The Kansas City Chiefs sent a gift to local news breaker Katie Camlin after she broke one of the biggest stories of the year.
A few months back, when Patrick Mahomes signed his record-breaking contract extension with the Chiefs, it wasn’t Adam Schefter or Ian Rapoport or Terez Paylor who broke the news. Instead, it was Plaza Liquor employee Katie Camlin, who pointed out that a Chiefs employee had come into the store and purchased a large amount of Dom Pérignon. She took to Twitter to share her findings.
“A front office employee for the Chiefs came in and bought 6 bottles of Dom Perignon,” The tweet read. “Said there’s a big signing today. He said it’s not Chris Jones, so my guess is a Mahomes deal.”
Sure enough, the Mahomes deal would be announced shortly after. Camlin had scooped all the big-time reporters and the Chiefs were really cool about all of it. Later, they even made a little fun of the situation in a video that included Camlin when Chris Jones signed a long-term deal with the team.
Once the dust settled, Brett Veach did something really classy. He sent a bottle of Dom Pérignon to Camlin, but this one was a bit special.
After Plaza Liquor’s @katie_cammm spotted a Chiefs’ employee buying bottles of Dom Perignon and she became the first to report that a Patrick Mahomes extension could be coming, Chiefs’ GM Brett Veach sent her a bottle of Dom Perignon autographed by Mahomes and Chris Jones pic.twitter.com/HtGoEkzOPO
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 20, 2020
I let @AdamSchefter break the news on this one, but here it is! The @Chiefs and Brett Veach are way too generous, and gave me this bottle signed by @PatrickMahomes and @StoneColdJones . I cried. I will treasure this absolutely forever pic.twitter.com/RCOTRoWo2e
— Katie Camlin (@katie_cammm) September 20, 2020
Talk about a cool moment for an astute member of the Chiefs Kingdom.
You can watch a feature on Camlin and her story, which debuted on ESPN Countdown today down below:
"I beat Schefter!" 😂@AdamSchefter catches up with the accidental insider who broke Patrick Mahomes' record-breaking contract extension before he did. pic.twitter.com/kY8AHODSKp
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) September 20, 2020
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