The ‘Brads, Chads and Dads’ may have taken issue with Taylor Swift gracing the stands of NFL stadiums last year, but the league’s own players disagree.
The pop superstar dominated headlines last season when she swapped her sequin suits for Chiefs red and gold to cheer on her tight end boyfriend Travis Kelce at several games during Kansas City’s run to the Super Bowl.
Three-second glimpses of the singer on the big screen and network coverage infuriated some NFL fans, while others couldn’t get enough of her in the VIP suites.
Their high-profile arrival at the games even brought a whole new demographic to the league’s fan base, but how do the players themselves feel about the new attention on the sport? Apparently, in a very positive way.
72.5 percent of 102 players surveyed by The Athletic said the ‘Fortnight’ singer and the coverage her presence generated was positive for the NFL.
NFL players have revealed their opinion of Taylor Swift (pictured) attending Chiefs games.
The pop superstar dominated the headlines last season when she started dating Travis Kelce.
Only five felt their inclusion in the sport was negative, while 23 straddled it, stating it was “somewhere in the middle”.
“I think it’s been positive for the league,” one player told the outlet. “I think at the end of the day, it’s a business and you need to see it as much as possible. And it gets a lot of attention, so, you know, if that raises the salary cap, I don’t think anyone would be too upset about it.” that.
Another admitted that Swift’s presence had its pros and cons, stating that the extra attention was a plus, but that perhaps it was being overdone.
“It’s bringing more attention to the game,” he said, “but I feel like they’ve been using his face.” If you’re in a game, you’ll probably be shown about six or seven times.
‘People get… tired if they keep doing it over and over again. So I think they have to find a balance.”
However, another, presumably one of the five detractors, criticized the coverage, insisting it was being overblown.
“I feel like he’s getting unnecessary coverage,” the player said. ‘There was all the video from the NFL’s inaugural season on Twitter and she appeared five times and our quarterback didn’t appear once. That’s not even right. “She’s not the NFL.”
Meanwhile, her boyfriend Kelce was also the topic of debate, as the three-time Super Bowl winner was named among one of the most annoying players in the NFL by his teammates.
The ‘Fortnight’ singer has regularly attended Chiefs games to cheer on her boyfriend.
A young NFL fan holds a sign that says, “Go, Taylor’s Boyfriend,” at a Kansas City game.
The tight end was tied for fifth in the poll with 4.5 percent of the vote, while CJ Gardner-Johnson took home the undesirable title.
It seems that part of Kelce’s inclusion in the mix was due to the presence of his famous girlfriend, with one player finding it annoying that “the camera zooms in on Taylor Swift every time she catches a pass.”
The cameras couldn’t focus on Swift over the weekend as he missed a second straight Chiefs game this season.
The singer opted to skip the Chiefs’ victory over the Los Angeles Charges at SoFi Stadium amid Kelce’s struggles in a slow start to the season.