A Kansas City Star guest columnist wrote that the Kansas City Chiefs should replace three-time Super Bowl-winning kicker Harrison Butker with a woman because they didn't like his commencement speech.
Peter Hamm specifically pointed out the part where Butker addressed the women in the audience at Benedictine College in Kansas. Butker said in his faith speech that he was able to speak at school because his wife supported his vocation.
“I am beyond blessed with the many talents God has given me,” he said. “But it can't be overstated that all of my success was made possible by a girl I met in high school band class converting to the faith, becoming my wife, and adopting one of the most important titles of all: housewife.
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Harrison Butker, number 7 of the Kansas City Chiefs, warms up before Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas. (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)
“She is our children's main educator. She is the one who makes sure that I never let football or my business become a distraction from my work as a husband and father. She is the person who knows me best at my core. of my being. And it is through our marriage that, God willing, we will both achieve salvation.
“I tell you all this because I have seen firsthand how much happier someone can be when they ignore the outside noise and get closer to God's will in their life. Isabelle's dream of having a career might not have come true But if you asked him today if he regretted his decision, he would laugh out loud without hesitation and say, 'Hell, no.'”
Because of that, Hamm wrote that Butker should lose his job and named a handful of kickers he said could replace him.
Hamm began by writing that there have been kickers who have kicked in college: Willamette University's Liz Heaston, who scored two extra points in 1997; Ashley Martin, who scored three extra points in a 2001 game for Jacksonville State; Katie Hnida, who became the first woman to kick and score points in an NCAA Division 1-A (now FBS) game for New Mexico; and Vanderbilt's Sarah Fuller, who scored two extra points in 2020.
Vanderbilt Commodores placekicker Sarah Fuller, #32, gives a thumbs up after successfully kicking her second point after attempt during a game between Vanderbilt Commodores and Tennessee Volunteers in which she became the first woman to score a point for a power five conference school on December 12, 2020 at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. (Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Hamm then implored the Chiefs to take a look at University of Manitoba kicker Maya Turner, who was 11-for-14 in six appearances. The Bisons play Canadian football at U Sports in Canada. His longest run was 48 yards.
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“She may end up ready to kick in the NFL. Is she as good a kicker as Butker, who has the second-best field goal success rate of all time? Not yet,” Hamm wrote. “But she has three more years left at the university level to continue improving.
“Harrison Butker is not Patrick Mahomes. He's a special teams player. That gives him less clout with the team. They could trade him for a solid kicker, or they could make a statement by hiring a female kicker.
“Liz Heaston, Ashley Martin, Katie Hnida or Sarah Fuller could take a call. Maya Turner would probably seriously consider an offer.”
New Mexico kicker Kate Hnida, #2, on the sidelines during a game against UCLA at Sam Boyd Stadium. This was the first Division I-A college football game that had a female player on the field. (Gene Lower/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)
Thoughts about Butker's opening speech aside, the 2023 season was the best year he's had since joining the Chiefs in the 2017 season.
He made 33 of 35 field goal attempts, good for 94.3% of his successes. He made every extra point he tried. His longest run in 2023 was 60 yards.
Butker also scored four field goals in Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers, including a 57-yard field goal that set a Super Bowl record. He also tied the game with 3 seconds left with a 29-yard field goal.
He kicked the winning goal in Super Bowl LVII against the Philadelphia Eagles and scored three extra points and a field goal in Super Bowl LIV.
Still, Hamm didn't mention any of Butker's moments that have helped Kansas City become one of the most dominant teams in the NFL. Rather, Hamm urged the Chiefs to look for a replacement in the National Women's Soccer League.
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“And the talent farm system is rich. There are more than 300 players in the 14 teams of the National Women's Soccer League. There are more than 300 women who are professional kickers and currently do not choose to stay at home. “It would be wonderful if one of them will cost the Kansas City Chiefs their job.
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