Why Is This Game A 4:05 Start?

[BoltWalt]

When west coast teams are forced to start at what is to them a 10am start time this is a big advantage to the home team that the west coast team has had to travel to. I was very surprised to see the start time for this weeks against the raiders was not a 10am start. When the Bolts went to KC in week four the start time was 10am, now when the Bolts go to Cleveland this week thier game starts at 10am who chooses the start time? Is it the league or the networks? it is certainly not the hosting teams desiscion to start at the absurd time of 4pm. Any one have an answer to this? I hate the raiders and am pissed to see them get this minor boon in the start time.


Crush the raiders!

[KCraised]

Actually, the Raiders AND thier fans were always thugs. Wear a Raiders jersey out here, you might get some ribbing in good fun and some raiders suck talk. Wear a Chiefs jersey in LA or Oakland? You might get your a** jumped by the gangbangers..... Reverand Eric Winston needs to goto the Black Hole and give a morality speech to them next time he is out there. He's good like that...lol

[Yoda]

Well, not saying the raiders are weak, I think the rivalry is. I guess you don't remember the Howie Long era, to remember what real Raiders/Chiefs rivalry was...lol

Ahem.....35 years of following the Raiders, I remember how the rivalry suffered in the 70's and much of the 80's.

[KCraised]

Ahem.....35 years of following the Raiders, I remember how the rivalry suffered in the 70's and much of the 80's.

Maybe we hated you guys for than you hated us?;)

[ctchiefsfan]

Chiefs fans just NATURALLY hate the Raiders and the reverse applies. For me at least, if we only win our two games against the Raiders the season will not have been a complete loss. Naturally, I dislike all out AFC West rivals, but Raider weeks are always the biggest week of the season if we don't make the playoffs.