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Mark Muller

​A couple of days ago, we read about Mark Muller's boycott of the NFL.

Muller, owner of Max Motors and wannabe arms dealer (he offered $450 vouchers so Missourians get an AK-47 with the purchase of a truck from his dealership), claimed he was giving up his Kansas City Chiefs season tickets after the NFL supposedly blocked Rush Limbaugh's attempt to buy the St. Louis Rams.

I finally caught up with Muller yesterday, and he clarified: It's not about Rush. It's about America being "destroyed by a bunch of bunch of left-wing, politically correct morons."

"When the NFL decides that they want to step up and condemn a whole segment of America -- conservatives -- because he's [Rush] not appropriate for the NFL, then I'm not an appropriate fan," Muller said.

Muller was referring to comments made to the press by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about Limbaugh in which he reference Limbaugh's infamous comments about Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb.

"The comments that Rush made specifically about Donovan, I disagree with very strongly," Goodell said. "They are polarizing comments that we don't think reflect accurately on the NFL or our players. I obviously do not believe that those comments are positive and they are divisive. That's a negative thing for us. I disagree with those comments very strongly and I have told the players that.

"I have said many times before that we are all held to a higher standard here," Goodell continued. "I think divisive comments are not what the NFL is all about. I would not want to see those kind of comments from people who are in a responsible position within the NFL. No. Absolutely not."

Those comments angered Muller.

"Why do we need to drag politics into this?" Muller said. "They've ruined it to me."

Muller said he's giving back four front row tickets, four second row tickets and a pair of seats in the third, sixth and seventh rows.

"I've got great seats," he said. "It's not like I'm giving up nosebleed seats.

Muller said the decision was made during a family meeting with his wife and children. Muller said they talked "God and country" and football. Then, over dinner, they voted on whether to keep their season tickets. They all agreed unanimously, Muller said.

"It's not a democracy in my house, but if they all voted against me, I would have
kept the tickets," Muller said.

They didn't vote against him. Muller said his wife, with tears in her eyes, told him, "We go as a family. This is our family time."

Muller called giving up the tickets "a huge sacrifice" but one he was willing to make. He said he's already sent his personal tickets and parking pass back to the Chiefs. He's also asked his children and the employees of his car dealership to give back tickets that he gave to them. But if they want to keep the tickets, he's cool with their decision. In fact, one of his sons told him he wasn't giving up his tickets. He'd already invited some of his friends to go to a game, and he didn't want to go back on his word. Muller understood his son's decision.

Muller said he also co-sponsors a tent at Arrowhead for tailgaters.

"I'm done," Muller said. "I'm not going to burn one more hamburger out there, one more brat. We are the biggest Chiefs fans in Kansas City. We don't miss a game. We go in the snow. We go in the rain. We go to every single game for 18 years, whatever it's been now. They suck and we still go to every game and love them."

Asked if he'll still watch on TV, Muller said, "Absolutely."

"I will sit at home and watch it," he said. "I'll watch every second of it, and I'm going to cheer my team. But I'm not going to give them my money."