NFLPA Survey Reveals Chiefs’ Clark Hunt Ranked League’s Worst Owner
The Kansas City owner was the lowest-graded NFL steward in 2023.
The NFLPA released its 2024 club report cards on Wednesday, giving observers plenty to scrutinize.
Players from all 32 teams were polled, and the results were released as letter grades in regard to 11 categories: treatment of families, food/cafeteria, nutritionist/dietician, locker room, training room, training staff, weight room, strength coaches, team travel, head coach and owner.
In that final category, the results revealed a surprising answer.
The Kansas City Chiefs ranked dead last in the league in ownership, per the NFLPA survey. Chiefs owner Clark Hunt graded out with the lowest ranking apparently because of his unwillingness to invest in team facilities.
ESPN’s Brooke Pryor explained NFLPA president JC Tretter’s evaluation of the 59-year old owner.
“For example, Tretter says, the team was promised a renovated locker room,” Pryor tweeted. “When they returned this season—after winning the Super Bowl—only new chairs were added. Players were told they ’went too far in the playoffs’ and they didn’t have time to renovate.”
The Kansas City Star’s Jesse Newell relayed a similar sentiment from Tretter and quoted the NFLPA president: “I think there’s some frustration there in the room, ’We keep winning Super Bowls, and nothing’s coming back to us. There’s no priority on making our lives better.’”
In the overall ranking, the Chiefs finished almost at the very bottom of the league at 31st overall, above only the Washington Commanders. The back-to-back Super Bowl champions dropped two places from last year, when they ranked 29th overall. One lone bright spot for the organization lies in the head coach category, where Andy Reid took first place.
Hunt was asked about his team’s pitiful report card grades at a recent press conference.
“We did completely renovate the locker room in the stadium a couple years ago, so I’m not sure which locker room [the survey] is referring to,” Hunt told reporters Wednesday. “I mentioned that the practice facility is something we’re going to continue to think about; it’s coming up on 20 years. We certainly have in a lot of ways outgrown it, and we recognize we have a need to expand it and modernize it.”
The Chiefs unveiled new renderings for a reimagined Arrowhead Stadium district shortly after the NFLPA report card was released Wednesday.