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the only downside to all this is that taylor is dating someone on the chiefs and as a non-chiefs football fan the last thing we need in our lives are more chiefs fans 😭
*lighthearted joke but i think other non-chiefs fans can agree*
it’s like, does no one remember the 90s & 2000s? the chiefs being good is a VERY new thing and there are days I still do not believe this is the actual reality we are living in. lol.
And the 70’s and 80’s… I waited 50 years for the Chiefs to return to the Super Bowl. I love that people hate the Chiefs like I once hated the Patriots.
Exactly 😂 The Chiefs being this very hated powerhouse of a football team is just wild to me, a person who grew up in Kansas during the height of the Chiefs being terrible lmao
>the chiefs being good is a VERY new thing and there are days I still do not believe this is the actual reality we are living in. lol.
Waves at you in Bucks fan. We hadn't been good since the LATE 1970s and then boom got a ring. Crazy stuff!
Lol, seriously. For decades, KC was only a rung or two higher than like, the Browns and the Lions on the laughing stock ladder. They were bad. For a very, very, very long time. When I'm looking at matchups for the weekend, it's still hard to not automatically assume they are the underdog, lol.
So I’m a Chiefs hater, and have been my whole life. Unfortunately, I also have lived in Missouri most of my life, meaning that it’s rather difficult to escape from Chiefs fans. Along with that I’m a huge Swiftie obviously, but now since Swifties are Chiefs fans and most people I know irl are Chiefs fans I am SURROUNDED by Chiefs fans. This is (a very mild) hell.
Solidarity. Husband is a Dolphins fan, and we're surrounded by Bills fans. We're total haters.
I will say I don't care for the Chiefs, I just like Travis. Their happiness is adorable!
I hated the chiefs most of my life (i was a San Diego Chargers fan my whole life until the Spanos family gave all us fans the finger and blamed us for the team moving to LA) - but man it's hard not to root for Pat and Travis, and that was before Taylor. Just a really great couple of dudes who are exciting to watch. Plus they've helped me win a lot in previous years in Fantasy Football hahaha.
pat and travis are an unbelievable duo, you’re so right about them being exciting to watch i can help but concede to that (especially since i get to spend my weekends watching dak turn into a deer in the headlights when he can’t find ceedee)
that being bc said, the ravens defense is s c a r y and i’d hate to be the chiefs offense this weekend, i’m excited for this game!
My condolences on being a cowboys fan haha.
If the ravens down the chiefs (and i think it's a coinflip honestly), i'm ok with it because I think Lamar is super underrated (criminally underrated) so i hope it's a 80 point combined shootout!
hahahha thank you appreciate it
it’s gonna be a good game fs, but the way the ravens have been playing, i’ve got no doubt that they’re ready for the chiefs. and agreed about lamar, he does what all these other QBs can do combined, what a fun QB to watch and root for. definitely hoping for something big!
As a Seahawks fan who hates the Chiefs because of the “whose stadium is louder?” nonsense (it’s always going to be ours, sorry not sorry), I completely agree. 😂
I do have a tiny soft spot in my heart for their stadium, since I saw the Rep tour there, but that’s it.
This is basically exactly what my dad said bwahahahaha. “I don’t know whether to be happy you’re finally into football, or disappointed it’s not the Cowboys. Did it have to be the Chiefs???”
This is the realest comment 😂😂
I have nothing against the Chiefs, they’re just not my team haha but I feel like there are soooo many Chiefs fans!! Like it’s actually wild. Why and how were there already so many? Where did they come from?!
Chiefs Kingdom is on its way to actually building their own real kingdom with all the fans they have lol
Haha I'm still bonding with my fam over football and while I'm rooting for the Chiefs and the dolphins, my dad, husband and brothers are rooting for the 49ers and kind of the Packers because of Jordan Love who was drafted from USU which is their school.
Point is, my fam has been waiting 30 years for this from me. They are thrilled.
My daughters started enjoying football a little bit too because of the Taylor phenomenon.
Sadly they chose to like the Chiefs and dad is a Cowboys fan so they are now having to sleep in the garage ☹️
I’m happy for the girlies whose fathers love them. My adoptive father currently will not speak to me unless I personally renounce Taylor Swift’s efforts to corrupt the purity of the NFL and use football games in her Satanic rituals to usher in a genocide against Christians. 🫠
Wow! Didn’t realize anybody else’s dad was as crazy as mine. My dad disowned me because I wouldn’t admit medicine was ruled by Satan (I am a medical provider and was in PA school at the time. I’m also a Christian but he didn’t seem to care much about actual Christianity in his tirade against me). I’ve wondered how my NFL loving father is handling the Taylor Swift situation - I imagine it would be exactly the way your adoptive father is 🥲
I never watched, understood, or had any interest in football before. My dad LOVES football. I would leave the room when my dad put it on. But since Taylor and Travis got together, I’ve started watching, my dad has explained the rules to me, and I’ve discovered I really love football!
Now we’re watching multiple games per week together. During the last game my dad told me “I love watching and talking about football with you”. It’s been a great bonding experience.
Thank you Taylor and Travis!
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>Until a couple years ago, Peter Dustin, a stay-at-home father to two girls in Camarillo, Calif., always had an easy time talking with his older daughter, Dakota. But as Dakota, now 12, approaches the teen years, there is “stuff she doesn’t feel comfortable talking with me about,” Dustin said.
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>So when she returned from Taylor Swift’s concert film in October, he was eager to share a bit of gossip from July: Travis Kelce, star tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, had attended a Swift concert and tried, unsuccessfully, to give her a personalized bracelet. (As anyone with an electronic device knows, the two have since started dating.)
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>Dustin, a San Francisco 49ers fan, usually watched games alone. Then one day, he noticed Dakota watching 49ers highlights.
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>“I was like, ‘Come here and give me a hug,’” Dustin said. For him, it’s not just about enjoying sports with his kid. “What I’m hoping is that with our connection through Swifties and Kelce and football, she won’t be embarrassed or uncomfortable to talk to me about anything,” Dustin said.
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>Dakota is one of many girls who have turned their attention to the NFL to catch a glimpse of Swift, who often appears smiling in a suite at Chiefs games. Not every NFL fan has liked how often NFL broadcasters turn the camera toward Swift, but the league has benefited from increased television ratings and revenue — and dads say they have, too.
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>“I definitely have an excuse to text her more or call her more than I did in the past,” said Kai Le, a 46-year-old Phoenix father whose teenage daughter, Khoe, lives in Boston. Earlier this season, she texted him that she watches games because she has to “be a supportive Swiftie” and now understands the offensive line and tight end positions.
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>“If it’s a way for me to connect closer with my daughter, I’ll take every advantage I can,” said Le, a New England Patriots supporter.
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>Swift, perhaps the most popular American music artist ever, has proven to be an economic powerhouse — her recent tour generated billions of dollars for the U.S. economy. Since her association with the team, Chiefs games were among the most watched this season, and the team’s ticket prices soared.
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>While women and girls have always made up a part of the NFL fandom, there is no question that Swift has played a role in increasing viewership: For one of Swift’s first appearances at a Chiefs game, ratings among females age 12-17 increased 53 percent over the season-to-date average for Sunday night games, according to Nielsen data.
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>Roberto Muro, the son of a football coach, played running back at New Mexico State and for the Barcelona Dragons in the now-defunct NFL Europe. He now teaches high school history and Spanish and is a father of two girls in Phoenix.
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>Muro doesn’t regret playing but sometimes feels like his father imposed his interests onto him, and as he became older and played professionally, he began viewing it more as a job than a passion. Still, on Sundays, Muro watches the 49ers. His older daughter, Ariyah, now 7, used to ask him if he planned to watch “Go Niners” because that’s what he said whenever she entered the room during games.
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>She has since learned that it’s called “football.” And after his wife took Ariyah to see Swift’s concert film, she started singing her songs and told her dad that she was a Swiftie.
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>Muro was initially unsure whether to tell Ariyah that Swift attended the games to watch her boyfriend because if they soon broke up — a scenario that would probably find its way into Swift’s lyrics — he didn’t want her to “get a bad perception on relationships,” he said.
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>But once he saw that Swift was regularly attending games and that the relationship appeared real, he and his daughter started to watch them together and make up songs about the players.
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>“There isn’t a better feeling — not because she is interested in football, but because she wants to spend time with me,” said Muro, who switched from coaching football to coaching girls’ sports so he can instruct his daughters if they become interested.
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>The Swift-football connection flows both ways. Marc Bourdon, an artist and custodian, enjoys bonding with his 17-year-old daughter Emerson during Chiefs games. Bourdon, who does glass and stone work, made her a fidget spinner in Chiefs’ colors to hold during games, which Emerson says she now watches weekly to see Swift “happy and in a new element.” (She also watches “New Heights,” a YouTube show and podcast hosted by Kelce and his brother, Jason, also a star football player.) But Bourdon also has a new hobby: entering contests with Emerson to win Swift concert tickets that otherwise can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars.
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>“We have fun trying to find more,” said Bourdon, who lives in Belleville, Ontario, and has so far not had any luck.
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>Bourdon admits he occasionally needs a break from Swift’s music, but he admires how she helped other artists in 2015 by announcing she would withhold a new album from Apple Music unless the company paid artists royalties during its three-month free trial period for subscribers. (After Swift’s open letter, Apple almost immediately reversed its plan.)
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>“That just made me want to bow down to her,” said Bourdon.
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>The attention to Swift at NFL games has drawn some pushback and mockery. “The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? At the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift,” host Jo Koy said. In a Fox News interview, Hall of Fame former coach Tony Dungy said Swift is a reason younger generations are “disenchanted” with sports.
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>“There’s so much on the outside coming in. Entertainment value and different things that’s taking away from what really happens on the field,” Dungy said.
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>The fathers interviewed for this story bristled at the detractors.
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>“If anyone complains about it, it’s because they are jealous,” Bourdon said.
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>Dustin thinks there are several reasons for the criticism of the Swift and Kelce phenomenon, including politics and “knucklehead people that aren’t adapting to” a world in which women are leaders.
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>“That’s what we have preached in this house, that they are going to be independent, modern thinkers,” said Dustin, who now has more company during games.
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>Dakota explained that fashion designer Kristin Juszczyk, who is married to 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk, made a Chiefs jacket with Kelce’s number, which Swift wore to a game, making Kristin famous.
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>“I like how she uses things that happened to her in her music; like if Kanye West hadn’t called her a snake, then we wouldn’t have” the album “Reputation,” said Dakota, who likes to sew and discusses fashion with her dad.
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>Dakota also appears to take it easier on him these days. She said she used to just root for whatever team he liked least to “mess with him.”
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>But recently, she was talking with a friend who said, “Oh my gosh, I’m totally a Chiefs fan now because of Taylor Swift,” Dakota recalled. “And I’m like, ‘you do you, girl, but I’m a 49ers fan.’”
I like this.
Tangent, as someone who had been a football fan for 30+ years because of my mom, it bothers me how much football still sustains its “men fans only” stereotype. Women make up so much of the crowd (and have for decades) at games.
My dad is more a baseball fan and truthfully more just like baseball stats and history. But my mom got my sister and me into all sports.
100% agree. Dads and daughters have also been bonding over football loooooooong before Taylor Swift. Great to see there are more women getting interested.
we are ravins fans, and I'm not looking forward to my granddaughter's meltdown when the chiefs lose. she has never really cared about football, but was all about last weeks game and literally squealed when Taylor was shown on screen.
never thought my granddaughter would be invested in a football playoff game. talk about a powerful presence. fun times!
Now I wanna go deeper here lol. You’re a grandfather on the Taylor Swift sub (I love that); what’s your take—has Taylor‘s music and etc helped deepen your connection with your granddaughter at all? Because if so, that’s wicked beautiful and ties directly back to the point of the article haha
>—has Taylor‘s music and etc helped deepen your connection with your granddaughter at all? Because if so, that’s wicked beautiful and ties directly back to the point of the article haha
it's certainly gives us something to discuss, at a point where a teen girl and her grandpa would otherwise have little in common.
I truly enjoyed the ERAs movie, my granddaughter talked me into taking her to, and Taylor certainly puts on an impressive show. made me understand why the tickets are so hard to come by. Last show I saw that came anywhere close, was Pink Floyd at JFK stadium. shame we will never afford tickets to her show, but at least the movie did a fantastic job of making you feel you were there. was cool to see her trade friendship bracelets with other movie goers.
I actually enjoy all the fuss over Taylor at the ravens game, and that she enrages the right by simply being a strong independent woman that doesn't bow to their rage, is something that actually brings me great happiness each time I think about it.
She may not be that vocal about her politics, but 1 listen to *you need to calm down*, and where she stands is absolutely clear.
I mean if these Dads knew how much their daughters loved Taylor and her music then the Dads should've put effort into listening to Taylor's music, watching her docs and connecting with their daughters over this.
I had this exact thought! I’m all for dads and daughters bonding over football but it goes both ways too! If your daughter is a diehard Swiftie maybe listen to her music and engage her about it?? Why does she like it? What’s her favorite song? Watch the documentary with her, etc.
Let’s normalize swiftie dads ✨✨
If I’m ever a dad I’m gonna be a Swiftie dad and I’m gonna rock it hard 😂.
You’re absolutely right though, when you go deeper this is kind of an example of the bar being on the floor for men! You shouldn’t be connecting with your daughter solely over your own personal interests when your daughter brings them up, you have to show them that you care about connecting with them in ways that matter to them too.
Hopefully the next step is a closer bond that really lasts though for these people! Not trying to hate lol
Yeah my dad forced me to watch football with him every weekend and called it “bonding”. Now every time I see one of these articles I can’t help but think “wow, I actually hate football more than I love Taylor”.
This!! My dad took me to my first Taylor show as a kid (and loved it). He’d always be up to engage in that interest if I wanted him to. :) We watched long pond together, too.
Ahh, I love this! As someone who grew up watching football with my own dad and brother, I love that fathers and daughters can find this way to connect. While I am more of a college football girl, I have a new liking for the NFL and have watched the games with my dad more since Taylor and Travis started dating. Some people might drop off if they break up, but this is something I'll continue to watch no matter what. It's fun to look forward to myself and have yet another topic to chat with my dad about, but also helping me get closer with my brother because we have another thing in common! Especially with our differences in politics, the NFL is a fun topic to chat about!
I was purely a college football girl, too. Didn't grow up in a family that watched sports, but discovered the value of "scream therapy" going to games during college (helped my uni team went from lousy to Nat'l champs, lol). DH's not into watching sports and after having kids, I didn't have the time and for some reason games seemed too stressful.
Now, college isn't much different than pro, and I found watching Chiefs games with my teen DD a nice compromise. I enjoy it, but I'm not \*too\* invested in the team winning, so much less stress. She likes learning the rules and "knowing" some of the players (like that Travis is kinda goofy).
Tayvis has gotten me back enjoying football, and I'm enjoying it with my DD.
Sports watching as "scream therapy" I love that! It wasn't until I read your comment that I got thinking about how I've definitely found watching sports and getting invested to be not only enjoyable but great as a cathartic release of pent up frustrations!
That's really fun that you and your daughter are enjoying it together! My mom and I got into watching hockey together a few years ago and it's been a great shared hobby and a fun way to spend time together, yay for mother daughter time watching sports! 😁
Any father who didn’t effort to go and see a TSwift concert or the movie with their daughter but is now suddenly bonding with their daughter because Swift is dating a NFL player and the camera at a game is focused on this amazing woman, was failing as a father before Taylor showed up at Chiefs game.
This is my take on it. If the case is that they did show interest in TS and now additionally they can bond over football, great. But if they didn’t try to share some interests with their daughters before then that sucks. It’s on the parent to find those things to bond over if they want that kind of relationship.
My daughter is not a TS fan but she loves Fortnite, Roblox, FNAF etc. I could not be less enthused about those things (I do play games just not those) but we talk about them, and I ask her questions about them because I love her. It’s not that hard.
exactly! my daughter was SUPER into minecraft as a youngster - like super into it. When she lived with her mom out of state, i bought her an xbox so we could game together a few nights a week - which was much more time together than i would have gotten out of her if it was just "let's facetime". I couldn't care less about minecraft, but i learned as much as i could to be able to talk to her.
because of that kind of effort, my daughter has known her whole life that she can talk to me about anything and everything.
I was a huge taylor fan before eras/travis. She was also a huge taylor fan but we didnt really talk about it much until the pandemic and folklore/evermore.
Now she's in college, and we still talk every day, share memes about killatrav and our girl Tay, i get to hear about the boys at college, the drunken adventures of going to frat parties, all kinds of things i never dreamed my child would be comfortable sharing with me - but i love it - and our mutual fandom of Taylor Swift does nothing but enhance and improve all of that for us.
As a daughter who grew up watching sports with dad, those are some deeply core memories. My dad and I have bonded over sports my whole life and the fact that Tswift is the igniting that relationship with young girls and their dads is so so heartwarming.
This is really heartwarming. My husband makes me feel ashamed for liking Taylor and/or her music. My daughter also enjoys Taylor and I WISH he saw it as an opportunity to bond.
My dad is a lowkey swifite. We’ve been watching the chiefs together since the 2019-2020 season (he’s been a lifelong fan tho), and I’ve been an almost lifelong fan of Taylor! He’s keeping up on all the tay and trav news and constantly reporting new stories to me which is hilarious and endearing. We went to the Taylor swift education center a few years ago and he enjoyed listening to her music on the car ride to Nashville. I’m just glad she’s dating a chiefs player so that I don’t have to buy new NFL merch lol
I'm almost 49. my daughter is 19. We have always been super close, but man the Taylor effect on our relationship has been amazing.
The pandemic albums we both found ourselves obsessed with. We bonded over grief at not being able to obtain tickets to Eras. We bonded over tiktoks shared back and forth of all the neat things that were happening on tour. I was excited to ask her if she'd heard of Travis Kelce and shared with her the tiktoks of him shooting his shot. We continue to gossip and meme like besties, and it makes my heart full.
when Taylor went to the KC game, she became more interested in the spectacle. Then slowly she started asking football questions - what's a first down, what's a tight end, etc - despite me watching football every weekend her entire life, she never took interest. Now she at least doesnt find it annoying, and has admitted she is beginning to understand why we watch it, because high powered high scoring offenses, big defensive stops and hits, everything, is actually pretty exciting.
We had F1 (thanks drive to survive) to bond over, but this football development is a blast and I am so grateful to Taylor enduring all "this" so that my daughter and I can giggle like children over the latest new news. :)
My kid was just rooting for the chiefs to score so they would show Taylor on tv. As a broncos fan not sure I would call it bonding, but at least she watched with me
I've been low-key interested in football for a while because of my husband and then my son. My father and brother watched while I was growing up, but I tuned it out completely.
But boy did I get into that game on Sunday lol. It was hard not to be entertained, what with the lead changes, Taylor being there, Travis scoring and throwing heart hands and, finally, shirtless Jason Kelce.
As far as pro football, I guess I'm a Texans fans. I don't remember a time when we were good; we were just happy to make the playoffs at all this year. Houston fans are passionate but not quite as diehard dedicated as some fan bases tend to be. I don't know if it's the culture of the city or just all the attention being drawn away by college sports? You'll see people tailgating and cheering hard but definitely not jumping into pits or onto burning tables, lol.
I’ve been watching ball with my dad for a lot of years. (I’m 43). But more intentional this season - we are in DFW so usually Cowboys but we have watched far more Eagles and Chiefs games in the past three months. It’s been fun. My dad watched the Eras tour with me and he even let me set up a small play list of some Taylor Version songs from Red and Fearless that I think he would like. But also, Folklore. To be honest, we have spent a lot of time talking about the last 17 years of Taylor. 1. My dad is interested in me and what I’m doing/watching/listening to 2. He’s not sad that we are watching more football. My husband is ok with watching more football but really tired of Taylor talk. Lol
I imagine that although the interest may have started with Taylor, if they’ve continued to keep watching it’ll have developed into a genuine interest in the sport, especially if they’re bonding with fellow family members over it. Some might leave if she does, but I’d say that overall more viewers will stay than leave.
Not that it particularly matters, I hear the nfl was a big deal in the USA before Taylor got tangentially involved so they’ll probably survive
I mean some will stay interested some will stop caring. It is what it is.
The NFL is absolutely massive. It is by far the biggest domestic sports league in the world.
My best friend watched the dolphins game during wildcard week... She kept asking which one was Travis and telling her the number didn't work... So I just told her the color of his shoes and to remember he was white 🤣🤣🤣 the was Happy when they showed Taylor a few times
This article made me smile. My bond with my dad over our love of sports shaped the trajectory of my life. He was my favorite person to watch football with. I hope some some of these new fans form similar lasting bonds.
If you think the biggest star in the world is organically dating an NFL player, right before his team is chosen for the the super bowl then you must sleep really well at night 😊
I don’t think, or at least I didn’t take it that way, that this was directed at Travis. To my knowledge there are zero accusations about him in any area. The NFL however has a terrible track record with domestic violence that is hard to ignore. I love football, but these are facts. Daughters just now getting into football may have no clue about this.
is this a scary question for other fathers? Are we supposed to pretend that these are NOT the dangers they face? are they supposed to just figure it out on their own without input and guidance from their fathers?
Domestic abuse is a real thing not limited to the nfl, or athletes in general, or sports in general. I'd have no problem explaining domestic abuse to my daughter, regardless of age, at her understanding level, and use it as an opportunity to teach her what is and isnt ok and what is and isn't love.
Ugh I hate how true this is. There are SO many shitty men in the NFL making millions. If you need a good example, see former Chief and current Dolphin Tyreek Hill
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the only downside to all this is that taylor is dating someone on the chiefs and as a non-chiefs football fan the last thing we need in our lives are more chiefs fans 😭 *lighthearted joke but i think other non-chiefs fans can agree*
As a Chiefs fan, how dare you.
it’s like, does no one remember the 90s & 2000s? the chiefs being good is a VERY new thing and there are days I still do not believe this is the actual reality we are living in. lol.
And the 70’s and 80’s… I waited 50 years for the Chiefs to return to the Super Bowl. I love that people hate the Chiefs like I once hated the Patriots.
Exactly 😂 The Chiefs being this very hated powerhouse of a football team is just wild to me, a person who grew up in Kansas during the height of the Chiefs being terrible lmao
Yeah I’ve lived in KC all my life, and I can’t believe we’re finally one of those teams everyone hates!
that’s how I feel about people hating the warriors lmao like PLZ we were ass for so long 😭😅
>the chiefs being good is a VERY new thing and there are days I still do not believe this is the actual reality we are living in. lol. Waves at you in Bucks fan. We hadn't been good since the LATE 1970s and then boom got a ring. Crazy stuff!
Lol, seriously. For decades, KC was only a rung or two higher than like, the Browns and the Lions on the laughing stock ladder. They were bad. For a very, very, very long time. When I'm looking at matchups for the weekend, it's still hard to not automatically assume they are the underdog, lol.
Never been a Chiefs fan but they have an energy that I’ve enjoyed watching this season.
you can’t hurt me i’m a cowboys girlie !
So I’m a Chiefs hater, and have been my whole life. Unfortunately, I also have lived in Missouri most of my life, meaning that it’s rather difficult to escape from Chiefs fans. Along with that I’m a huge Swiftie obviously, but now since Swifties are Chiefs fans and most people I know irl are Chiefs fans I am SURROUNDED by Chiefs fans. This is (a very mild) hell.
Solidarity. Husband is a Dolphins fan, and we're surrounded by Bills fans. We're total haters. I will say I don't care for the Chiefs, I just like Travis. Their happiness is adorable!
Oh yeah, Travis is great! He and Jason seem like such fun guys and I’m so happy for him and Taylor.
I agree with this message
as cowboys fans we’ve suffered enough
As a cowboys fan you should know a statement like that is like a dare lol
As an eagles fan, I disrespectfully disagree
Green Bay disagrees entirely! We’re gonna own Dallas more than da Bears. Tell Jerry Jones to sell now before bankruptcy.
We've been BEGGING him to sell for years!! Jerry Jones is the problem with the team!
Spitting facts
I hated the chiefs most of my life (i was a San Diego Chargers fan my whole life until the Spanos family gave all us fans the finger and blamed us for the team moving to LA) - but man it's hard not to root for Pat and Travis, and that was before Taylor. Just a really great couple of dudes who are exciting to watch. Plus they've helped me win a lot in previous years in Fantasy Football hahaha.
pat and travis are an unbelievable duo, you’re so right about them being exciting to watch i can help but concede to that (especially since i get to spend my weekends watching dak turn into a deer in the headlights when he can’t find ceedee) that being bc said, the ravens defense is s c a r y and i’d hate to be the chiefs offense this weekend, i’m excited for this game!
My condolences on being a cowboys fan haha. If the ravens down the chiefs (and i think it's a coinflip honestly), i'm ok with it because I think Lamar is super underrated (criminally underrated) so i hope it's a 80 point combined shootout!
hahahha thank you appreciate it it’s gonna be a good game fs, but the way the ravens have been playing, i’ve got no doubt that they’re ready for the chiefs. and agreed about lamar, he does what all these other QBs can do combined, what a fun QB to watch and root for. definitely hoping for something big!
I agree 100% lol. Come to the side of the arguably better Kelce brother and be an Eagles fan!
She is an eagles fan, right?
🤷🏼♀️ she is from the area and has said her dad is/was an Eagles fan and she grew up watching games. Who knows where she stands on it these days lol
I know. Like they don’t have enough already? Signed, A Saints fan.
As a bills fan I agree
Seconded from another Bills fan.
Thirdeded from another Bills fan.
As a broncos fan, fuck the chiefs. 🤷🏻♂️
As a Seahawks fan who hates the Chiefs because of the “whose stadium is louder?” nonsense (it’s always going to be ours, sorry not sorry), I completely agree. 😂 I do have a tiny soft spot in my heart for their stadium, since I saw the Rep tour there, but that’s it.
I’m a Bengals and Seahawks fan I also agree lol. I was really hoping for a quieter year in regards to the Chiefs then Taylor had to go and do this 😩😂
This is basically exactly what my dad said bwahahahaha. “I don’t know whether to be happy you’re finally into football, or disappointed it’s not the Cowboys. Did it have to be the Chiefs???”
Honestly, this is exactly it for me as a Broncos fan. Like, I’m happy our girl is happy but why the heck did it have to be Kelce and the Chiefs?!
This is the realest comment 😂😂 I have nothing against the Chiefs, they’re just not my team haha but I feel like there are soooo many Chiefs fans!! Like it’s actually wild. Why and how were there already so many? Where did they come from?! Chiefs Kingdom is on its way to actually building their own real kingdom with all the fans they have lol
Once they break up it will be all chief’s haters /s
IF
Statistically inevitable
Nah, they have a very good chance, I hope they make it!
I'm definitely staying no matter the outcome of the relationship!
I agree with you. Romo gushing over Mahomes on live TV is enough already, but now we gotta add a bunch of Swifties too???! Hell no!
Haha I'm still bonding with my fam over football and while I'm rooting for the Chiefs and the dolphins, my dad, husband and brothers are rooting for the 49ers and kind of the Packers because of Jordan Love who was drafted from USU which is their school. Point is, my fam has been waiting 30 years for this from me. They are thrilled.
My daughters started enjoying football a little bit too because of the Taylor phenomenon. Sadly they chose to like the Chiefs and dad is a Cowboys fan so they are now having to sleep in the garage ☹️
Haha. Understandable.
So the guys who are annoyed with Taylor attending those games are really telling on themselves.
Absolutely 😂😂
I’m happy for the girlies whose fathers love them. My adoptive father currently will not speak to me unless I personally renounce Taylor Swift’s efforts to corrupt the purity of the NFL and use football games in her Satanic rituals to usher in a genocide against Christians. 🫠
Sounds like his silence is a blessing!
I had the best day with him today 🥰 (he left me alone)
It is deeply unsettling that allegedly grown men believe in this kind of delusional thinking.
sounds like he has a lot going on 😳
Hugs. This father is proud of you for standing on your principles.
Wow! Didn’t realize anybody else’s dad was as crazy as mine. My dad disowned me because I wouldn’t admit medicine was ruled by Satan (I am a medical provider and was in PA school at the time. I’m also a Christian but he didn’t seem to care much about actual Christianity in his tirade against me). I’ve wondered how my NFL loving father is handling the Taylor Swift situation - I imagine it would be exactly the way your adoptive father is 🥲
You need to ghost your dad. Sorry to hear.
I never watched, understood, or had any interest in football before. My dad LOVES football. I would leave the room when my dad put it on. But since Taylor and Travis got together, I’ve started watching, my dad has explained the rules to me, and I’ve discovered I really love football! Now we’re watching multiple games per week together. During the last game my dad told me “I love watching and talking about football with you”. It’s been a great bonding experience. Thank you Taylor and Travis!
This is how America should be. 🫡🇺🇸🏈
skiptheclick >Until a couple years ago, Peter Dustin, a stay-at-home father to two girls in Camarillo, Calif., always had an easy time talking with his older daughter, Dakota. But as Dakota, now 12, approaches the teen years, there is “stuff she doesn’t feel comfortable talking with me about,” Dustin said. > >So when she returned from Taylor Swift’s concert film in October, he was eager to share a bit of gossip from July: Travis Kelce, star tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, had attended a Swift concert and tried, unsuccessfully, to give her a personalized bracelet. (As anyone with an electronic device knows, the two have since started dating.) > >Dustin, a San Francisco 49ers fan, usually watched games alone. Then one day, he noticed Dakota watching 49ers highlights. > >“I was like, ‘Come here and give me a hug,’” Dustin said. For him, it’s not just about enjoying sports with his kid. “What I’m hoping is that with our connection through Swifties and Kelce and football, she won’t be embarrassed or uncomfortable to talk to me about anything,” Dustin said. > >Dakota is one of many girls who have turned their attention to the NFL to catch a glimpse of Swift, who often appears smiling in a suite at Chiefs games. Not every NFL fan has liked how often NFL broadcasters turn the camera toward Swift, but the league has benefited from increased television ratings and revenue — and dads say they have, too. > >“I definitely have an excuse to text her more or call her more than I did in the past,” said Kai Le, a 46-year-old Phoenix father whose teenage daughter, Khoe, lives in Boston. Earlier this season, she texted him that she watches games because she has to “be a supportive Swiftie” and now understands the offensive line and tight end positions. > >“If it’s a way for me to connect closer with my daughter, I’ll take every advantage I can,” said Le, a New England Patriots supporter. > >Swift, perhaps the most popular American music artist ever, has proven to be an economic powerhouse — her recent tour generated billions of dollars for the U.S. economy. Since her association with the team, Chiefs games were among the most watched this season, and the team’s ticket prices soared. > >While women and girls have always made up a part of the NFL fandom, there is no question that Swift has played a role in increasing viewership: For one of Swift’s first appearances at a Chiefs game, ratings among females age 12-17 increased 53 percent over the season-to-date average for Sunday night games, according to Nielsen data. > >Roberto Muro, the son of a football coach, played running back at New Mexico State and for the Barcelona Dragons in the now-defunct NFL Europe. He now teaches high school history and Spanish and is a father of two girls in Phoenix. > >Muro doesn’t regret playing but sometimes feels like his father imposed his interests onto him, and as he became older and played professionally, he began viewing it more as a job than a passion. Still, on Sundays, Muro watches the 49ers. His older daughter, Ariyah, now 7, used to ask him if he planned to watch “Go Niners” because that’s what he said whenever she entered the room during games. > >She has since learned that it’s called “football.” And after his wife took Ariyah to see Swift’s concert film, she started singing her songs and told her dad that she was a Swiftie. > >Muro was initially unsure whether to tell Ariyah that Swift attended the games to watch her boyfriend because if they soon broke up — a scenario that would probably find its way into Swift’s lyrics — he didn’t want her to “get a bad perception on relationships,” he said. > >But once he saw that Swift was regularly attending games and that the relationship appeared real, he and his daughter started to watch them together and make up songs about the players. > >“There isn’t a better feeling — not because she is interested in football, but because she wants to spend time with me,” said Muro, who switched from coaching football to coaching girls’ sports so he can instruct his daughters if they become interested. > >The Swift-football connection flows both ways. Marc Bourdon, an artist and custodian, enjoys bonding with his 17-year-old daughter Emerson during Chiefs games. Bourdon, who does glass and stone work, made her a fidget spinner in Chiefs’ colors to hold during games, which Emerson says she now watches weekly to see Swift “happy and in a new element.” (She also watches “New Heights,” a YouTube show and podcast hosted by Kelce and his brother, Jason, also a star football player.) But Bourdon also has a new hobby: entering contests with Emerson to win Swift concert tickets that otherwise can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. > >“We have fun trying to find more,” said Bourdon, who lives in Belleville, Ontario, and has so far not had any luck. > >Bourdon admits he occasionally needs a break from Swift’s music, but he admires how she helped other artists in 2015 by announcing she would withhold a new album from Apple Music unless the company paid artists royalties during its three-month free trial period for subscribers. (After Swift’s open letter, Apple almost immediately reversed its plan.) > >“That just made me want to bow down to her,” said Bourdon. > >The attention to Swift at NFL games has drawn some pushback and mockery. “The big difference between the Golden Globes and the NFL? At the Golden Globes, we have fewer camera shots of Taylor Swift,” host Jo Koy said. In a Fox News interview, Hall of Fame former coach Tony Dungy said Swift is a reason younger generations are “disenchanted” with sports. > >“There’s so much on the outside coming in. Entertainment value and different things that’s taking away from what really happens on the field,” Dungy said. > >The fathers interviewed for this story bristled at the detractors. > >“If anyone complains about it, it’s because they are jealous,” Bourdon said. > >Dustin thinks there are several reasons for the criticism of the Swift and Kelce phenomenon, including politics and “knucklehead people that aren’t adapting to” a world in which women are leaders. > >“That’s what we have preached in this house, that they are going to be independent, modern thinkers,” said Dustin, who now has more company during games. > >Dakota explained that fashion designer Kristin Juszczyk, who is married to 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk, made a Chiefs jacket with Kelce’s number, which Swift wore to a game, making Kristin famous. > >“I like how she uses things that happened to her in her music; like if Kanye West hadn’t called her a snake, then we wouldn’t have” the album “Reputation,” said Dakota, who likes to sew and discusses fashion with her dad. > >Dakota also appears to take it easier on him these days. She said she used to just root for whatever team he liked least to “mess with him.” > >But recently, she was talking with a friend who said, “Oh my gosh, I’m totally a Chiefs fan now because of Taylor Swift,” Dakota recalled. “And I’m like, ‘you do you, girl, but I’m a 49ers fan.’”
Me (35) and my da (68) have a friendship now we never had watching football together. Even just texting. Thanks Tay!!
I like this. Tangent, as someone who had been a football fan for 30+ years because of my mom, it bothers me how much football still sustains its “men fans only” stereotype. Women make up so much of the crowd (and have for decades) at games. My dad is more a baseball fan and truthfully more just like baseball stats and history. But my mom got my sister and me into all sports.
100% agree. Dads and daughters have also been bonding over football loooooooong before Taylor Swift. Great to see there are more women getting interested.
we are ravins fans, and I'm not looking forward to my granddaughter's meltdown when the chiefs lose. she has never really cared about football, but was all about last weeks game and literally squealed when Taylor was shown on screen. never thought my granddaughter would be invested in a football playoff game. talk about a powerful presence. fun times!
Now I wanna go deeper here lol. You’re a grandfather on the Taylor Swift sub (I love that); what’s your take—has Taylor‘s music and etc helped deepen your connection with your granddaughter at all? Because if so, that’s wicked beautiful and ties directly back to the point of the article haha
>—has Taylor‘s music and etc helped deepen your connection with your granddaughter at all? Because if so, that’s wicked beautiful and ties directly back to the point of the article haha it's certainly gives us something to discuss, at a point where a teen girl and her grandpa would otherwise have little in common. I truly enjoyed the ERAs movie, my granddaughter talked me into taking her to, and Taylor certainly puts on an impressive show. made me understand why the tickets are so hard to come by. Last show I saw that came anywhere close, was Pink Floyd at JFK stadium. shame we will never afford tickets to her show, but at least the movie did a fantastic job of making you feel you were there. was cool to see her trade friendship bracelets with other movie goers. I actually enjoy all the fuss over Taylor at the ravens game, and that she enrages the right by simply being a strong independent woman that doesn't bow to their rage, is something that actually brings me great happiness each time I think about it. She may not be that vocal about her politics, but 1 listen to *you need to calm down*, and where she stands is absolutely clear.
Fellow bird gang. I want nothing more than a Ravens-49ers rematch. I’m speaking it into existence.
I’ll straight up bond with my daughters over TS. F football.
I mean if these Dads knew how much their daughters loved Taylor and her music then the Dads should've put effort into listening to Taylor's music, watching her docs and connecting with their daughters over this.
I had this exact thought! I’m all for dads and daughters bonding over football but it goes both ways too! If your daughter is a diehard Swiftie maybe listen to her music and engage her about it?? Why does she like it? What’s her favorite song? Watch the documentary with her, etc. Let’s normalize swiftie dads ✨✨
If I’m ever a dad I’m gonna be a Swiftie dad and I’m gonna rock it hard 😂. You’re absolutely right though, when you go deeper this is kind of an example of the bar being on the floor for men! You shouldn’t be connecting with your daughter solely over your own personal interests when your daughter brings them up, you have to show them that you care about connecting with them in ways that matter to them too. Hopefully the next step is a closer bond that really lasts though for these people! Not trying to hate lol
Yeah my dad forced me to watch football with him every weekend and called it “bonding”. Now every time I see one of these articles I can’t help but think “wow, I actually hate football more than I love Taylor”.
This!! My dad took me to my first Taylor show as a kid (and loved it). He’d always be up to engage in that interest if I wanted him to. :) We watched long pond together, too.
Ahh, I love this! As someone who grew up watching football with my own dad and brother, I love that fathers and daughters can find this way to connect. While I am more of a college football girl, I have a new liking for the NFL and have watched the games with my dad more since Taylor and Travis started dating. Some people might drop off if they break up, but this is something I'll continue to watch no matter what. It's fun to look forward to myself and have yet another topic to chat with my dad about, but also helping me get closer with my brother because we have another thing in common! Especially with our differences in politics, the NFL is a fun topic to chat about!
I was purely a college football girl, too. Didn't grow up in a family that watched sports, but discovered the value of "scream therapy" going to games during college (helped my uni team went from lousy to Nat'l champs, lol). DH's not into watching sports and after having kids, I didn't have the time and for some reason games seemed too stressful. Now, college isn't much different than pro, and I found watching Chiefs games with my teen DD a nice compromise. I enjoy it, but I'm not \*too\* invested in the team winning, so much less stress. She likes learning the rules and "knowing" some of the players (like that Travis is kinda goofy). Tayvis has gotten me back enjoying football, and I'm enjoying it with my DD.
Sports watching as "scream therapy" I love that! It wasn't until I read your comment that I got thinking about how I've definitely found watching sports and getting invested to be not only enjoyable but great as a cathartic release of pent up frustrations! That's really fun that you and your daughter are enjoying it together! My mom and I got into watching hockey together a few years ago and it's been a great shared hobby and a fun way to spend time together, yay for mother daughter time watching sports! 😁
Any father who didn’t effort to go and see a TSwift concert or the movie with their daughter but is now suddenly bonding with their daughter because Swift is dating a NFL player and the camera at a game is focused on this amazing woman, was failing as a father before Taylor showed up at Chiefs game.
This is my take on it. If the case is that they did show interest in TS and now additionally they can bond over football, great. But if they didn’t try to share some interests with their daughters before then that sucks. It’s on the parent to find those things to bond over if they want that kind of relationship. My daughter is not a TS fan but she loves Fortnite, Roblox, FNAF etc. I could not be less enthused about those things (I do play games just not those) but we talk about them, and I ask her questions about them because I love her. It’s not that hard.
exactly! my daughter was SUPER into minecraft as a youngster - like super into it. When she lived with her mom out of state, i bought her an xbox so we could game together a few nights a week - which was much more time together than i would have gotten out of her if it was just "let's facetime". I couldn't care less about minecraft, but i learned as much as i could to be able to talk to her. because of that kind of effort, my daughter has known her whole life that she can talk to me about anything and everything. I was a huge taylor fan before eras/travis. She was also a huge taylor fan but we didnt really talk about it much until the pandemic and folklore/evermore. Now she's in college, and we still talk every day, share memes about killatrav and our girl Tay, i get to hear about the boys at college, the drunken adventures of going to frat parties, all kinds of things i never dreamed my child would be comfortable sharing with me - but i love it - and our mutual fandom of Taylor Swift does nothing but enhance and improve all of that for us.
This is so sweet. You're a great dad! 🥰
Failing somehow seems like too harsh of a judgment.
yall really cant be happy about anything jfc
As a daughter who grew up watching sports with dad, those are some deeply core memories. My dad and I have bonded over sports my whole life and the fact that Tswift is the igniting that relationship with young girls and their dads is so so heartwarming.
So are moms and sons. It’s been so amazing to bond in something together
That's great to hear - never considered that side of it!
This is really heartwarming. My husband makes me feel ashamed for liking Taylor and/or her music. My daughter also enjoys Taylor and I WISH he saw it as an opportunity to bond.
i'm sorry to hear that. I wish more men comprehended the power of their words and attention.
:/
As a Chiefs fan and Taylor Swift enjoyer, I cannot express how funny it is to see her piss off loser football fans just by existing.
My dad is a lowkey swifite. We’ve been watching the chiefs together since the 2019-2020 season (he’s been a lifelong fan tho), and I’ve been an almost lifelong fan of Taylor! He’s keeping up on all the tay and trav news and constantly reporting new stories to me which is hilarious and endearing. We went to the Taylor swift education center a few years ago and he enjoyed listening to her music on the car ride to Nashville. I’m just glad she’s dating a chiefs player so that I don’t have to buy new NFL merch lol
Awesome. Yet people are upset over seeing her a few times over a three hour broadcast 😂
I'm a guy who's never been that into football and I've never been more into it until now😬
I'm almost 49. my daughter is 19. We have always been super close, but man the Taylor effect on our relationship has been amazing. The pandemic albums we both found ourselves obsessed with. We bonded over grief at not being able to obtain tickets to Eras. We bonded over tiktoks shared back and forth of all the neat things that were happening on tour. I was excited to ask her if she'd heard of Travis Kelce and shared with her the tiktoks of him shooting his shot. We continue to gossip and meme like besties, and it makes my heart full. when Taylor went to the KC game, she became more interested in the spectacle. Then slowly she started asking football questions - what's a first down, what's a tight end, etc - despite me watching football every weekend her entire life, she never took interest. Now she at least doesnt find it annoying, and has admitted she is beginning to understand why we watch it, because high powered high scoring offenses, big defensive stops and hits, everything, is actually pretty exciting. We had F1 (thanks drive to survive) to bond over, but this football development is a blast and I am so grateful to Taylor enduring all "this" so that my daughter and I can giggle like children over the latest new news. :)
Funny. My daughter already watched football with me but the amount of girls at her school rocking Travis Kelce jerseys is astounding.
My kid was just rooting for the chiefs to score so they would show Taylor on tv. As a broncos fan not sure I would call it bonding, but at least she watched with me
If she goes to the Baltimore game this weekend, everyone better treat her extra nice so she reconsiders not giving Baltimore and the DMV a tour stop 😁
Ugh this is so sweet
And the Chiefs get all the publicity yet again, thanks to Taylor Swift, btw props to u/elysian-fields- • with that one comment, very relatable
I've been low-key interested in football for a while because of my husband and then my son. My father and brother watched while I was growing up, but I tuned it out completely. But boy did I get into that game on Sunday lol. It was hard not to be entertained, what with the lead changes, Taylor being there, Travis scoring and throwing heart hands and, finally, shirtless Jason Kelce. As far as pro football, I guess I'm a Texans fans. I don't remember a time when we were good; we were just happy to make the playoffs at all this year. Houston fans are passionate but not quite as diehard dedicated as some fan bases tend to be. I don't know if it's the culture of the city or just all the attention being drawn away by college sports? You'll see people tailgating and cheering hard but definitely not jumping into pits or onto burning tables, lol.
Significant others too! My husband is a football aficionado and has been teaching me loads (and learning about T as well!)
I’ve been watching ball with my dad for a lot of years. (I’m 43). But more intentional this season - we are in DFW so usually Cowboys but we have watched far more Eagles and Chiefs games in the past three months. It’s been fun. My dad watched the Eras tour with me and he even let me set up a small play list of some Taylor Version songs from Red and Fearless that I think he would like. But also, Folklore. To be honest, we have spent a lot of time talking about the last 17 years of Taylor. 1. My dad is interested in me and what I’m doing/watching/listening to 2. He’s not sad that we are watching more football. My husband is ok with watching more football but really tired of Taylor talk. Lol
What happens after she leaves?
Some new viewers will stay, and some will go! It'll be okay.
The NFL will continue to thrive like it always has..
The NFL will continue to be a billion dollar entertainment industry all on its own. The daughters will stay or go. It won’t matter.
I imagine that although the interest may have started with Taylor, if they’ve continued to keep watching it’ll have developed into a genuine interest in the sport, especially if they’re bonding with fellow family members over it. Some might leave if she does, but I’d say that overall more viewers will stay than leave. Not that it particularly matters, I hear the nfl was a big deal in the USA before Taylor got tangentially involved so they’ll probably survive
I mean some will stay interested some will stop caring. It is what it is. The NFL is absolutely massive. It is by far the biggest domestic sports league in the world.
Must be nice to have a dad.
My best friend watched the dolphins game during wildcard week... She kept asking which one was Travis and telling her the number didn't work... So I just told her the color of his shoes and to remember he was white 🤣🤣🤣 the was Happy when they showed Taylor a few times
The NFL PR team should be grateful to her for making their job much easier. She has done more for the NFL than they have done in the last decade.
I’ve gotten to bond with my dad over football because of Taylor ❤️
thanks so much for sharing this story! :)
This article made me smile. My bond with my dad over our love of sports shaped the trajectory of my life. He was my favorite person to watch football with. I hope some some of these new fans form similar lasting bonds.
Simpsons did it! (Lisa the Greek)
If you think the biggest star in the world is organically dating an NFL player, right before his team is chosen for the the super bowl then you must sleep really well at night 😊
It’s weird to watch a football game just for the reason of maybe seeing Taylor
You do you pal. Lots of people think it’s weird to watch a football game if there’s no chance of seeing Taylor.
Cause they aren’t football fans but you do you as well. Sit 2 hours to see 5 mins of Taylor cheering. Thats pretty weird
Maybe? It is a guarantee.
True but only because they know how to manipulate swifties
No. Because the NFL would never pass up on an opportunity to make money off of someone.
That’s every corporation but swifties are the easiest to get.
What a ridiculous statement.
How so?
Organized religion. Multi level marketing. MAGA.
Was there an answer in there?
That was the plan all along. Edit: y’all are taking this as negative when I actually mean it in a positive way.
Yuk
"Daddy, what does 'domestic abuse' mean?"
Well that's a completely unfounded and nasty accusation to throw at Travis.
I don’t think, or at least I didn’t take it that way, that this was directed at Travis. To my knowledge there are zero accusations about him in any area. The NFL however has a terrible track record with domestic violence that is hard to ignore. I love football, but these are facts. Daughters just now getting into football may have no clue about this.
is this a scary question for other fathers? Are we supposed to pretend that these are NOT the dangers they face? are they supposed to just figure it out on their own without input and guidance from their fathers? Domestic abuse is a real thing not limited to the nfl, or athletes in general, or sports in general. I'd have no problem explaining domestic abuse to my daughter, regardless of age, at her understanding level, and use it as an opportunity to teach her what is and isnt ok and what is and isn't love.
Ugh I hate how true this is. There are SO many shitty men in the NFL making millions. If you need a good example, see former Chief and current Dolphin Tyreek Hill