Two NFL legends – Tony Dungy and Steve Young – have a bit of bad blood with Taylor Swift’s influence on the NFL. …

“That’s the thing that’s disenchanting people with sports now,” Dungy said. “There’s so much on the outside coming in. Entertainment value and different things. Taking away from what really happens on the field.”

Dungy spoke on behalf of a lot of American football fans. Because Swift dates Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, the NFL pounced on the opportunity to cover her presence at any game she attended. Roughly three weeks into this love story between the two celebrities, fans started to get tired of all the attention the league gave her – not that she cared.

On the flip side, the NFL did experience incredible viewership numbers this season by a variety of standards. So you could say that the NFL didn’t significantly alienate its base with all the Swift coverage.

[Good Lord. Was Taylor Swift’s presence somehow worse than the several years of Woke Inc that the NFL shoved down the throats of fans? Several end zones still feature the “End Racism” slogan meant to appease Colin Kaepernick and the Black Lives Matter grift. For a couple of years, every other commercial break was a distraction from the “outside,” only in the form of unpleasant lectures aimed at fans about the league’s view of “social justice.” Swift’s presence was nothing different than Jack Nicholson’s ubiquitous appearances at Laker games, and those of other celebrity fans attending games. At least the NFL is marketing something pleasant, popular, and mostly apolitical these days. Sheesh. — Ed]