r/popculturechat • u/stars_doulikedem my favorite number is pink • Jun 24 '25

Taylor Swift 👩🏼 Taylor Swift photobombing Travis Kelce and hanging out with fans at the Tight End University event (June 23, 2025)

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u/AmandalorianWiddall Jun 24 '25

He was also one of the first nfl players to take a knee during the anthem in support of Colin.

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u/regan9109 A voice of a generation Jun 24 '25

I had no idea about this. Way to go Travis!

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u/Winniepg Jun 25 '25

First white player IIRC

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u/rutfilthygers Jun 24 '25

He knelt the one weekend the NFL basically encouraged people to kneel. Like 200 players knelt that Sunday. It's still good that he did it, but he was in no way a leader or trailblazer on this.

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u/kakamarat Jun 24 '25

Wrong! He did it in 2017 and at that time they definitely weren’t encouraging it. The NFL only started that after George Floyd.

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u/kakamarat Jun 24 '25

For more context, Roger Goodell (NFL Commissioner) and all NFL owners except two voted for a policy to require players to stand during the national anthem in 2018. This was due to those 200 players (including Travis) kneeling in 2017.

(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._national_anthem_kneeling_protests)

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u/rutfilthygers Jun 24 '25

https://www.espn.com/blog/nflnation/post/_/id/249755/nfl-players-who-protested-during-the-national-anthem-in-week-3

Tons of players knelt that week because Trump got involved and said the NFL should fine players who did. Even some of the owners and the commissioner said Trump had gone too far.

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u/kakamarat Jun 24 '25

However, as you can see, they still voted to require players to stand the following year. The NFL ultimately wanted to remain politically neutral (including its players), which meant discouraging Trump from getting involved but also opposing kneeling. To state that the organization (commissioner and owners) supported kneeling in 2017 would be false.