Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and his girlfriend Taylor Swift are one of, if not the most high-profile couple in professional sports right now.
Anytime the two go anywhere together publicly, it draws a crowd – as does Swift’s solo entrances at Arrowhead Stadium when she shows up to support Kelce when he plays.
But just because Kelce and Swift are in the limelight seemingly all the time, it doesn’t mean they’re exempt from some of the team rules the Chiefs have implemented for all of their players leading up to game days. Chariah Gordon, the fiancée of Chiefs receiver Mecole Hardman, recently told People.com that there are eight rules the team has for all of its players to follow.
But there are three in particular that apply to Kelce and Swift’s relationship specifically. The first is an 11 p.m. curfew for all players the night before; no exceptions.
The NFL CBA states that players can be penalized for curfew violations, which fall under “conduct detrimental to the team.”
The second rule is that all significant others, even wives, must stay in separate rooms the night before games. While they are allowed to stay in the same hotel, players have to sleep solo – something Gordon said the team is really strict about.
The third rule is that all players must get directly onto the team plane after away games and no significant others are allowed to tag along.
“You’re more than welcome to go to a game and you can see them after, and then they’re getting right back on the flight and they’re coming right back home that night,” Jayla Thornton-Cook, wife to Chiefs safety Bryan Cook told People.
Swift doesn’t have to worry much about that last one as she’s only attended home games this season due to security concerns at away stadiums due to a couple of incidents over the summer.
Swift had to cancel a few of her “Eras Tour” shows in Austria before the season started due to a terrorist plot that she was allegedly the target of. She also had a stalker who was arrested in Germany in July after social media threats were made by him toward her and Kelce.