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The University Daily Kansan
Wednesday, November 12, 1997
K.C. icons apply to buy Royals
Hunt, Brett ponder joint bid for team
The Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — George Brett and Lamar Hunt, Kansas City Chiefs owner, have submitted separate applications to Major League Baseball to become owners of the Kansas City Royals.
Hunt has talked with Brett's investment group about a joint bid for the team, but no deals have been made. Each side, however, said the door remained open.
"We are impressed and encouraged by the types and caliber of the bidders," Mike Herman, Royals president, said yesterday. "It's a level playing field."
Bobby Brett, George's brother and head of the Brett group, and Tim Connolly, president of Hunt Sports Group, said Monday the two groups had looked into a joint bid.
"If it's mutually beneficial, we might join forces with the Hunts," he said.
Putting the Hunt and Brett names together would be quite a combination, said Brett, who owns minor-league franchises.
Hunt's application was submitted in the name of Hunt Sports Group, a family trust that owns 11 percent of the Chicago Bulls, two professional soccer teams, including the Kansas City Wizards, a radio station and other interests, Connolly said.
"All of the prospective bidders have demonstrated a commitment to keep and strengthen baseball in Kansas City," Herman said.
The Royals have been without an owner since founder Ewing Kauffman died in 1993.
Applications were to be filed by Friday, but the complicated sale process allows for later applications, Herman said.
George Brett, a great player in Royals history and now a team vice president, is the fan favorite to own the team.
Hunt, although he lives in Dallas, has been a Kansas City fixture since he relocated the Chiefs, then the Dallas Texans, to Kansas City in 1963.
Under Kauffman's plan, the board must look for an owner who will keep the team in Kansas City. The board also must get the highest price possible, with a minimum set at $75 million.
Herman declined to speculate on how long the process might take.
Final exams are a month away, but I thought I would get you in the test-taking state of mind with a sports-related quiz.
1. Which one of the following teams does not wear teal?
teams does not wear teal A.Florida Marlins
Sports quiz tests your knowledge
B. Carolina Panthers
B. Carolina Panthers
C. North Carolina Tar
C. North Carolina Tar Heels
D. Jacksonville Jaguars
2. Which athletic team had the smallest payroll?
A. 1991 UNL V basketball team
B. 1902 SMU football team
C. 1907 Pittsburgh Pirates
C. 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates
D. Most of the athletic programs at Texas Tech in the 1990s.
B. Mike Tyson
C. Fred "Crime Dog" McGriff
D. Dick Pothue
A. Marv Albert
B. Boston Red Sox
4. Which team will win the World Series first?
C. My church league softball team
A. Chicago Cubs
D. Kansas City Royals
5. Who will not be the coach of the Dallas Cowboys next season?
A. Lou Holtz
B. Jerry
Jones
Scott
Corceran
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C. Barry Switzer D. Tom Landry
6. Which is the worst basketball team?
A. The Washington Generals
B. Any two Kansas basketball players, myself and my two roommates.
C. Kansas State's men's team
D. Kansas State's women's team
7. Who has the worst inb, in
America?
A. Men's bathroom cleaner at the Bottleneck
B. Sewer worker in New York City C. Indianapolis Colts radio broadcaster
D. Organic chemist
8. Which percentage is the highest?
A. The class average in my biology 104 class
B. Zac Wegner's completion percentage against Kansas State
C. The percentage of NBA players who smoke dope
D. Tony Gwynn's lifetime batting average
I hope everyone fared well. In case you were wondering, all of the answers are C. So when finals roll around, remember what you have learned today and guess C if you do not know the answer.
Corceran is a Topeka senior in biology.
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