NFL to Fine Travis Kelce $5,000 For Mimicking Taylor Swift’s Victory Gesture

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    The NFL suddenly fined Bengals wide receiver Andrei Iosivas a whooping $5,000 for “unsportsmanlike conduct” last Sunday during the team’s 26-25 loss to Kansas City when he made a “bow-and-arrow” gesture to celebrate a touchdown. Sports fans quickly brought attention to the fact that Travis Kelce, a star tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, had been using the identical motion ever since he started dating Taylor Swift. The singer of Bad Blood is well-known for striking the Archer position while on her Eras Tour.

     

     

    Sources claim that Kelce could receive a fine shortly. His contract with Kansas City, which runs until 2027, guarantees him a salary of $17 million this season. Meanwhile, Kelce might be more circumspect before Sunday night’s game against the Falcons as a result of the NFL’s decision to fine Iosivas for the joyous archer celebration. Losivas responded to his fine on X in an unusual way. The standout player for the Bengals reposted a tweet and added dots to the message.

     

     

     

     

    Swift reportedly sang the couple’s “Love Sign” in front of Kelce at the Eras Tour’s inaugural London performance, according to People. Swift pulled off a startling trick at the So High School performance—her lover releases an arrow with an invisible bow—which he does frequently when the Kansas City Chiefs play. The Blank Space singer sang a tribute to their romance, noting both his football prowess and her songwriting prowess, in the love ballad, “You know how to ball, I know Aristotle.”

     

     

    Swift had previously used this gesture in a performance of The Archer, but she took the song out of the repertoire earlier this year when she switched out older songs with ones from her most recent album, The Tortured Poets Department. People reports that on Friday, June 28, at her concert at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, the Grammy Award winner saluted her NFL star beau by adopting his well-known archer posture, only days after her London performance.

     

     

    Following a contentious moment during the team’s most recent victory over the Atlanta Falcons, Travis Kelce is receiving criticism. Supporters are questioning Kelce’s choice to jump for joy too soon after a play that saw quarterback Patrick Mahomes throw an interception. A video clip posted by @JCohen_NFL on Twitter shows Kelce sprinting with his arm outstretched toward the sideline, possibly in reaction to a ball that Mahomes was going to attempt to make to tight end Noah Gray.

     

     

    But safety Justin Simmons of the Falcons intercepted the throw. “Kelce celebrating when Mahomes throws it, only for it to then get picked, is killing me,” said the individual. The video went viral very fast, receiving over 2.1 million views and sparking a flurry of comments. While a lot of people laughed at the circumstance, several speculated that Kelce might have been signaling for the ball rather than celebrating.

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