Hello, AFL fans and former players:

Great news!  AFL fan Stu Yager has sent a link to the article saying that the "AFL-Lamar Hunt" patch worn by the Chiefs in 2007 will become a PERMANENT part of their uniform.  My congratulations to Clark Hunt, Pete Moris and the rest of the Chiefs' administration for making this a reality.  That too-seldom seen American Football League logo will now be on TV every time the Chiefs play, as long as they exist.

If only every former  team would wear the patch permanently, as well. 

This move by the Chiefs is rather ironic.  I wrote many letters to Lamar Hunt pleading that the AFL retain its name and logo after "the merger".  Among them was one in which I urged that, if the AFL couldn't keep its name, at least every former American Football League team should wear a permanent AFL patch on their uniforms.  Mr. Hunt, in his gentle way, suggested that he didn't think that should be done, because "it would make the uniforms 'too busy'".  I'm glad the junior Mr. Hunt saw it differently, and I now urge the Chiefs to lobby all their former American Football League adversaries to add an AFL patch to their jerseys.  The Chiefs could wear the AFL-LH patch, and the others could simply wear the AFL logo, although it wouldn't be inappropriate for all former AFL teams to wear the "LH" as well, since those teams would not have existed if it were not for Lamar Hunt.

Regards,
Ange Coniglio

www.remembertheafl.com