Patrick and Brittany Mahomes’ support for women’s sports is going one step further
Patrick and Brittany Mahomes are one of the biggest public supporters of women's sports. And they are now looking to bring a WNBA team to Kansas City. "We want to get basketball to Kansas City in general and then WNBA. The success that they've had this last season and these last few seasons, it's kind […]
Patrick and Brittany Mahomes are one of the biggest public supporters of women's sports.
And they are now looking to bring a WNBA team to Kansas City.
"We want to get basketball to Kansas City in general and then WNBA. The success that they've had this last season and these last few seasons, it's kind of a no-brainer,'' Mahomes said. "To try to get a WNBA team in Kansas City to this fan base — you see it if you talk about University of Kansas basketball, the Chiefs or whatever it is — the city of Kansas City is going to come out and they're going to fill the stadium.
So what is the timeline right now?
“They want to expand. Just like any other business, you have to kind of pick and choose how to expand, you want to expand as fast as you can, but you want to do it in a way that is profitable for them but also good for the players and the quality of the sport," the quarterback explained. "Obviously, you’ve seen these last few years the WNBA has really grown, and we feel like Kansas City is a great place to continue that growth, but we have to battle with other cities to prove why we can sustain and have a great franchise here.”
During his time at Texas Tech, Mahomes was working on his marketing major when he wasn't on the football field. So that has truly helped him in his business ventures.
“I think just seeing just how business works, it’s helped me throughout my entire career. The preparation when I went to the Rawls (College of Business) business school was that I was going to hopefully be an athlete, and I was going to be able to know more than just being an athlete and letting someone else handle all (of) my other businesses outside of football. It’s prepared me to be in some of these meetings that I’ve been in, and I get to see it from both sides as a player and as an owner or whatever you want to call – manager or whatever it is," he stated. "It helps me put my perspective and my input into these meetings that I meet with these other leagues, and I can kind of show how, hopefully, we can make it a great place for owners but a great place for players as well.”
And specific to their love of women's sports, Mahomes and his wife joined the ownership group of the KC Current, a team in the National Women's Soccer League.
But now a possible WNBA team is Kansas City…
WE CAN'T WAIT!
