Taylor Swift has been an integral part of Chiefs Kingdom since she stepped out publicly with Kansas City's famed tight end Travis Kelce in fall 2023. And now the team's owner, Clark Hunt, has spoken out about how the "Taylor Swift effect" has affected the team.

The executive director of the NFL Referees Association is the latest to release a statement to rubbish the continued conspiracy theory about bias towards the Kansas City Chiefs. Roger Goodell called it a "ridiculous theory" and three-time Super Bowl winner Julian Edelman labelled it as "baloney" and now the head of the refereeing union has also rejected the claims.