As many, if not all, know by now, Taylor Swift is currently in a relationship with Travis Kelce, an American football player for the Kansas City Chiefs. As Swifties became “Chief fans” overnight, this also meant more talk, especially on social media.
Since the first appearance of Swift at the Chiefs game on Sept. 24 of last year, fans have been raving about her and Kelce’s relationship. Since then, at every Chiefs game, thousands of fans anticipated Swift’s face to be shown on the jumbotron or their TV at home. With just a few seconds of screentime Swift shared, alongside the Chiefs, Swifties took to social media every time posting and freaking out about their relationship, posting clips of her with his family or cheering for him. While all of this can be considered “cute,” it’s also annoying.
Cool, a celebrity at a sports game. Nothing that hasn’t happened before. How about we keep it like it’s always been at games, whether it be football or basketball and give the celeb their 10 seconds of screen time and move on?
Instead of doing this, the National Football League (NFL) has been milking their relationship dry showing every little thing that happened between them and even using advertisements inspired by Swift. On Jan. 28, the Chiefs won their championship game against the Baltimore Ravens which meant that they were going to the Super Bowl alongside the 49ers and on Feb. 11, they came out with a win at the Super Bowl. Surprise, this meant even more talk of Swift.
Not to be the biggest debby downer known to man or a “Swiftie hater,” but can people live without her and her existence for two seconds, please?
Why are so many people supporting a woman who takes 13-minute flights on her private jet and so many more unnecessary flights which release high emissions of CO2 and heat into the environment? I’m not the largest activist in the world but why are you in need of a jet to travel 20 miles?
The NFL has turned away from sports and has focused on bringing in revenue like they don’t make plenty already. Swift attended 12 games in total and according to CBS News, has brought in over 330 million dollars for the NFL and Chiefs.
Yeah. Fans sold out Chiefs game in hopes (that weren’t guaranteed) to see her.
Swift is overhyped and this relationship, real or not, is a huge publicity stunt that is so tiring to witness. Their relationship coincides with the speculation of the NFL being scripted and I have to agree. Not in the sense that the game itself is scripted, you can’t script a football game. But when you think about the need for publicity, the Swift and Kelce narrative helps. It’s the perfect setup. Bring one of the nation’s current favorite pop star and a famous football player together to draw in publicity.
Think I’m exaggerating? Businessinsider stated when the Chiefs played the New York Jets on Oct. 2, “it was the most-watched NFL game since the Super Bowl in February, with 29 million viewers.”
While bringing in revenue for the NFL is always a plus on the business side of things, this also won’t be a long-term thing. Just as fast as it sparked, it will die out. With the close of the season done and over with, I’d love to see if they keep this going next year.
I’m so tired of seeing Swift’s face thrown at me and her fans going absolutely ballistic over the tiniest things that happen in any other normal relationship. This Swift and Kielce relationship needs to be put to rest.
