Taylor Swift has been accused by former professional football player and coach Tony Dungy of “disenchanting” NFL fans. The pop singer has earned publicity in recent months due to her appearances at Kansas City Chiefs games, which started after she began dating the team’s tight end Travis Kelce. Swift has regularly been spotted cheering him on at games from suites and stands since she attended her first match back in September.
Dungy was asked by Fox News about a poll showing that less than 25% of Gen Z considered themselves “avid sports fans”. He replied, “I think we’ll always have sports in some form or fashion. Some people are disenchanted with it… That’s the thing that’s disenchanting people with sports now. There’s so much on the outside coming in. Entertainment value and different things taking away from what really happens on the field.”
ESPN host Elle Duncan defended Swift against claims that she was a “distraction” to the Kansas City Chiefs, stating on her podcast that it “is not her fault”. In October, the NFL defended its coverage of Swift, which Kelce claimed was “overdoing it a bit”. The comments come after Golden Globes host Jo Koy made a joke during his opening monologue about the paucity of camera shots of Swift, leading to criticism and a viral reaction from the singer.
Kelce himself recently spoke out about Swift being booed while attending a recent game. “There might have been a few Brads and Chads that were booing. But for the most part, everyone was
screaming their tail off for her,” he said on his New Heights podcast
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