Taylor & Travis engaged

[Kennywood]

At least when this relationship crashes and burns, she'll be able to get an entire album of songs from it.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

This is not what actually happens. I think the amount of time that Taylor was on scream or mentioned during the Super Bowl was less than a minute.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl...roadcast-times-shown/fb2cdf77f087a2650f759964

Cool. I don't remember mentioning the Super Bowl though.

Watch a regular season KC game. If she's there, you'll know it because every first down, touch down, or anything Kelce involved gets her on screen. And i listen to a lot of sports radio. Yesterday, entire segments were dedicated to their engagement.

 

[disneychrista]

Cool. I don't remember mentioning the Super Bowl though.

Watch a regular season KC game. If she's there, you'll know it because every first down, touch down, or anything Kelce involved gets her on screen. And i listen to a lot of sports radio. Yesterday, entire segments were dedicated to their engagement.

As I am sure any other popular players engagement would be. How often is Brittnay Mahomes mentioned? You may not be interested in the personal lives of players but it is obvious others are. I am not discounting that Taylor being who she is draws attention. But blame the sportscasters not her.

 

[soccerdad72]

Cool. I don't remember mentioning the Super Bowl though.

Watch a regular season KC game. If she's there, you'll know it because every first down, touch down, or anything Kelce involved gets her on screen. And i listen to a lot of sports radio. Yesterday, entire segments were dedicated to their engagement.

I'd say you're overselling this. I've seen enough KC games with her in attendance and it's certainly less than a minute of airtime that she's shown. Nothing that's taking away from the enjoyment of watching a football game. It's no different than cameras cutting away to other random fans in the stands between plays.

 

[jdb in AZ]

As I am sure any other popular players engagement would be. How often is Brittnay Mahomes mentioned? You may not be interested in the personal lives of players but it is obvious others are. I am not discounting that Taylor being who she is draws attention. But blame the sportscasters not her.

Simone Biles is married to an NFL player. Why doesn't she get more coverage?

 

[soccerdad72]

Simone Biles is married to an NFL player. Why doesn't she get more coverage?

I don't think her husband plays nearly as much as Kelce.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

As I am sure any other popular players engagement would be. How often is Brittnay Mahomes mentioned? You may not be interested in the personal lives of players but it is obvious others are. I am not discounting that Taylor being who she is draws attention. But blame the sportscasters not her.

First, I'm not blaming anyone LOL. What a weird statement. I'm stating for sports fans it can be annoying. It is what it is.

Second, the only time i hear Brittnay Mahommes mentioned is when it's in relation to Taylor Swift.

Third, i live in Miami and when Tua got married, you heard nothing of it, so no you're incorrect.

I get it. She's practically Michael Jackson now and it comes with the territory. It a minor annoyance. I didn' say she's bad or a jerk or anything like that.

You Swifties are something else

 

[OhDannyBoy]

I'd say you're overselling this. I've seen enough KC games with her in attendance and it's certainly less than a minute of airtime that she's shown. Nothing that's taking away from the enjoyment of watching a football game. It's no different than cameras cutting away to other random fans in the stands between plays.

Maybe. LOL

I watch football to see football. I have a 6 year old and 8 year old girls, so i get too much Swift as it is.

 

[jdb in AZ]

 

[disneychrista]

Simone Biles is married to an NFL player. Why doesn't she get more coverage?

Is her husband as popular as Kelce? Granted I will have to admit I had no clue who Kelce was until he started dating Taylor Swift. I don't watch football and certainly don't follow the Chiefs (go Niners!)

First, I'm not blaming anyone LOL. What a weird statement. I'm stating for sports fans it can be annoying. It is what it is.

Second, the only time i hear Brittnay Mahommes mentioned is when it's in relation to Taylor Swift.

Third, i live in Miami and when Tua got married, you heard nothing of it, so no you're incorrect.

I get it. She's practically Michael Jackson now and it comes with the territory. It a minor annoyance. I didn' say she's bad or a jerk or anything like that.

You Swifties are something else

Nothing to do with being a TS fan. Just pointing out that you are certainly exaggerating how much TS impacts how the game and how it is televised. If anything the Chiefs have gained popularity due to TS. So you Chiefies should be thanking her.

 

[Disneylover99]

Simone Biles is married to an NFL player. Why doesn't she get more coverage?

Because Simone and her husband are not as popular as Taylor and Travis.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Second, the only time i hear Brittnay Mahommes mentioned is when it's in relation to Taylor Swift.

Maybe because you don't live here but before Taylor came along Brittany was well talked about though people also couldn't help but be derogatory towards her. These days when I travel (especially internationally) a lot of people if they know where we come from think of Kelce but prior to that it was wholly about Mahomes (mostly how people were gobsmacked at how well he was).

I'm stating for sports fans it can be annoying

F1 is very different in this respect. Once Liberty Media bought them and pushed for driver's to be on social media, for cameras to be in the paddock (which was not allowed previously), for them to be known as more than just a semi-obscure name (outside of a very select few) to the world their viewership and sponsorship and fanbase itself exploded. Sports fans all over do tend to care about personal lives of the people they watch (soccer is also this way depending on which high profile person you're talking about, basketball as well, etc) and with that comes who their family is, children are, significant others are.

I watch football to see football.

Having watched enough football games on tv, having attended enough football games I think there's an irony in this statement because do you know just how much time in an actual game is devoted to actually seeing football

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

If anything the Chiefs have gained popularity due to TS. So you Chiefies should be thanking her.

The Chiefs are a team that are on/off in terms of success over the years and you get used to it. But let's try not to downplay their current time period of success and notoriety. Mahomes is the reason why Chiefs in this current time period got well known, his more unique style and phrenic nature of gameplay and before Taylor came along the duo of Mahomes and Kelce was well known, at least in the football world. And before Taylor came along they were both quite community-oriented players with a high desire for local investment. The Chiefs have been at the Super Bowl in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Taylor Swift only came around to the football scene in September 2023. In truth the Chiefs gained popularity, at this point in time, because they were the new "Patriots" style team and by that I mean people were/are tired of seeing them dominate. They are the team people love to hate. And Mahomes gameplay was just crazy to see in action (and when he and Kelce are linked it's awesome to see).

Absolutely there are people who are paying attention to the Chiefs when they didn't before because of Taylor Swift (and lordy is there enough merch to show that) but that is a specific type of person and shouldn't be used to make it like people didn't have a clue who they were before her. If you didn't know who the Chiefs were you'd be that person who just didn't keep up with much even semi-related sports stuff.

 

[OhDannyBoy]

Having watched enough football games on tv, having attended enough football games I think there's an irony in this statement because do you know just how much time in an actual game is devoted to actually seeing football

about 8 minutes in a 60 minute game. yeah i know. But the game to me is also hearing analysis, replays, etc...

 

[OhDannyBoy]

Nothing to do with being a TS fan. Just pointing out that you are certainly exaggerating how much TS impacts how the game and how it is televised. If anything the Chiefs have gained popularity due to TS. So you Chiefies should be thanking her.

I certainly won't argue it is good for the Chiefs and helps overall viewership of the NFL. There are numbers to prove that.

Look at it like when Disney removes or adds something you are annoyed by. It's like that for me. That's all I'm saying.

 

[disneychrista]

The Chiefs are a team that are on/off in terms of success over the years and you get used to it. But let's try not to downplay their current time period of success and notoriety. Mahomes is the reason why Chiefs in this current time period got well known, his more unique style and phrenic nature of gameplay and before Taylor came along the duo of Mahomes and Kelce was well known, at least in the football world. And before Taylor came along they were both quite community-oriented players with a high desire for local investment. The Chiefs have been at the Super Bowl in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Taylor Swift only came around to the football scene in September 2023. In truth the Chiefs gained popularity, at this point in time, because they were the new "Patriots" style team and by that I mean people were/are tired of seeing them dominate. They are the team people love to hate. And Mahomes gameplay was just crazy to see in action (and when he and Kelce are linked it's awesome to see).

Absolutely there are people who are paying attention to the Chiefs when they didn't before because of Taylor Swift (and lordy is there enough merch to show that) but that is a specific type of person and shouldn't be used to make it like people didn't have a clue who they were before her. If you didn't know who the Chiefs were you'd be that person who just didn't keep up with much even semi-related sports stuff.

Not discounting the teams successes, which has nothing to do with Taylor Swift. Because of that they would have gained popularity without TS. Just meant that there are now a lot of people, especially young women, who are paying attention to the team, watching the games (for the very reason that @OhDannyBoy is speaking against) and possibly even buying merch because of TS.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

about 8 minutes in a 60 minute game. yeah i know. But the game to me is also hearing analysis, replays, etc...

The highlights articles after the game are good for that, but TBH I didn't really see much analysis on games during the games in the past outside of watching the actual after shows (or pre-shows) that were dedicated to that but during the game really not much except in the beginning of the game before actual gameplay and then sometimes after half-time when they were just coming back into playing the game and that was usually just talking about a player's specific stats either for the season or for that particular game.

As far as replays I always felt like they wouldn't replay the plays I felt needed that lol. Then there's the sponsorship talks (no one calls it GEHA around here except when the announcers literally have to), etc.

They panned to the crowds enough times throughout the games and have for a long time. I think people just don't think about it as much until it's a specific person being called out. Whenever celebrities or well-known people (including owners of the teams or significant others of a player) show up at games I always see them called out, usually celebrities have their entrance filmed, etc.

I do understand where you're coming from but Taylor isn't really being shown as much as people make it out and it's no different than many other people who get shown/called out for attending.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Not discounting the teams successes, which has nothing to do with Taylor Swift. Because of that they would have gained popularity without TS. Just meant that there are now a lot of people, especially young women, who are paying attention to the team, watching the games (for the very reason that @OhDannyBoy is speaking against) and possibly even buying merch because of TS.

Eh yeah I got that but that's not really what your comment at least in the words used (IMO).

I think people have to separate out specific people who started gaining interest in X because of person Y with talking about a popularity of Z. Bringing a different type of audience (which is really what happened) to X (in this case football) isn't the same as saying Z (in this case Chiefs) gained popularity because of Y (in this case Taylor).

I get what you were going for but yeah that last part which I understand to be tongue in cheek is like a backhanded compliment at the same time thus didn't really land well to me.

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

Simone Biles is married to an NFL player. Why doesn't she get more coverage?

Because Jonathan Owens over his career has bounced between the practice squad and active status and has bounced around the league a bit. He now plays for the Bears who haven't been in the playoffs lately. The opportunities to show Simone supporting her husband after he makes a play are a lot fewer and further between. "There's Simone supporting her husband sitting on the bench all game," though in the grand scheme of things just as worthy, doesn't quite have the same pizazz.