Sam Mellinger has a fantastic profile of Cliff Illig in the Kansas City Star. Seriously, go read it. And if you haven’t already, you should subscribe to the Star. It’s important to support local news and we at The Blue Testament want to continue to bring attention to their good work, especially as it pertains to Sporting Kansas City.
If you aren’t familiar with Illig, he’s one of the billionaires behind Sporting KC. He along with his former business partner, the late Neal Patterson, started Cerner, the largest employer in KC. They (along with Robb Heinemann, Greg Maday and Pat Curran) bought the then Kansas City Wizards from Lamar Hunt in 2006 and rebranded the club into Sporting Kansas City in late 2010.