Miscellany
<i> From Staff and Wire Reports</i>
The Kansas City Chiefs announced in a full-page newspaper ad that they would resume encouraging their fans to do the tomahawk chop.
The cheer, which some American Indians find offensive, had become popular at Arrowhead Stadium last season. But after protests, the Chiefs announced before the start of this season that they would discourage the chop by not playing the music that accompanies it and not allowing the cheerleaders to do it.
“Truth be told, no one meant any disrespect when doing the Chop,” the Chiefs said in the ad in the Kansas City Star. “And, if no offense is intended, why then must offense be taken?
