Winning over time comes with a price. The Kansas City Chiefs have officially lost their NFL royal family status. To be clear, the revocation of their royal card is not a real thing. But there is no doubt the Chiefs received a golden royalty card the last three years. Invincible. Unbeatable. Royalty.
Kansas City Chiefs on the Cusp to lose NFL Royalty Status
When other fans start to hate your team because of domination — royalty exists. The card has been delivered. The royalty card can last for decades or just a year. But make no mistake, the card validates the authentication of a Super Bowl winning team. Moreover, making two Super Bowls in a row adds an extra year membership in the NFL royal family.
This is real. Of course, the card isn’t exactly a real-life card to prove the legitimacy of being a part of the upper echelon but the designation exists. Even in other sports.
One good current example is Clemson football. The run of their royalty card lasted for five years. And this year it’s still valid. However, after this year, Clemson will be a part of college football history. Two titles put you in elite status. The winning belief will exist for at least two more years. They claimed official status winning one and put a stamp on living up to trying to fulfill unrealistic expectations till 2023.
And the royalty status can come in any sport. There is no bigger name in college basketball than Duke. Duke basketball may have more haters than anyone. Year after year, the Duke Blue Devils continue to dominate the conversation coming into a new season.
Patrick Mahomes and the Royal Court
Of course, the announcement of Coach K’s retirement comes with a bit of feeling on both ends. But the fact of the matter is, the royalty’s blue blood status is beyond just a few years. As a matter of fact, the tradition of winning will last indefinitely. Beyond this year. Beyond the next decade. No team or coach can even come close to the elongated royalty status. Ironically, one person changed the whole landscape of modern-day basketball since UCLA’s coach John Wooden.
Still, the royalty tag comes with a lot of baggage. And sometimes the baggage is unwarranted. In other words, the extra weight of needing to keep repeating perfection is the absolute obsession of impossibility. Ben Hogan knew it about the game of golf.
”I see no reason that a golf course cannot be played in 18 birdies,” Hogan said. “Just because no one has ever done that doesn’t mean it can’t be done.”
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Pursuit of Perfection
Basically, Hogan is talking about shooting a 54 on a par 72 course. In a nutshell, it’s about as close to a perfect score in golf you can get. A 300 in a bowling score is equal, or an 18 on a putt-putt golf course.
Simply put, Hogan’s words were not just some guide or a mantra to repeat over and over again. This was simply his belief. No tricks. No sticky notes to remind him. This belief structure can’t be bought. Nor can it be found or taught. This is something naturally instilled and is often sought after. Patrick Mahomes has this. Mahomes has the itch all the time. And the Chiefs inherited this the day he showed up in Kansas City.
The Chiefs are teetering on being excluded from this exclusive royalty club. Winning extends your membership. So the season is only halfway finished. On the other hand, falling short of a Super Bowl is unacceptable. Unacceptable from Chiefs Kingdom. Unacceptable by Mahomes’ standards. Most importantly, the team can only hope to extend the longevity of being royal.
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