HOUSTON, TX – JANUARY 09: Kansas City Chiefs fans celebrate their 30-0 win over the Houston Texans during the AFC Wild Card Playoff game at NRG Stadium on January 9, 2016 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
By Sean Keeley on

St. Louis no longer has an NFL franchise now that the Rams have left for Los Angeles. The Kansas City Chiefs are hoping to fill the void left behind.

Per the Kansas City Star, Chiefs president Mark Donovan told fans last Friday that would be broadcasting at least all of their preseason games as well as coaches shows and “Chiefs Rewind” in the St. Louis TV market.

Donovan also provided some insight into what the NFL decided to do with the market’s open TV availability now that there was no franchise.

Donovan said at the NFL’s annual meeting in March that the league had to decide how to split up St. Louis’ preseason television rights among the four teams that surrounded the market — Kansas City, Chicago, Tennessee and Indianapolis. 

Donovan said the league decided to allow any NFL team that could find enough broadcast partners in the area to broadcast its games there for one year.

Allowing for this to happen for one year is a loophole the league is providing to the Chiefs since otherwise they would have to “give up cities that matched that (St. Louis) population” per league rules.
The Cheifs have yet to announce any local broadcasting partner for St. Louis. Donovan added that the franchise will be “respectful” of Rams fans still greiving over the loss of their team but will take advantage of the available in-state market all the same.

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Along with writing for Awful Announcing and The Comeback, Sean is the Managing Editor for Comeback Media. Previously, he created the Syracuse blog Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician and wrote 'How To Grow An Orange: The Right Way to Brainwash Your Child Into Rooting for Syracuse.' He has also written non-Syracuse-related things for SB Nation, Curbed, and other outlets. He currently lives in Seattle where he is complaining about bagels. Send tips/comments/complaints to sean@thecomeback.com.

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