Speaker 1: getting Andy right on board and away we go. Since 71 00:04:17,586 --> 00:04:21,066 Speaker 1: twenty thirteen, one of the most successful franchises in football. Yeah, 72 00:04:21,106 --> 00:04:23,626 Speaker 1: we're looking back. It's hard to believe that it's been 73 00:04:23,826 --> 00:04:27,386 Speaker 1: almost ten years ago, and how blessed we are to 74 00:04:27,666 --> 00:04:32,026 Speaker 1: have Andy. I remember, you know, calling him on Monday 75 00:04:32,946 --> 00:04:36,026 Speaker 1: was referred to black Monday around the league. We had 76 00:04:36,066 --> 00:04:40,306 Speaker 1: just parted ways with our former coach, and I've heard 77 00:04:40,346 --> 00:04:43,506 Speaker 1: that Andy had been let go, and so I called 78 00:04:43,546 --> 00:04:45,986 Speaker 1: his cell phone, thinking, well, you know, I'm just gonna 79 00:04:45,986 --> 00:04:48,706 Speaker 1: be leaving a message and hopefully called me back later, 80 00:04:48,986 --> 00:04:51,946 Speaker 1: but he picked up and you know, which, you know, 81 00:04:52,026 --> 00:04:54,306 Speaker 1: shocked me. I'm not sure I was ready to talk 82 00:04:54,346 --> 00:04:58,506 Speaker 1: to him. So we had a great conversation. We set 83 00:04:58,586 --> 00:05:01,826 Speaker 1: up an interview a couple of days later, which ended 84 00:05:01,906 --> 00:05:06,546 Speaker 1: up being in Philadelphia at FBO at the airport. You're 85 00:05:06,586 --> 00:05:09,106 Speaker 1: at the airport and if I remember, it was like 86 00:05:09,506 --> 00:05:11,546 Speaker 1: here the Chiefs are, and then there's always rumors that 87 00:05:11,626 --> 00:05:13,266 Speaker 1: like the Cardinals want to interview, and you read, but 88 00:05:13,746 --> 00:05:16,226 Speaker 1: it never even got to that point. The story goes, 89 00:05:16,826 --> 00:05:20,106 Speaker 1: you guys meet, It's a nine hour interview, if I'm 90 00:05:20,106 --> 00:05:23,026 Speaker 1: not mistaken, maybe even longer. And by the end of 91 00:05:23,066 --> 00:05:25,666 Speaker 1: the day, Andy Reid was like, let's go. I'm the 92 00:05:25,706 --> 00:05:29,386 Speaker 1: new Chiefs head coach. Yeah. It was an amazing day. 93 00:05:29,746 --> 00:05:31,746 Speaker 1: We were supposed to have about a three or four 94 00:05:31,786 --> 00:05:36,146 Speaker 1: hour interview, and you know, we just hit it off. 95 00:05:36,666 --> 00:05:39,906 Speaker 1: And I had some of the chief staff there with 96 00:05:39,986 --> 00:05:42,626 Speaker 1: me so he'd have an opportunity to visit with them, 97 00:05:43,266 --> 00:05:45,946 Speaker 1: and it was clear we had had a lot to 98 00:05:45,986 --> 00:05:48,666 Speaker 1: talk about it, and it just just kept going and going, 99 00:05:49,226 --> 00:05:52,306 Speaker 1: and eventually he told me, you see that plane out there. 100 00:05:52,466 --> 00:05:55,266 Speaker 1: I was supposed to get on that to go to Arizona. 101 00:05:55,546 --> 00:05:57,026 Speaker 1: Is that right? It was there in the part it 102 00:05:57,066 --> 00:05:59,186 Speaker 1: was there, like on the runway, it was it was 103 00:05:59,226 --> 00:06:02,186 Speaker 1: just outside, you know, with the step down, you know, 104 00:06:02,226 --> 00:06:05,106 Speaker 1: ready for him to get on it. And you know, 105 00:06:05,146 --> 00:06:08,186 Speaker 1: he made the decision not to make that trip because 106 00:06:08,186 --> 00:06:10,426 Speaker 1: I think he felt like there was a really good 107 00:06:10,506 --> 00:06:14,306 Speaker 1: chemistry with me and the others who were there representing 108 00:06:14,306 --> 00:06:18,026 Speaker 1: the organization. So the interview, you're right, we went on 109 00:06:18,146 --> 00:06:20,066 Speaker 1: nine hours, which is a hard way. I'm not sure 110 00:06:20,186 --> 00:06:22,186 Speaker 1: was talked about for nine hours, but but we did, 111 00:06:23,186 --> 00:06:26,866 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, we agreed to get together a 112 00:06:26,866 --> 00:06:30,106 Speaker 1: couple days later in Kansas City. He wanted to come 113 00:06:30,146 --> 00:06:33,386 Speaker 1: see our facilities and he wanted his wife came in 114 00:06:33,466 --> 00:06:36,146 Speaker 1: to get a chance to see Kansas City. And so 115 00:06:36,466 --> 00:06:39,826 Speaker 1: they came in on Friday, my wife that Tammy a tour. 116 00:06:40,306 --> 00:06:45,186 Speaker 1: I took Andy to the facility. He saw everything, loved 117 00:06:45,226 --> 00:06:46,906 Speaker 1: what he saw, and by the end of the day 118 00:06:46,946 --> 00:06:50,826 Speaker 1: we had to sign contract. That's unbelievable. I love that. 119 00:06:50,826 --> 00:06:54,586 Speaker 1: That's a monumental moment in Chief's history. I think another 120 00:06:54,626 --> 00:06:58,466 Speaker 1: monumental moment might be the day that number fifteen was drafted. 121 00:06:58,466 --> 00:07:01,546 Speaker 1: Can you take us through your day that draft morning 122 00:07:01,546 --> 00:07:03,226 Speaker 1: when you wake up and you might have word that 123 00:07:03,226 --> 00:07:05,666 Speaker 1: we might be traded up. And when the pick was 124 00:07:05,706 --> 00:07:07,746 Speaker 1: in and Patrick Holmes becomes the next quarterback of the 125 00:07:07,786 --> 00:07:11,826 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs. Well, a lot of work went into 126 00:07:12,106 --> 00:07:16,306 Speaker 1: that decision, and our general manager Brett Leach was the 127 00:07:16,346 --> 00:07:20,266 Speaker 1: first one to get on Patrick and he started showing 128 00:07:20,306 --> 00:07:24,946 Speaker 1: Andy clips of Patrick's Texas Tech games a couple of 129 00:07:25,066 --> 00:07:28,226 Speaker 1: years before. You know, Patrick was ready to leave and 130 00:07:28,266 --> 00:07:32,346 Speaker 1: declare for the draft. And like Brett does on a 131 00:07:32,346 --> 00:07:35,666 Speaker 1: lot of things, you know, he's pretty persistent, and he did. 132 00:07:35,866 --> 00:07:38,706 Speaker 1: I get him. You know, he's awesome. We love to 133 00:07:38,746 --> 00:07:42,906 Speaker 1: have him. And then went through the process. Patrick came 134 00:07:42,946 --> 00:07:46,426 Speaker 1: in for one of the visits in the lead up 135 00:07:46,426 --> 00:07:49,106 Speaker 1: to the draft. You know, Andy took him through the 136 00:07:49,186 --> 00:07:52,946 Speaker 1: quiz that he likes to give quarterbacks and Patrick a 137 00:07:53,146 --> 00:07:58,106 Speaker 1: face that and so then they decided to bring me 138 00:07:58,146 --> 00:08:00,346 Speaker 1: in to watch a little tape of Patrick. And I 139 00:08:00,386 --> 00:08:04,386 Speaker 1: don't watch watch tape of players that were going to draft, 140 00:08:04,426 --> 00:08:07,226 Speaker 1: but they wanted to show me how special this player 141 00:08:07,426 --> 00:08:10,786 Speaker 1: was and why they wanted to move from late in 142 00:08:10,826 --> 00:08:13,066 Speaker 1: the first round up to the tenth pick to get them. 143 00:08:13,666 --> 00:08:16,386 Speaker 1: So they showed me a few clips, you know, including 144 00:08:16,506 --> 00:08:19,786 Speaker 1: you know, one of Patrick's roll to your left, flip 145 00:08:19,826 --> 00:08:22,506 Speaker 1: your body around, throw the ball six yards, you know, 146 00:08:22,506 --> 00:08:24,986 Speaker 1: with sidearm, throw into the end zone. I was like, 147 00:08:25,346 --> 00:08:30,826 Speaker 1: that's that's pretty special. That's pretty good. Yeah, And so 148 00:08:30,866 --> 00:08:33,026 Speaker 1: then we had the engineer of the trade and our 149 00:08:33,066 --> 00:08:35,866 Speaker 1: general manager at the time, John Dorsey, did a great 150 00:08:35,946 --> 00:08:39,666 Speaker 1: job of working with the Buffalo Bills to work out 151 00:08:39,666 --> 00:08:42,626 Speaker 1: a trade that we would execute that Patrick was still 152 00:08:42,666 --> 00:08:45,986 Speaker 1: on the board. Of course, we didn't let anybody know 153 00:08:46,066 --> 00:08:48,866 Speaker 1: who we were going after because we felt there were 154 00:08:48,906 --> 00:08:53,146 Speaker 1: some teams at eleven, twelve, and thirteen that wanted Patrick's 155 00:08:53,146 --> 00:08:54,826 Speaker 1: and if they knew we were going to ten to 156 00:08:54,826 --> 00:08:58,306 Speaker 1: get Patrid, they might have jumped over us going to 157 00:08:58,946 --> 00:09:01,946 Speaker 1: the seven eighth, ninth pick so they could take them. 158 00:09:02,386 --> 00:09:05,306 Speaker 1: And we were all pretty nervous. You know. It was 159 00:09:05,346 --> 00:09:08,506 Speaker 1: probably our as into the draft before it was our 160 00:09:08,586 --> 00:09:11,346 Speaker 1: turn to pick, and you know, we had a lot 161 00:09:11,386 --> 00:09:13,266 Speaker 1: of nerves. And then he was there. You know, the 162 00:09:13,346 --> 00:09:17,146 Speaker 1: excitement was unbelievable. That's an incredible story. And since then, 163 00:09:17,426 --> 00:09:19,346 Speaker 1: you know, the teams come out of the woodwork thing. Yeah, 164 00:09:19,386 --> 00:09:21,306 Speaker 1: we actually had them really high on our draft for it. 165 00:09:21,306 --> 00:09:24,106 Speaker 1: It's like the Chiefs did it. They made the move, 166 00:09:24,306 --> 00:09:26,466 Speaker 1: they were decisive, they had a quarterback, we take them 167 00:09:26,466 --> 00:09:29,066 Speaker 1: to the playoffs, and that kind of gut decision in 168 00:09:29,106 --> 00:09:31,826 Speaker 1: the conviction to do it. I think that's symbolic with 169 00:09:31,826 --> 00:09:35,266 Speaker 1: a lot of decisions the Chiefs have made as an organization. Look, 170 00:09:35,266 --> 00:09:38,666 Speaker 1: you officially became the title of CEO in twenty ten. 171 00:09:38,706 --> 00:09:40,986 Speaker 1: Of course you've always been with the organization in some 172 00:09:41,106 --> 00:09:44,986 Speaker 1: capacity and in that time eight AFC West titles and 173 00:09:45,186 --> 00:09:49,186 Speaker 1: ten playoff appearances. It's consistency in a league that is 174 00:09:49,226 --> 00:09:53,346 Speaker 1: stacked and wants parody. What do you think is the 175 00:09:53,986 --> 00:09:56,706 Speaker 1: greatest thing that you could attribute to that consistency and 176 00:09:56,786 --> 00:09:59,226 Speaker 1: this culture of winning in Kansas City? Well, as I 177 00:09:59,346 --> 00:10:02,346 Speaker 1: was taking over, one of my goals was to turn 178 00:10:02,426 --> 00:10:04,786 Speaker 1: us into a consistent winner. And of course there were 179 00:10:04,786 --> 00:10:10,066 Speaker 1: other organizations and NFL who had done that. Pittsburgh Steelers 180 00:10:10,546 --> 00:10:14,506 Speaker 1: across several decades had been a consistent winner, and of 181 00:10:14,506 --> 00:10:18,666 Speaker 1: course the Patriots more recently are the best example of it. 182 00:10:18,986 --> 00:10:21,826 Speaker 1: And it's a very hard thing to attend because there's 183 00:10:21,866 --> 00:10:25,266 Speaker 1: so much turnover in the NFL on a yearly basis. 184 00:10:25,586 --> 00:10:27,946 Speaker 1: Of course, it all starts with your head coach, right, 185 00:10:28,266 --> 00:10:31,146 Speaker 1: you got to find the right head coach and somebody 186 00:10:31,186 --> 00:10:34,346 Speaker 1: that you can work with for the long term. And 187 00:10:34,626 --> 00:10:36,986 Speaker 1: we've been blessed with that with Andy now now for 188 00:10:37,106 --> 00:10:40,786 Speaker 1: ten years. And then Brett's been our general manager for 189 00:10:40,866 --> 00:10:43,986 Speaker 1: about five years and he has done a phenomenal job. 190 00:10:44,386 --> 00:10:48,266 Speaker 1: He and Andy worked really well together. They're generally on 191 00:10:48,306 --> 00:10:50,906 Speaker 1: the same page, which you have to have with your 192 00:10:50,906 --> 00:10:53,906 Speaker 1: head coach and general manager. And then of course, you know, 193 00:10:54,066 --> 00:10:57,826 Speaker 1: having franchise quarterback I think is really the last piece 194 00:10:57,866 --> 00:11:01,426 Speaker 1: in the puzzle. And you're right. We had a tremendous 195 00:11:01,506 --> 00:11:05,626 Speaker 1: quarterback and Alex Smith who led us to a lot 196 00:11:05,626 --> 00:11:09,186 Speaker 1: of success, a lot of playoffers, but Patword has now 197 00:11:09,226 --> 00:11:12,706 Speaker 1: just taken it to another level and we really have 198 00:11:12,866 --> 00:11:15,826 Speaker 1: the foundation. I think you know that they can not 199 00:11:15,866 --> 00:11:18,586 Speaker 1: only hopefully win a Super Bowl on Sunday, but continue 200 00:11:18,586 --> 00:11:22,546 Speaker 1: being successful going forward. Yeah, and we'll see on Sunday 201 00:11:22,546 --> 00:11:25,626 Speaker 1: how it goes either way. The consistency and the success 202 00:11:25,626 --> 00:11:28,546 Speaker 1: to say three at the last four years as AFC 203 00:11:28,706 --> 00:11:32,386 Speaker 1: champions in this day and age where there's unprecedented you know, 204 00:11:32,746 --> 00:11:35,466 Speaker 1: strength to schedule the draft the way it's built. The 205 00:11:35,586 --> 00:11:37,986 Speaker 1: NFL is supposed to be a league that turns over 206 00:11:38,026 --> 00:11:40,706 Speaker 1: and the Chiefs, you guys are there every single year. 207 00:11:40,746 --> 00:11:44,426 Speaker 1: I find you interesting in the NFL's grand scheme because 208 00:11:44,426 --> 00:11:46,626 Speaker 1: you're not just a part of the Chiefs. You're also 209 00:11:46,706 --> 00:11:49,466 Speaker 1: a chairman of the NFL Finance Committee, you serve on 210 00:11:49,506 --> 00:11:52,386 Speaker 1: the Personal Conduct Committee, you're in the International Committee, the 211 00:11:52,426 --> 00:11:56,506 Speaker 1: Management Council, Executive Committee. And having covered the labor deals 212 00:11:56,506 --> 00:11:59,186 Speaker 1: over the last twenty years, I know in twenty eleven 213 00:11:59,186 --> 00:12:02,786 Speaker 1: and twenty twenty what an influential person you were in 214 00:12:02,826 --> 00:12:06,746 Speaker 1: those conversations that To have those titles and to really 215 00:12:06,746 --> 00:12:09,106 Speaker 1: dive into the NFL on the shield as a whole, 216 00:12:09,546 --> 00:12:12,866 Speaker 1: that's that's a commitment, but it's also a love. I 217 00:12:12,946 --> 00:12:15,146 Speaker 1: know your family history with the league and of course 218 00:12:15,146 --> 00:12:17,946 Speaker 1: with the sport, but you personally to play all those 219 00:12:17,946 --> 00:12:20,666 Speaker 1: different roles, where all those different hats, that's next level. 220 00:12:20,746 --> 00:12:22,666 Speaker 1: What what do you think about doing all that stuff 221 00:12:22,666 --> 00:12:24,506 Speaker 1: and what drives you to play a bigger role for 222 00:12:24,506 --> 00:12:27,466 Speaker 1: the league than not just the Chiefs, chairman and CEO. Well, 223 00:12:27,466 --> 00:12:30,306 Speaker 1: first of all, I enjoy it. I love the league 224 00:12:30,306 --> 00:12:33,546 Speaker 1: responsibilities that I have. It is a lot of work, 225 00:12:34,306 --> 00:12:38,546 Speaker 1: but by working on many league initiatives that I'm involved with. 226 00:12:38,986 --> 00:12:42,106 Speaker 1: I'm indirectly making the Kansas City Chiefs better because it's 227 00:12:42,146 --> 00:12:45,986 Speaker 1: making the NFL better. I also think it's an advantage 228 00:12:46,026 --> 00:12:49,386 Speaker 1: for the Chiefs that I'm plugged into what's going on 229 00:12:50,186 --> 00:12:53,346 Speaker 1: at the league office and the many initiatives that they have. 230 00:12:53,586 --> 00:12:56,786 Speaker 1: I'm aware of those. You know. Being involved in the 231 00:12:56,866 --> 00:12:59,426 Speaker 1: labor discussions has given me a good understanding of the 232 00:12:59,466 --> 00:13:02,266 Speaker 1: salary camp and how that works. So when I'm talking 233 00:13:02,306 --> 00:13:04,986 Speaker 1: to Brett Beach and our sary camp guys, I've got 234 00:13:05,026 --> 00:13:09,546 Speaker 1: some context there. So I think it's beneficial in many regards. 235 00:13:09,586 --> 00:13:13,546 Speaker 1: But first and foremost, I just really enjoy it. Yeah. Now, 236 00:13:13,586 --> 00:13:16,986 Speaker 1: and the international stuff is huge. We got as a 237 00:13:17,026 --> 00:13:18,786 Speaker 1: show Good Morning Football, got to go to London and 238 00:13:18,906 --> 00:13:21,026 Speaker 1: Germany this year and to see the outpouring, and of 239 00:13:21,066 --> 00:13:23,706 Speaker 1: course we got the great announcement with the Chiefs in 240 00:13:23,786 --> 00:13:26,626 Speaker 1: Germany just a couple of weeks ago. I know that's 241 00:13:26,626 --> 00:13:28,586 Speaker 1: a piece that's close to your heart in a passion 242 00:13:28,626 --> 00:13:31,906 Speaker 1: of years. The international aspect, When did that come about? 243 00:13:32,026 --> 00:13:35,306 Speaker 1: And why are you so heavily invested in international expansion 244 00:13:35,306 --> 00:13:38,266 Speaker 1: and growth of the NFL. Well, it really goes back 245 00:13:38,706 --> 00:13:42,586 Speaker 1: to my dad and his involvement with the league's international 246 00:13:42,586 --> 00:13:45,946 Speaker 1: affirst back in the eighties and nineties, and of course 247 00:13:46,386 --> 00:13:50,906 Speaker 1: that manifested himself in the league playing preseason games, which 248 00:13:50,986 --> 00:13:56,066 Speaker 1: the Chiefs played preseason games in Germany, in Japan, in Mexico, 249 00:13:56,906 --> 00:13:59,426 Speaker 1: you know. So my dad was all about having the 250 00:13:59,866 --> 00:14:03,306 Speaker 1: Chiefs represent the NFL in those initiatives. And then of 251 00:14:03,306 --> 00:14:07,346 Speaker 1: course we also had NFL Europe, which is, you know, 252 00:14:07,426 --> 00:14:11,626 Speaker 1: something that our organization supported. Over time, we received a 253 00:14:11,746 --> 00:14:14,826 Speaker 1: number of players who got their careers going in the 254 00:14:14,986 --> 00:14:19,506 Speaker 1: NFL Europe and then came to the NFL. Ultimately, the 255 00:14:19,826 --> 00:14:23,186 Speaker 1: league pivoted and decided that we've got to be bolder, 256 00:14:24,146 --> 00:14:27,866 Speaker 1: and over the last ten to twelve years, the league 257 00:14:27,906 --> 00:14:29,826 Speaker 1: decided really the best way to build a fan base 258 00:14:29,866 --> 00:14:34,066 Speaker 1: internationally is to play regular season games, and that's something 259 00:14:34,106 --> 00:14:38,266 Speaker 1: that we've embraced as well, playing a game in London, 260 00:14:38,346 --> 00:14:40,986 Speaker 1: playing a game in Mexico City a few years ago, 261 00:14:41,026 --> 00:14:43,026 Speaker 1: and then, as you mentioned, we've got the game coming 262 00:14:43,106 --> 00:14:45,866 Speaker 1: up in Germany, and now the league has given the 263 00:14:45,906 --> 00:14:50,466 Speaker 1: teams the ability to market internationally here in the last 264 00:14:50,506 --> 00:14:54,026 Speaker 1: eighteen months or so, and the Chiefs were awarded the 265 00:14:54,146 --> 00:14:58,466 Speaker 1: rights to Germany in Mexico, and so we've been working 266 00:14:58,466 --> 00:15:01,106 Speaker 1: on that and we really just think getting to play 267 00:15:01,106 --> 00:15:03,586 Speaker 1: a game there next year is really going to cause 268 00:15:03,706 --> 00:15:08,026 Speaker 1: the Chiefs Kingdom to continue to grow in Germany and 269 00:15:08,146 --> 00:15:11,266 Speaker 1: throughout Europe. You know, it's a Tampa Bay Seattle game. 270 00:15:11,306 --> 00:15:13,546 Speaker 1: We were over there in Munich and I'm walking down 271 00:15:13,626 --> 00:15:15,426 Speaker 1: the street with one of my co hosts and I 272 00:15:15,466 --> 00:15:20,106 Speaker 1: see a Chiefs bar in Munich. You've got Seattle and 273 00:15:20,186 --> 00:15:23,346 Speaker 1: Tampa Bay playing, but there was a Chiefs dedicated sports bar. 274 00:15:23,426 --> 00:15:25,586 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm like, oh, certainly it's just expats who 275 00:15:25,586 --> 00:15:29,066 Speaker 1: live over here. And I walked in and it was Germans, 276 00:15:29,346 --> 00:15:32,066 Speaker 1: Germans who loved the Kansas City Chiefs, and I said, 277 00:15:32,346 --> 00:15:34,706 Speaker 1: all right, this is more than just hey, we're gonna 278 00:15:34,746 --> 00:15:36,226 Speaker 1: put a game in there and leave. This is a 279 00:15:36,226 --> 00:15:38,906 Speaker 1: commitment from the NFL and it's starting to pay off. 280 00:15:39,746 --> 00:15:42,546 Speaker 1: I also know you're very invested in the World Cup 281 00:15:42,626 --> 00:15:44,706 Speaker 1: and what that means to Kansas City coming up in 282 00:15:44,746 --> 00:15:47,786 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six. And soccer runs deep in your family. 283 00:15:47,786 --> 00:15:50,626 Speaker 1: You yourself or the captain of the SMU soccer team, 284 00:15:50,666 --> 00:15:54,106 Speaker 1: obviously your father's amazing involvement in soccer in the States. 285 00:15:54,746 --> 00:15:56,346 Speaker 1: To know that there's gonna be a World Cup game 286 00:15:56,386 --> 00:15:59,346 Speaker 1: played in Kansas City. What's that mean to you? Yeah, 287 00:15:59,626 --> 00:16:02,706 Speaker 1: really really special. If you go back to the nineteen 288 00:16:02,786 --> 00:16:06,786 Speaker 1: ninety World World Cups, the US also hosted. My dad 289 00:16:06,906 --> 00:16:09,666 Speaker 1: made that ort to get games in Kansas City, and 290 00:16:09,826 --> 00:16:13,706 Speaker 1: ultimately FIFA made the decision not to do that. And 291 00:16:13,786 --> 00:16:17,506 Speaker 1: so when the opportunity resurfaced on the twenty six World Cup, 292 00:16:17,826 --> 00:16:21,346 Speaker 1: we jumped on and worked really hard and it's just 293 00:16:21,386 --> 00:16:24,866 Speaker 1: an incredible win for the city to get to be 294 00:16:24,906 --> 00:16:27,466 Speaker 1: one of the World Cup posts. There's no better way 295 00:16:27,506 --> 00:16:30,586 Speaker 1: to market a city on an international stage than getting 296 00:16:30,586 --> 00:16:33,546 Speaker 1: to host a World Cup game. So we're really excited 297 00:16:33,586 --> 00:16:37,306 Speaker 1: about it. It'll be a special moment for our family 298 00:16:37,466 --> 00:16:40,546 Speaker 1: when that first game kicks off an Arrowhead because there 299 00:16:40,626 --> 00:16:44,666 Speaker 1: was no place that my dad loved better than Arrowhead Stadium, 300 00:16:45,146 --> 00:16:47,866 Speaker 1: and you know, having a World Cup game played played 301 00:16:47,866 --> 00:16:51,306 Speaker 1: in that venue is going to be really really special 302 00:16:51,826 --> 00:16:53,626 Speaker 1: for the listeners. Can you just shed a little light 303 00:16:53,666 --> 00:16:56,026 Speaker 1: on your father's connection to soccer in America? I think, 304 00:16:56,026 --> 00:16:58,946 Speaker 1: I mean, I've read the book Michael McCambridge. Your dad's 305 00:16:58,946 --> 00:17:01,226 Speaker 1: commitment to soccer as well as football is the stuff 306 00:17:01,266 --> 00:17:04,866 Speaker 1: of legend yeah, happy to do that just from a 307 00:17:04,986 --> 00:17:07,386 Speaker 1: contact standpoint. And and I want to tell the whole 308 00:17:07,386 --> 00:17:10,666 Speaker 1: story because it's long, But the NFL and my dad's 309 00:17:10,706 --> 00:17:15,106 Speaker 1: American Football League had agreed to merge in nineteen sixty six. 310 00:17:16,066 --> 00:17:20,026 Speaker 1: After a big struggle in battle for five or six 311 00:17:20,106 --> 00:17:25,026 Speaker 1: years and having succeeded with the AFL, I think my 312 00:17:25,106 --> 00:17:27,986 Speaker 1: dad decided that he needed a new challenge, and so 313 00:17:28,066 --> 00:17:31,426 Speaker 1: in nineteen sixty seven he got involved with what became 314 00:17:31,466 --> 00:17:34,586 Speaker 1: the North American Soccer League, which was really the first 315 00:17:34,626 --> 00:17:39,066 Speaker 1: division soccer league in the United States. His team with 316 00:17:39,106 --> 00:17:42,706 Speaker 1: the Dallas Tornado that played in Dallas, and that league 317 00:17:42,786 --> 00:17:47,146 Speaker 1: lasted about fifteen years. He'd actually fallen in love with 318 00:17:47,186 --> 00:17:50,986 Speaker 1: the sport first seeing a game with my mother when 319 00:17:51,066 --> 00:17:54,506 Speaker 1: she was in Ireland on a fellowship. He went over 320 00:17:54,546 --> 00:17:57,226 Speaker 1: and visited her and they saw a pro game. I 321 00:17:57,226 --> 00:17:59,586 Speaker 1: think that may have been his first pro game. And 322 00:17:59,586 --> 00:18:04,346 Speaker 1: then he saw the nineteen sixty sixth Final between West 323 00:18:04,386 --> 00:18:08,026 Speaker 1: Germany and England, which is considered George best, one of 324 00:18:08,066 --> 00:18:12,226 Speaker 1: the great finals of all the time, and he was 325 00:18:12,346 --> 00:18:16,506 Speaker 1: captivated by the fans. And as he looked at that 326 00:18:16,546 --> 00:18:19,466 Speaker 1: game on TV, he said, you know that game has 327 00:18:19,506 --> 00:18:21,946 Speaker 1: played on the field that looks about the same size 328 00:18:21,986 --> 00:18:26,186 Speaker 1: as the American football field. So I think part of 329 00:18:26,226 --> 00:18:30,106 Speaker 1: his motivation was, Hey, we could have a soccer league 330 00:18:30,106 --> 00:18:32,666 Speaker 1: and here in the US they could play mostly in 331 00:18:32,706 --> 00:18:36,226 Speaker 1: the summer and play in these new stadiums that were 332 00:18:36,226 --> 00:18:39,906 Speaker 1: being built at the time. So the process to build 333 00:18:40,026 --> 00:18:43,426 Speaker 1: Arrowhead was actually under way in sixty six sixty seven. 334 00:18:43,666 --> 00:18:47,786 Speaker 1: The same thing with Texas Stadium in Dallas. That effort 335 00:18:47,826 --> 00:18:50,226 Speaker 1: was already underway, and he knew that stadium was going 336 00:18:50,266 --> 00:18:52,466 Speaker 1: to be built and so he thought, hey, this will 337 00:18:52,506 --> 00:18:55,746 Speaker 1: just be be a perfect fit. As it turned out, 338 00:18:55,786 --> 00:18:59,426 Speaker 1: he was about forty years early with that. Uh you know, 339 00:18:59,466 --> 00:19:01,746 Speaker 1: it's a great visionary but his vision on soccer was 340 00:19:01,786 --> 00:19:04,826 Speaker 1: a little bit early. But as soon as the opportunity 341 00:19:04,866 --> 00:19:08,386 Speaker 1: came back around in nineteen nine six when Major League 342 00:19:08,426 --> 00:19:13,306 Speaker 1: Soccer started, he jumped in with both feet. We started 343 00:19:13,306 --> 00:19:17,186 Speaker 1: out owning two franchises, one in Kansas City, one in Columbus, Ohio. 344 00:19:17,866 --> 00:19:20,706 Speaker 1: We later added Dallas to the portfolio, so we were 345 00:19:20,786 --> 00:19:25,546 Speaker 1: running three MLS teams at once, and you know, he 346 00:19:25,666 --> 00:19:28,826 Speaker 1: loved it, even though it was really really hard. You know, 347 00:19:28,906 --> 00:19:31,666 Speaker 1: now that league has really taken off over the last 348 00:19:31,666 --> 00:19:34,586 Speaker 1: ten to fifteen years, and we're going to have the 349 00:19:34,586 --> 00:19:37,746 Speaker 1: World Cup back, as you mentioned, which I think will 350 00:19:37,786 --> 00:19:40,346 Speaker 1: just be a celebration of what soccer has become in 351 00:19:40,386 --> 00:19:44,186 Speaker 1: the United States. What a cool story. That's an amazing story. 352 00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:47,426 Speaker 1: I love that you personally. Let's go back a couple 353 00:19:47,466 --> 00:19:51,306 Speaker 1: of years twenty nineteen. This amazing run Sammy Watkins catches 354 00:19:51,306 --> 00:19:53,866 Speaker 1: that deep pass in the AFC Championship game, and like, 355 00:19:53,986 --> 00:19:56,106 Speaker 1: you get the chills down your spine. You're like, this 356 00:19:56,186 --> 00:19:59,066 Speaker 1: actually might happen. It's been fifty years. We're going back 357 00:19:59,226 --> 00:20:03,466 Speaker 1: to the Super Bowl, that AFC Championship game against Tennessee. 358 00:20:03,466 --> 00:20:05,386 Speaker 1: I know everyone focuses on the Super Bowl and hoisting 359 00:20:05,386 --> 00:20:08,306 Speaker 1: the Lombardy, they have to think hoisting the trophy with 360 00:20:08,346 --> 00:20:09,866 Speaker 1: your father's name on it and going back to Super 361 00:20:09,866 --> 00:20:12,586 Speaker 1: Bowl that was pretty special stuff as well. Yeah, it 362 00:20:12,626 --> 00:20:16,426 Speaker 1: absolutely was. There'll never be an experience again like that 363 00:20:16,506 --> 00:20:21,146 Speaker 1: twenty nineteen season, in part because of the journey that 364 00:20:21,306 --> 00:20:24,266 Speaker 1: took to get there. Right, it had been fifty years 365 00:20:24,306 --> 00:20:27,306 Speaker 1: since the Chiefs had appeared in a Super Bowl. We 366 00:20:27,386 --> 00:20:30,106 Speaker 1: had never held the trophy that has my dad's name 367 00:20:30,146 --> 00:20:34,546 Speaker 1: on it, or trophy given the AFC champion and to 368 00:20:34,666 --> 00:20:38,186 Speaker 1: stand on that stage, you know, after that game, received 369 00:20:38,226 --> 00:20:43,426 Speaker 1: that trophy, had my mother kiss it, which still brings 370 00:20:43,426 --> 00:20:46,226 Speaker 1: tears in my eyes just thinking about, and then looking 371 00:20:46,266 --> 00:20:50,426 Speaker 1: up at our fans who had stayed glued through their 372 00:20:50,466 --> 00:20:53,746 Speaker 1: seat even though it was seventeen degrees and they'd been 373 00:20:53,786 --> 00:20:57,626 Speaker 1: out four or five hours freezing, and nobody left because 374 00:20:57,666 --> 00:21:01,186 Speaker 1: it was such a special moment and so important to 375 00:21:01,666 --> 00:21:05,866 Speaker 1: Kansas City. So I'll never forget that for sure. And then, 376 00:21:05,866 --> 00:21:09,026 Speaker 1: of course, you know, closing the deal in Miami a 377 00:21:09,066 --> 00:21:12,546 Speaker 1: couple of weeks later, winning the Labari Trophy, you know, 378 00:21:13,066 --> 00:21:16,746 Speaker 1: made it truly a perfect season. Yeah, and the Chiefs 379 00:21:16,746 --> 00:21:20,546 Speaker 1: fans are a nationwide fan base. You know, we've had 380 00:21:20,586 --> 00:21:23,066 Speaker 1: on the podcast two of them who happened to be celebrities. 381 00:21:23,106 --> 00:21:25,426 Speaker 1: Paul Rudd is a is a huge Chief than he 382 00:21:25,466 --> 00:21:27,946 Speaker 1: came on early in the season. Eric stone Street last week, 383 00:21:27,986 --> 00:21:30,266 Speaker 1: I know you started the game by banging the drum. 384 00:21:30,346 --> 00:21:32,626 Speaker 1: Eric took over in the fourth quarter and got everyone 385 00:21:32,666 --> 00:21:37,226 Speaker 1: going Super Bowl Sunday, They'll both be there. Where will 386 00:21:37,306 --> 00:21:39,666 Speaker 1: you be And what is your day like as you 387 00:21:39,706 --> 00:21:41,666 Speaker 1: gear up to say, hey, let's hoist this thing one 388 00:21:41,706 --> 00:21:43,746 Speaker 1: more time. Take us through the day. Of Clark Hunt 389 00:21:43,746 --> 00:21:46,066 Speaker 1: and the family as you gear up for Super Bowl 390 00:21:46,106 --> 00:21:50,426 Speaker 1: fifty seven. Yeah, well, we'll start out the morning at 391 00:21:50,466 --> 00:21:55,186 Speaker 1: the hotel. And something that Jonathan Craft shared with me 392 00:21:55,266 --> 00:21:57,986 Speaker 1: a few years ago when we were going to Super 393 00:21:58,026 --> 00:22:00,786 Speaker 1: Bowl fifty four was to make sure you take some 394 00:22:00,906 --> 00:22:04,666 Speaker 1: time that warning to just reflect on where you are 395 00:22:04,706 --> 00:22:07,026 Speaker 1: and what you're doing. It's really easy on Super Bowl 396 00:22:07,146 --> 00:22:09,346 Speaker 1: Sunday to be at one of them after the other, 397 00:22:09,826 --> 00:22:12,826 Speaker 1: which will certainly do in the afternoon, but in the morning, 398 00:22:12,866 --> 00:22:16,226 Speaker 1: I think it'll just be some quiet family time, just 399 00:22:16,386 --> 00:22:20,026 Speaker 1: really celebrating the fact that we're back in the Super Bowl. 400 00:22:20,426 --> 00:22:23,306 Speaker 1: Then we'll go to the stadium. The Chiefs have a 401 00:22:23,386 --> 00:22:28,386 Speaker 1: tailgate party plan for our staff and some fans and 402 00:22:28,986 --> 00:22:32,106 Speaker 1: friends who are going to be there, So I'll swing 403 00:22:32,186 --> 00:22:34,306 Speaker 1: by and uh, you know, say a lot of the 404 00:22:34,346 --> 00:22:37,986 Speaker 1: group there. Then I'll head over to the NFL tailgate party, 405 00:22:38,626 --> 00:22:41,186 Speaker 1: eat some shrimp. Probably that's gonna say like are we 406 00:22:41,226 --> 00:22:43,346 Speaker 1: hanging or are we like tens? I feel like I 407 00:22:43,386 --> 00:22:46,946 Speaker 1: would be just like a drum that day. Yeah, you know, 408 00:22:47,106 --> 00:22:50,866 Speaker 1: I've wanted to really be calm until the balls in 409 00:22:50,906 --> 00:22:53,306 Speaker 1: the air. So first of all, there's nothing I can 410 00:22:53,306 --> 00:22:55,426 Speaker 1: do that he can't do anything at that point. Yeah, yeah, 411 00:22:55,666 --> 00:22:58,186 Speaker 1: I can't do anything, you know, you know, during the game, 412 00:22:58,346 --> 00:23:01,346 Speaker 1: et cetera. But you know, before the game, I've wanted 413 00:23:01,346 --> 00:23:05,106 Speaker 1: to be freely relaxed, but the tension will definitely build 414 00:23:05,186 --> 00:23:07,986 Speaker 1: is as we head towards takoff and as soon as 415 00:23:08,026 --> 00:23:10,386 Speaker 1: the balls in the air, my nerves will be crazy. 416 00:23:10,586 --> 00:23:12,466 Speaker 1: Now I know you're competitive, and not because of the 417 00:23:12,506 --> 00:23:14,946 Speaker 1: way that you conduct your business with football. I know 418 00:23:14,986 --> 00:23:17,226 Speaker 1: it because Eric stone Street told me about a Washers 419 00:23:17,226 --> 00:23:19,666 Speaker 1: tournament in training camp. Can you go into this a 420 00:23:19,666 --> 00:23:21,306 Speaker 1: little bit. What do we got going on? And how 421 00:23:21,346 --> 00:23:26,466 Speaker 1: are you beating stone Street in a competitive game? So 422 00:23:26,986 --> 00:23:29,266 Speaker 1: we had a lot of competitive people around me. The 423 00:23:29,306 --> 00:23:33,746 Speaker 1: Juice organization and our general manager, Bred Beach came up 424 00:23:33,786 --> 00:23:38,706 Speaker 1: with a Washers tournament for the mostly for the personnel staff, 425 00:23:39,706 --> 00:23:42,066 Speaker 1: and this year was the second or third version of that. 426 00:23:42,626 --> 00:23:45,826 Speaker 1: I had not gotten drafted to play in the past 427 00:23:45,906 --> 00:23:48,586 Speaker 1: year versions, but Bred told me about it when it 428 00:23:48,746 --> 00:23:51,306 Speaker 1: was and I made sure that I was there for it. 429 00:23:51,866 --> 00:23:55,826 Speaker 1: And I'd never played Washers, so it was a new experience. 430 00:23:55,866 --> 00:23:58,706 Speaker 1: And you know, we had about sixteen teams and multiple 431 00:23:58,786 --> 00:24:02,946 Speaker 1: rounds and face off with stone Street at one point 432 00:24:03,066 --> 00:24:06,026 Speaker 1: and you got the better of him. And I'm not sure. 433 00:24:06,426 --> 00:24:09,666 Speaker 1: I'm not sure he's over right. He's still talking about it. 434 00:24:10,386 --> 00:24:12,266 Speaker 1: But but anyhow, it was. It was a lot, a 435 00:24:12,306 --> 00:24:15,506 Speaker 1: lot of fun. And Mike Bradway, who's on our staff, 436 00:24:15,506 --> 00:24:18,426 Speaker 1: and I wait, we missed to pull out the victory. 437 00:24:18,666 --> 00:24:22,266 Speaker 1: And so I'm the reigning Wash Roos champion. Okay, so 438 00:24:22,626 --> 00:24:25,106 Speaker 1: you had never played before your first time out there, 439 00:24:25,106 --> 00:24:28,666 Speaker 1: you win. I mean, this is like having Isaiah Pacheco 440 00:24:28,866 --> 00:24:31,906 Speaker 1: and Jalen Watson and these rookies come out of nowhere 441 00:24:31,906 --> 00:24:33,826 Speaker 1: and be making make plays in the AFC Championship Game. 442 00:24:33,866 --> 00:24:35,666 Speaker 1: This is the parallel. That's what I'm gonna say. Yeah, well, 443 00:24:35,706 --> 00:24:38,706 Speaker 1: maybe maybe we were just foreshadowing how important rookies were 444 00:24:38,706 --> 00:24:43,506 Speaker 1: going to base. You're setting the table and no doubt 445 00:24:43,586 --> 00:24:45,906 Speaker 1: ten rookies all that playing a role on this team. 446 00:24:45,946 --> 00:24:47,746 Speaker 1: Four was going to start in Super Bowl. I can't 447 00:24:47,746 --> 00:24:51,306 Speaker 1: say enough about the rookie class here. Uh. In closing, Clark, 448 00:24:51,386 --> 00:24:55,306 Speaker 1: thanks for doing this. The Hunt Family Foundation does incredible 449 00:24:55,306 --> 00:24:58,426 Speaker 1: work and I know that's a passion as well. Several 450 00:24:58,466 --> 00:25:01,106 Speaker 1: different initiatives. I know education is one of them that's 451 00:25:01,146 --> 00:25:03,826 Speaker 1: close to your heart. What does the foundation working on 452 00:25:03,906 --> 00:25:08,426 Speaker 1: these days and where could listeners kind of direct their tension. Yeah, well, 453 00:25:08,466 --> 00:25:11,266 Speaker 1: we've had a charitable effort really since my dad bought 454 00:25:11,306 --> 00:25:13,666 Speaker 1: the team to Kansas City back in the sixties. That 455 00:25:13,786 --> 00:25:16,266 Speaker 1: was something that he focused on with the players and 456 00:25:16,306 --> 00:25:19,266 Speaker 1: staff and you wanted to make sure that they were 457 00:25:19,306 --> 00:25:22,826 Speaker 1: contributing to the community. And that's something that we've just 458 00:25:22,906 --> 00:25:26,906 Speaker 1: carried on and really elevated over the last ten or 459 00:25:26,946 --> 00:25:30,026 Speaker 1: fifteen years. And we do a lot of stuff with education, 460 00:25:30,066 --> 00:25:33,706 Speaker 1: as you mentioned, a lot of children's initiatives in Kansas City, 461 00:25:34,066 --> 00:25:36,826 Speaker 1: and then we've really focused the last several years on 462 00:25:36,986 --> 00:25:40,906 Speaker 1: supporting the players in their efforts. And of course you're 463 00:25:40,946 --> 00:25:44,266 Speaker 1: probably aware that Patrick Mahomes is up with Walter Payton 464 00:25:44,506 --> 00:25:50,666 Speaker 1: Man of the Year at NFL Honors tomorrow night, and 465 00:25:51,466 --> 00:25:53,666 Speaker 1: I think he has a great chance to win. I 466 00:25:53,706 --> 00:25:57,906 Speaker 1: went to his foundation's banquet a month ago and were 467 00:25:58,026 --> 00:26:01,346 Speaker 1: so impressed by the great work he's doing in Kansas City. 468 00:26:01,386 --> 00:26:04,506 Speaker 1: So if you want to support something, let's support the 469 00:26:04,586 --> 00:26:08,466 Speaker 1: fifteen and Mahomies Foundation, which is the name of Patrick's foundation. 470 00:26:08,946 --> 00:26:11,946 Speaker 1: I love it. I start wish you good luck. You know, 471 00:26:12,066 --> 00:26:14,306 Speaker 1: this is a football game but for what the Chiefs 472 00:26:14,306 --> 00:26:17,906 Speaker 1: have done over the last decade and changes is it's 473 00:26:17,946 --> 00:26:19,906 Speaker 1: the stuff that you know, dynasties are built on. I 474 00:26:19,946 --> 00:26:21,546 Speaker 1: know you guys don't like using those kind of words, 475 00:26:21,586 --> 00:26:24,186 Speaker 1: but the success is unparalleled right now in the NFL, 476 00:26:24,466 --> 00:26:26,586 Speaker 1: and you guys are one of the class organizations of 477 00:26:26,666 --> 00:26:31,066 Speaker 1: the league. Congratulations on everything and good luck on Sunday. Clark, right, well, 478 00:26:31,066 --> 00:26:33,986 Speaker 1: thanks very much and so fun being on with you today. 479 00:26:34,586 --> 00:26:38,466 Speaker 1: Awesome guys. Clark Hunt, CEO and chairman of the Kansas 480 00:26:38,506 --> 00:26:42,586 Speaker 1: City Chiefs joining us from Super Bowl in Arizona. So 481 00:26:42,626 --> 00:26:44,546 Speaker 1: if he's seven is Sunday, we'll see how it all 482 00:26:44,586 --> 00:26:46,146 Speaker 1: goes down. But we know the Chiefs are in very 483 00:26:46,146 --> 00:26:53,586 Speaker 1: good hands. Clark Hunt, CEO and Chairman of the Kansas 484 00:26:53,626 --> 00:26:56,226 Speaker 1: City Chiefs. You're not getting that interview everywhere else. I 485 00:26:56,226 --> 00:26:59,226 Speaker 1: appreciate him taking the time. Busy week, as you heard, 486 00:26:59,306 --> 00:27:02,546 Speaker 1: he's pulling for Patrick Mahomes to win Walter Peyton Man 487 00:27:02,546 --> 00:27:05,426 Speaker 1: of the Year. We were discussing that earlier in the week, 488 00:27:05,466 --> 00:27:07,466 Speaker 1: and I didn't think of my homes because I was thinking, 489 00:27:07,706 --> 00:27:09,546 Speaker 1: all right, you've got all these other guys who aren't 490 00:27:09,586 --> 00:27:11,426 Speaker 1: in the Super Bowl. I wonder if can my homes 491 00:27:11,466 --> 00:27:13,546 Speaker 1: be the winner of the Wilter Pitton Man of the Year. 492 00:27:14,306 --> 00:27:19,426 Speaker 1: Either way, go google Lamar Hunt and the soccer stuff 493 00:27:19,546 --> 00:27:23,586 Speaker 1: sounds incredible. The AFL stuff with Lamar Hunt is I'm 494 00:27:23,626 --> 00:27:27,146 Speaker 1: telling you, I watch what is it call it hang 495 00:27:27,266 --> 00:27:29,906 Speaker 1: Time about the Lakers and the eight a winning time 496 00:27:30,386 --> 00:27:34,306 Speaker 1: the Lakers in the eighties. I swear there is a 497 00:27:34,386 --> 00:27:37,866 Speaker 1: show or a movie to be made fictionalized, of course, 498 00:27:37,986 --> 00:27:40,706 Speaker 1: with a little bit of flavor of the start of 499 00:27:40,746 --> 00:27:43,506 Speaker 1: the AFL, because those were the wild, wild West days 500 00:27:43,626 --> 00:27:46,226 Speaker 1: of football. Then the merger with the NFL and Lamar 501 00:27:46,306 --> 00:27:48,746 Speaker 1: Hunts front center and all of it. That's Clark's dad. 502 00:27:50,106 --> 00:27:52,866 Speaker 1: He passes the Chiefs of course, go through a few 503 00:27:52,906 --> 00:27:55,786 Speaker 1: head coaches, you know, they go through a couple general managers, 504 00:27:55,866 --> 00:27:58,506 Speaker 1: and then Andy Reid and eventually Brett Veach and now 505 00:27:58,546 --> 00:28:02,986 Speaker 1: there the model of consistency in the NFL. Really like 506 00:28:03,146 --> 00:28:07,426 Speaker 1: the Chiefs organization. I really like the Eagles organization. In 507 00:28:07,466 --> 00:28:10,986 Speaker 1: part two of this podcast, which you will get on 508 00:28:11,026 --> 00:28:13,986 Speaker 1: your feed coming up shortly, I also am going to 509 00:28:14,066 --> 00:28:18,626 Speaker 1: sit down with Jeffrey Lorie, the president, the chairman, and 510 00:28:18,706 --> 00:28:22,186 Speaker 1: the CEO of the Philadelphia Eagles. That's going to be 511 00:28:22,306 --> 00:28:25,546 Speaker 1: Part two. Click on that next really interesting stuff. His 512 00:28:25,706 --> 00:28:29,666 Speaker 1: perspective on the Andy Reid transition from Philly to Kansas City, 513 00:28:29,666 --> 00:28:33,906 Speaker 1: and of course what makes the Eagles such a successful organization. 514 00:28:34,666 --> 00:28:39,626 Speaker 1: That's gonna be Part two. Our sponsor, Draft Kings. Let's 515 00:28:39,666 --> 00:28:44,146 Speaker 1: get into it. It's the over under presented by DraftKings Sportsbook. 516 00:28:44,626 --> 00:28:47,146 Speaker 1: I want to give you a couple names, a couple 517 00:28:47,146 --> 00:28:50,306 Speaker 1: of lines that maybe are not being mentioned everywhere else. 518 00:28:50,546 --> 00:28:55,786 Speaker 1: Start with Kenneth Gainwell. Kenneth Gainwell has an incredible story 519 00:28:56,066 --> 00:29:01,306 Speaker 1: to him. He was a crazy athlete out of Yazoo City, 520 00:29:01,386 --> 00:29:03,906 Speaker 1: Mississippi in high school where he went to yaow Zoo 521 00:29:04,546 --> 00:29:08,786 Speaker 1: City County High and say yeah, Zoo County High. Gainwell 522 00:29:09,626 --> 00:29:11,986 Speaker 1: had one hundred touchdowns as the high school quarterback. Goes 523 00:29:11,986 --> 00:29:14,426 Speaker 1: to Memphis as a running back, misses all of twenty 524 00:29:14,546 --> 00:29:18,386 Speaker 1: twenty because of COVID reasons. He lost four different family 525 00:29:18,426 --> 00:29:21,306 Speaker 1: members to COVID. He himself said I'm not playing this 526 00:29:21,386 --> 00:29:25,306 Speaker 1: season health concerns. Goes into the draft and the Eagles 527 00:29:25,306 --> 00:29:27,506 Speaker 1: take him in the fourth round, where he joins his 528 00:29:27,626 --> 00:29:31,146 Speaker 1: cousin Fletcher Cox on the Philadelphia Eagles. A year later, 529 00:29:31,546 --> 00:29:36,066 Speaker 1: playoffs he's their game breaker. And right now, Kenneth Gainwell 530 00:29:36,466 --> 00:29:40,186 Speaker 1: hasn't any time touchdown of plus three ten in the 531 00:29:40,226 --> 00:29:44,386 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, and he's got a receiving yards over eleven 532 00:29:44,506 --> 00:29:50,546 Speaker 1: point five at minus one fifteen. Meanwhile, everyone's talking about Pacheco. 533 00:29:50,986 --> 00:29:54,466 Speaker 1: Jerrick McKinnon is an interesting player on the Kansas City Chiefs. 534 00:29:54,466 --> 00:29:56,786 Speaker 1: He's there running back who does all the blocking on 535 00:29:56,866 --> 00:30:00,186 Speaker 1: those passing downs, but also all the receptions when they 536 00:30:00,226 --> 00:30:04,826 Speaker 1: do those little dumpoffs from Mahomes. Jerick McKinnon receiving yards, 537 00:30:04,826 --> 00:30:07,306 Speaker 1: if he goes over twenty and a half yards, that's 538 00:30:07,386 --> 00:30:09,946 Speaker 1: minus one twenty. If he goes under twenty and a 539 00:30:10,026 --> 00:30:14,586 Speaker 1: half yards, it's one ten. His rushing yards over nineteen 540 00:30:14,626 --> 00:30:17,826 Speaker 1: and a half rushing yards it's minus one twenty. Under 541 00:30:17,946 --> 00:30:20,466 Speaker 1: nineteen and a half rushing yards, it's minus one ten. 542 00:30:20,466 --> 00:30:23,626 Speaker 1: I would just say this. McKinnon catching the ball has 543 00:30:23,626 --> 00:30:26,586 Speaker 1: been a big theme for the Kansas City Chiefs, and 544 00:30:26,666 --> 00:30:31,066 Speaker 1: the last one Jalen Hurts over a half interception, under 545 00:30:31,106 --> 00:30:33,186 Speaker 1: a half interception. If you want to say it's over, 546 00:30:33,266 --> 00:30:35,186 Speaker 1: he's gonna throw a pick, it's plus one oh five. 547 00:30:35,226 --> 00:30:37,346 Speaker 1: If you say he's not gonna throw a pick, it's 548 00:30:37,386 --> 00:30:41,106 Speaker 1: minus one thirty five. Those are three players and three 549 00:30:41,146 --> 00:30:43,346 Speaker 1: different things that I would be watching in this game. 550 00:30:43,706 --> 00:30:46,266 Speaker 1: Not everyone else is talking about Gainwell and McKinnon. 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I want to thank Jason English, the maestro, 574 00:31:59,426 --> 00:32:01,986 Speaker 1: the man behind the curtain, who's making this all happen, 575 00:32:02,786 --> 00:32:06,186 Speaker 1: Kurt Garand who is filling in nobly to help out 576 00:32:06,186 --> 00:32:08,386 Speaker 1: while are here on site in Arizona. I want to 577 00:32:08,386 --> 00:32:13,106 Speaker 1: thank the man Aaron Wong Kaufman, always tremendous on the podcast, 578 00:32:13,186 --> 00:32:17,346 Speaker 1: and of course the NFL network side, Matthew Schneider, Jason Kleinman, 579 00:32:17,866 --> 00:32:22,266 Speaker 1: Meredith Batten, who has been fantastic and getting these podcasts 580 00:32:22,346 --> 00:32:25,226 Speaker 1: up and out the last few days. Guys, I'll be 581 00:32:25,226 --> 00:32:28,346 Speaker 1: on Good Morning Football all mornings throughout the week if 582 00:32:28,346 --> 00:32:31,506 Speaker 1: you're watching and you're listening, and of course on Suitabowl Sunday, 583 00:32:31,586 --> 00:32:34,826 Speaker 1: I will be guess what would you say? I would 584 00:32:34,826 --> 00:32:38,346 Speaker 1: be prominently featured on the pregame show. I'm covering the 585 00:32:38,426 --> 00:32:40,786 Speaker 1: Kansas City Chiefs Aaron Andrews will take it during the game, 586 00:32:40,826 --> 00:32:44,266 Speaker 1: and then I will be back in postgame doing interviews 587 00:32:44,266 --> 00:32:46,466 Speaker 1: with the players, and we'll see might be Clark Kant, 588 00:32:46,546 --> 00:32:48,666 Speaker 1: might be Jeffrey Lorie. We're not sure how it's gonna 589 00:32:48,666 --> 00:32:50,266 Speaker 1: work either way. I will be a part of that 590 00:32:50,306 --> 00:32:53,826 Speaker 1: covered for Fox. Cannot wait, and also just want to 591 00:32:53,826 --> 00:32:55,626 Speaker 1: thank all you guys for listening. There's a part two 592 00:32:55,706 --> 00:32:58,106 Speaker 1: coming right up now. If you're an Eagles fan, you 593 00:32:58,106 --> 00:32:59,786 Speaker 1: will love it. If you're not an Eagles fan, you'll 594 00:32:59,786 --> 00:33:02,466 Speaker 1: find it fascinating because Jeffrey Lorie is one of the 595 00:33:02,506 --> 00:33:05,226 Speaker 1: more interesting guys in the league and doesn't talk often 596 00:33:05,626 --> 00:33:09,426 Speaker 1: with podcasts, so I'm excited about that. Till then, everybody, 597 00:33:10,186 --> 00:33:29,306 Speaker 1: enjoy the football. The Season with Peter Schrager is a 598 00:33:29,346 --> 00:33:33,106 Speaker 1: production of the NFL and partnership with iHeartRadio. 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