The Badge, the Players, and the Fans Deserve Better

 

This morning Centennial 38 released the first statement above, calling on KSE to invest in the Colorado Rapids in a way befitting a professional MLS team.  Early this afternoon KSE released the second statement in response.

To be very up front I helped draft C38's statement and I stand behind everything we said in it.  It was a group effort, so it was never going to match 100% what anyone of us wanted to say, but as a whole it accurately reflects the state of the club and the fan's frustration with it.

My thoughts on KSE's response is that there wasn't much they could say after 4 hours that was going to be convincing, but leading with your real estate plans kind of draws a line under the problem.  The main reason they led with that is because they are already working on it, so its something they could put a reasonable date on in a short period of time, but that in and of itself shows the issue.  As bad as this team is, on and off the field, there are no current plans in the works to fix it.  Instead the organization is focused on a retail development outside the stadium.

Centennial 38 is following this statement up with a protest at Saturday's game.  Fans who wish to participate are being asked to wear black instead of burgundy & blue and a large number of C38 members will be staging a walkout in the 20th minute.  The plan is to go back to the tailgate lot and continue the tailgate part for the rest of the game there (though I'm guessing some people will retreat to the bar to watch the CU-CSU game instead).