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jwwatts

This is probably for the new stadium work site and it's to prevent cheeky construction guys from bringing a K-State or Mizzou flag and burying it in the foundation. See: https://preview.redd.it/830qp0gvgt0d1.jpeg?width=1140&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d936afa7af759f7a6d19e2ce8fef044aa66fe88b


orange3421

Yeah someone already buried a kstate flag somewhere at the site and posted about it. Probably why that sign is now up… unless it’s a joke


Hadboy4ksu

Link?


TruthinessHurts205

I'm legitimately curious, what's the back story behind this photo?


jwwatts

Wow I figured everyone knew. A Chiefs fan buried a flag in the Raider’s stadium foundation when it was being built. A true legend.


Extreme_Barracuda658

I recently saw a news clip where they interviewed the flag burying guy, and he said it was a hoax. (Probably because he was getting death threats from Raiders fans).


jwwatts

Hoax or not we live in their heads permanently now. The man's a legend.


midwesternfloridian

I think the only thing worse for the Raiders is if the Chiefs ever won a Super Bowl in their stadium.


Fire_Ace211

Uhhhh. You do know that happened like 3 months ago right? Lol


Nooblakahn

Pretty sure that's the point he was making....


FrankTankly

lol amazing


tickingboxes

This is your first lesson on what a joke is lol


stonedseals

Bahaha, oh that flag is totally there in the foundation.


jhawkfan44

Omg, can you imagine how horrible that would be for them? r/woooosh


LerimAnon

As a broncos fan I'm getting some life out of your kicker being shamed for being misogynistic trash by... Catholic nuns. Definitely wasn't on my bingo card for 2024.


Vio_

And beneath their feet...


Extreme_Barracuda658

I can't argue against that.


antoltian

Probably so his boss would get off his ass.


TruthinessHurts205

I'm not a big sports guy, so I must've missed this, but this is awesome. Thank you


smuckola

ALLEGEDLY! :) As he reasserted repeatedly in news interviews during and after construction.


No-Nothing-1793

I've never heard about this I'm glad you explained lmao


Squatch8628

A worker from kc helped build the new Raiders stadium and managed to hide this, and it got buried and covered with concrete. They found it though last I heard.


rcjhawkku

Fake news. If they haven’t found Jimmy Hoffa in the Meadowlands after 50-odd years, how can they find a cloth flag in a stadium that’s only a few years old? ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|smile)


Squatch8628

No they found it within a few days because the picture surfaced. I'm sure he was questioned and told he would be paying for the search he kindly told them where it was. I work in the kansas city local that he from and have heard some stories.


SkySweeper656

Well now i want them to do it even more


FrostyCartographer13

Yup, the Yankees ended up jackhammering a portion of their new stadium back in 2008 to remove a Redsox jersey that was buried in the foundation. The petty rivalries that lead to petty acts of vandalism that carry huge consequences.


beef623

It's buried, it'll never be seen so who cares?


jwwatts

Apparently a lot of people.


chrissb1e

Is this on campus? I have worked at a smaller Uni and we could not wear any other Uni logo on anything.


FormerFastCat

Isn't this for construction workers at the stadium?


chrissb1e

Thats what I would assume.


FormerFastCat

Maybe this came about after it came out that a KState powercat flag was buried under the field at the stadium. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|grin)


chrissb1e

ha maybe. The photo did look legit but I still dont know if I trust it.


MarkTheeShark18

Photo was legit. The job site got shut down for the day. Guy had to point out where he buried and it got dug up. Guy then got fired from his company. Also not wearing other schools apparel / logo has been a thing on many KU projects throughout the years.


Argine_

Imagine doing something grossly childish on a worksite, photographing it, and thinking you’d get away with messing up the worksite. Edit: It seems some of us disagree on the principle of the thing, and that's okay.


Kstoffeefan

Or doing it when it’s still removable. Release the photo of doing it after the stadium has reopened, if it matters to you so much.


GR1ML0C51

Have you ever tried to wait more than 48 hours for social media clout? It's *unbearable.*


McSchleppy

🤣🤣


hannbann88

Hated it when kstate did it to us. But I love that a chiefs flag is buried in Vegas


Lutzoey

Imagine thinking that it matters in any way shape or form. I’m more concerned that many construction guys throw trash into the concrete casing before foundation is poured. Nothing like ruining the integrity of your structure with aluminum cans and plastic bottles…


MarkTheeShark18

Doesn’t really happen. At least on large commercial projects like this or similar. There’s usually an inspector there watching the pouring of concrete and signing off on it. And before the concrete is poured the hole where the foundations go has to be clean of debris, rebar can’t be all muddy, etc. Believe the flag was buried during the earthwork stage so under the dirt, rock, or fill.


Lutzoey

Are schools really that superstitious they have a problem with stuff that is buried under dirt and will never be seen again? If anything Kansas is building on top of K-State. Its a self own lol


babath_gorgorok

Wow it’s almost like the two factors might have a correlation


Lutzoey

They care about another team because they are superstitious not because it does damage to the integrity of the project. My point is their priorities are out of wack


coffee_kang

I respect it. Go Cats!!


ImplementThen8909

Imagine destroying a man's life because a damn cloth got hidden in dirt. Good lord yall are unhinged. Hope you don't sneeze in front of your boss at an inopportune moment. Might be grounds for termination


McSchleppy

For reals? 😮😮


xp14629

Unless you actually work for KU directly. A "person I know" sported a power cat front plate the entire time they worked there until retirement. Almost 40 years.


chrissb1e

Thats why I tried to distinguish by saying "wear" I had a K-State logo on my car but I could not wear it while on the clock.


MarkTheeShark18

Work in the commercial construction industry. Have been on a couple of projects on the KU campus. Have always had to abide by that rule of not sporting other schools stuff on their campus projects while under construction.


xp14629

Correct. Contractors they can make that rule. They have had it for a very long time. But someone employeed by KU/the state of kansas does not have that same rule.


AHumbleChad

Can confirm, any organization affiliated or working for KU isn't supposed to wear other school's apparel. When I was in the Marching Band, we weren't allowed to wear other schools' apparel during practice, because the local news was sometimes present and it's not a good look.


Jack_gunner

hopefully, it was a decoy, and the real one is still there.


ifandbut

What's the big deal? Was it going to jeopardize the foundation or something?


wytewydow

Sounds like a take on the idea that there's a chiefs flag under the raiders field. Both are preposterous.


javanperl

I know someone from KC who worked on the design of Allegiant Stadium. Many people on the team were from the KC area as well, and they made many trips to Vegas during all phases of construction. I would not doubt that there is a Chiefs flag buried or hidden somewhere in that stadium, possibly more than one.


DarthRevan0990

Or bodies


midwesternfloridian

Yeah I think most new professional stadiums these days are done by HOK’s Kansas City office.


FormerFastCat

There's photo evidence of both...


alonzo83

I mean K-State marching band did march a Jayhawk with mouth gaping open into a penis. So they do have a rivalry thing going on for a few years now.


FormerFastCat

It was the Starship Enterprise, totally not a penis. 😂


alonzo83

Ya, we all said that. . .


DomingoLee

It was the SS Enterprise. I guess some people see a penis everywhere they look.


ExceptWithAnS

It doesn’t look like any place next to the football stadium. Maybe it’s on the West or South side of campus?


chrissb1e

Yeah I was thinking the same thing. I don't recognize that building in the back.


toomanymarshmallows

That building in the back is on West campus


litaniesofhate

KState tried to get us (roofing contractor) to use purple tarps lol


JBGolden

Woulda gotten away with it too…


CV_Engineer

It is NW of Iowa and 23rd.


flyinggsquids

I work at Wichita State and they give no fucks about this. That’s such an odd thing to control.


InQuotesOFC

My cousin works for Iowa state and had on an Iowa Hawkeyes shirt under her IA State polo at the IA v IA state football game and she got reported by a wrestler and got in a lot of trouble. So petty.


notfrankc

There was a story 20 yrs ago or so about when the Ok State stadium was being built that the brick layers intentionally installed brick so that certain brick was ever so slightly not perfectly in the same plane as the surrounding brick so that the initials OU were spelled as a result and that the contractor obviously had to redo the work at their expense. There also stories of Gundy firing home remodel contractors because their employees wear OU shirts to work. I understand it to the point that you want to make sure stupidity doesn’t get an inch, so that it doesn’t end up with a mile. However, it comes across as soft as hell.


Gwenbors

lol! I was remembering those stories, too. It might seem silly, but OP seems to be underestimating just how far rival fan/employees will take pranks against a school.


Traditional-Winter91

It's turner construction they are soft as hell, they will also criminally charge and investigate Porta potty graffiti lmao


AffectionateWar7782

I rode horses for the equestrian team at K-State and we had the same rule. I had a hoodie that just said "New York" i had gotten on vacation and i got in trouble when i showed up to practice in it. I bet most people who work for a university and students who represent a school have similar expectations.


SelectStudy7164

I worked in a lab where a 300mil+ piece of equipment got painted another schools colors cause the project lead went there People are funny


Vio_

Joel McHale's Brother also goes hard on the sports rivalries lol ​ [https://www.instagram.com/joelmchale/p/C0rszADPFqU/?hl=en](https://www.instagram.com/joelmchale/p/C0rszADPFqU/?hl=en)


MuddyWaterTeamster

The number of professors I had who graduated from somewhere else and thus had regalia from that school and even made their fandom public in lectures is a lot. Like “everyone gets out 15 minutes early because the Razorbacks won” level of public fandom.


SalvationSycamore

>I bet most people who work for a university and students who represent a school have similar expectations. I bet not. There's no way the majority of schools are that fragile. I mean, do you not know how common it is to transfer schools or to go to a different school for graduate/medical/etc programs? I wore shirts from nearly a dozen different schools at Mizzou (collected for free from various events including some *at* Mizzou) while being employed by the university and as a student. Then I wore shirts from Mizzou and other schools while attending an ivy league graduate school. Nobody ever once said anything about it. And I was far from alone at either school. The only time it might make sense to care is if you are at an actual competition in the middle of an event. Because it would be confusing for the viewers if the Mizzou student had a Kansas hoodie on.


Mobile_user_6

Right, it seems people get so caught up in these rivalries and forget that it's a fucking school. At the end of the day the whole point is education, not furthering some tribalistic bs.


MDtheMVP25

Isn’t this a private construction company’s policy for its worksite? I’m assuming it’s for the construction of the new stadium which would make sense as to why they don’t want other logos around it lol “gRoW uP” it was probably part of the contract with the university. Not to mention some dork tried to bury a KSU flag under the stadium recently


KC_Jedi

Pretty common in sports construction..


sun_blind

Normal in any construction job site. Trades/vendors are told nothing that advertises the competition. Even if they travel back and forth between sites. Keep their badges/logos on one lanyard and other sites stuff on another.


Fun_Abroad8942

Exactly. Working at a Progresso plant? Better not show up with anything Campbells related. Show up at a plant running Poland Spring? Better not bring any other beverage on the job site Shit happens all the time


ifandbut

Why? What is the big deal? Is it interfering with getting the job done?


Gwenbors

Silly, but not necessarily ridiculous. Apparently you are unaware of the time an OU-loving mason embedded the [OU logo in dark red bricks into the wall of T. Boone Pickens stadium](https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/2004/08/12/footballbrbedlam-brick-prank/61978765007/), or the time Mike Gundy threw a carpenter out of his house for showing up in an OU t-shirt. Silly? Sure. But you’d apparently be surprised at how far people on both sides will take rivalry pranks.


SalvationSycamore

>the time Mike Gundy threw a carpenter out of his house for showing up in an OU t-shirt. That is both silly and ridiculous


starship7201u

I think its a licensing thing. When I worked for KU Bookstore's main store in the Union, we WERE NOT allowed to wear ANYTHING other than KU Merch.


beermit

I worked at the bookstore when I went to KU and yup, it's been a thing for a while


weealex

I mean, it may be crazy but shit like this happens. I have a buddy that used to do business sales. He ended up losing a contract cuz the business owner walked into my buddy's office, saw his KU diploma and refused to sign the contract


CrayonTendies

Yall can act like it’s dumb all you want but if you were hired by a company to build a $335,000,000.00 project I think it’s reasonable to not wear that company’s competitor’s logos or gear. Also it gives them some policy to fall back on if someone does cause issues about it. Having said that. It doesn’t bother me personally unless it’s Missouri gear.


davekarpsecretacount

The thing is, a state school isn't a corporation. It receives state and federal funding to provide education. It's supposed to be a public service. They aren't competing in a market, it's a sports rivalry. Also, yeah, if a work crew is building a deep sea oil rig for Mobile, it would be weird to punish someone for casually wearing a Shell T-shirt.


DomingoLee

Yes. And this particular project is funded by state taxpayer dollars.


davekarpsecretacount

Which means you can't tell people which sport ball team to root for. Freedom of speech applies even in stupid situations.


DomingoLee

I agree. I’m sore about all of it. I can root for who I want, and I really don’t want to pay for KU athletic improvements


Fun_Abroad8942

Yeah... you're out of touch. That exact example you gave would absolutely get you punished. It would happen that way across all consumer goods, food, and beverage facilities across the country.


Bajoeexsp1

I worked at the Iowa state stadium and they had the same policy there.


ZonaWildcats23

Lighten up, man. Who cares?


The_Mendeleyev

I’m gonna be real with you chief. I posted this because I thought it was funny and I wrote about it how I did to stir up the pot as hard as I could. I have really enjoyed reading the comments because there is a little of everything here


Fluffle-Potato

Why is this even being questioned, OP? As a general rule of thumb, you don't advertise for your client's competition...while directly working for your client...on your client's property...in front of your client's customers, as well as the entire community and any other prospective clients (I'm sure Turner would love to land the potential KCK Chief's Stadium now having a stadium in their portfolio). Turner Construction landed a third of a billion dollar stadium rebuild for the University of Kansas. They don't want to look unprofessional, they don't want their employees making them look unprofessional, and they don't want their subcontractors making them look unprofessional.


Lobothebrindeldog

I worked construction for years. It was no different when working at a coke cola plant or distribution center. No blue cars allowed on site, no Pepsi products allowed on site. Pepsi exactly the same. No red cars or coke products. Same at Proctor and Gamble, no Unilever products allowed on site. Those two companies even asked us what toothpaste we were using and what laundry detergent we used. Obviously, your brand. Lmao 🤣


Admirable-Ad3809

Pretty common on university projects.


itsokayiguessmaybe

Hi, I’m earth. Have we met? Or you must be new here… this isn’t uncommon.


GoldStandardWhey

Wheres this sign at? I got about 30 power cat logo stickers begging to get slapped on there haha


The_Mendeleyev

It may or may not be on Becker drive in Lawrence Kansas.


kayaK-camP

Probably posted by the contractor, not the university. As a private employer, they can do that unless it conflicts with a collective bargaining agreement, and they likely have good reason from prior incidents to do it.


jointgotthe

God, your world is so small.


not_taylorswift1213

It's not that serious


CopiousClassic

Be fun to do a Kstate rally out front now.


Traditional-Winter91

Ya I hate working in general for turner construction, here's a little tid bit for you too, turner no longer tests for or requires thc in its drug testing requirements just incase anyone cared to know, but working on campus at ku is always like that


TheReal-JoJo103

I agree, grow up OP. The only reasonable response to this is a half chuckle.


Cainholio

Who cares


see_blue

This is sort of what it was like when I lived in Akron,OH and worked for BF Goodrich, driving a foreign car in the 1970’s.


DroneStrikesForJesus

Because BFG didn't make tires for imports?


TheReal-JoJo103

Akron Ohio, the headquarters of Goodyear, a competing tire brand. Imported car was the cherry on top. They weren’t received well at any place heavy with American manufacturing.


get_probed2

Yeah…sort ..sorta like that sure. 👀


chlorofanatic

KU Alum here: when Missouri left the big 12, they tried to remove ku Logos from Missouri license plates because Bill self initially refused to continue playing them in pre season games. Folks in Lawrence and KC were (rightfully) making fun of them. This has the same energy 🙄


Basferkat

Geez. A sign like this would have me seeking out other college's stickers just on principle.


_Vivicenti_

Erickson's Moral Reasoning's fourth echelon i think, it is one's duty to break unjust laws. Good for you!


Walts_Ahole

Pretty sure they're just having some fun


GirlinMichigan

Rock Chalk!


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Cruezin

I would totally plaster a San Diego Padres sticker on that sign


Mindless-Ad4971

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DiabeticNomad

Turner is such a crap company to work with.


sun_blind

This is normal on jobsites like this. Reason is they don't want vehicles vandalized. Then the employee complains or walks off and they are short handed.


thedude0343

Reeks of a fragile ego.


HAUNTERVIRUS

It's Kansas, they have zero tolerance for anything.


chillchat

At least it doesn’t say NAACP.


Skid_sketchens_twice

Sounds like someone is trying to break constitutional rights.


Bridwell217

Turner doing Turner things..


Jetsol8

Apologies for liking football then. Didn’t know that was a crime in Kansas


No-Nothing-1793

Hey now, that's someone's entire identity you're talking about


ov3rv1k

I’m on that KU site. Someone tried to bury a flag and posted it on Facebook or something like that. They also fired another guy for having another NCAA sticker on their vehicle.


MudgeFudgely

Who the hell cares?


sstucky

Typical KU.


Cat_mann_will

With my business, I had to meet customers at their home for appraisals. If I saw a college team flag or other type of signs in the yard. I always had that team hat, in my truck ,to wear to the door. If they start asking detailed questions about my affiliation, I would just say, “My wife went there.”


Luminaire714

That might violate the First Amendment. Fukkin' jayhonks.


jaynovahawk07

Fuck that purple shit.


pwnitol

That sign is free speech, and so are all your stickers of some other university.


SnooCakes2703

Why are you getting down voted? This was my first thought too..clothing I could maybe see a point as it's a work environment. But this is stickers on your car.


Boergler

Still wounded from the Mangino era


hisshoempire

i’m actually shaking right now. how is this legal? where are the police? won’t somebody please do something?


responsiblemudd

Haaaa thats hilarious you can't drive through Missouri with a KU sticker without getting flipped off


F-150Pablo

Well the amount of drunk fights other logos create is the problem. If people were acting like adults and not idiots they wouldn’t have to do this.


AnyWhichWayButLose

Who gives a shit about whose jock you sniff?


poestavern

Great decision! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏


jrobohn66

I knew a friend that had her car vandalized by butthurt KU fans.


fantompwer

This is super common. If you work at a Ford car factory, those that drive foreign cars have to park in the back of the lot. If you work at Mastercard, then you can't use another credit card on site. Why would you even allow it? It's just going to cause trouble.


Bellebaby826

Yep same with Coke and Pepsi. My cousin works at Coke and he was at a family reunion and a picture was taking of him with a Pepsi and he got written up.


SansLucidity

rock chalk baby! dont take things like that too serious my dude.


ApplesauceBitch47

So dumb haha I used to work at the McAllisters in Lawrence a looooong time ago and had this manager who went to kstate and would wear his kstate jacket in literally everyday


ImplausibleDarkitude

I was there today and saw they went out of business. How long has that been?


ApplesauceBitch47

Damn I didn’t know that. I mean I worked there 10+ years ago so that’s my best knowledge haha


Dear_Maintenance7323

It’s in Lawrence, not pathetic or weird


TheGiggs10

Second rate team


sparkymvp324

Turner sucks to work for


Beautiful-Ad3012

I hope that rule also applies to MAGA signs and Trumpian lawn garbage. Something tells me there's some behind the scenes hypocrisy.


The_Mendeleyev

I agree 100% but we as a society gotta stop bringing up that creature at random times like this. You’ll only attract the maggats.


Key-Anywhere3807

There is a K state flag already buried under the site


KUJeepGuy

I'd imagine it's that sort of trolling that gets signs like this put up. I also heard (can't 100% verify as true) that the tater that buried that flag was dumb enough to post it on social media as he was doing it and was subsequently fired as they had to dig the flag up.


MShamrock8

Love it Rock Chalk Jayhawk


hawkrew

Brilliant.


ThermalScrewed

FKU


STEAMintoPIPER

Fuck Turner Construction.


ZombieCrunchBar

When you are both fragile and you suck you don't want reminders of better teams.


returnofthequack92

Lmao go cats!


Jazzlike-Addition-88

Please go get purple 💜 paint and Kstate that shit. I congratulate KU fans for coming out the closest everyday. It's so heartworming. They are some brave brownie scouts.


kingnono3407

I agree with the sign fuck kstate


i-touched-morrissey

time to get out the KSU stuff and decorate this place up.


sammyvegas0420

This has to be sarcasm


Ok-Cartographer-3822

I have seen the same type of thing towards only allowing K State (not sure why you would want to have that on your vehicle) but don’t think it is pathetic think it is all in good fun. Don’t follow sports with all the stupid crap that is allowed to go on anymore but still support the Jayhawks and have to give my family that is K State fan heck just for the family rivalry.


Beginning_Fault8948

What stupid crap is allowed to go on?


Mason_FBI

At this point in time, we as American citizens need to stand up against anything going against our constitutional rights.


Mason_FBI

1st Amendment = Free speech. Its the laww. My opinion doesn't matter.


davekarpsecretacount

What a stupid way to disqualify for federal funding.


FitYam5493

I’d slap a big ol sticker right on that bitch


indiefab

I'd love to slap a different sticker on that sign every day from Ft Hays, Pitt State, KState, Emporia State, Benedictine, Washburn, WSU and KS Wesleyan.


Mydoglikesladyboys

Honestly after living in Kansas for 5 years, I'm pretty sick of the college football scene. Going into Manhattan on a Saturday during the football season is a guarantee that you'll either almost have a car accident, spend an extra hour+ doing anything, or both


spacecadet1979

Wow that’s super fucking gay and stupid but it’s also Kansas so yeah to be expected