THE NFL is dishing out major penalties for player celebrations this season.
Travis Kelce is making it known that he isn’t a fans of the NFL‘s policing this year.
Broncos defensive tackle Malcolm Roach was fined for a celebration on Sunday[/caption]
Travis Kelce has opposed the NFL cracking down on celebrations[/caption]
The NFL is cracking down on gun-related celebrations this season, and they are handing out huge fines to go with it.
Last week, the league fined Denver Broncos defensive lineman Malcolm Roach $14,069 for making a “violent gesture.”
The league believed that he was making a gesture of showing a gun when he lifted up his shirt while celebrating.
Roach has denied that he was celebrating in that manner and is appealing the fine.
“I was kind of worried about what people were thinking,” Roach told The Denver Gazette.
“People who don’t know me could think that I’m a bad character guy or things like that.
“They thought I was shooting a gun and things like that, but I was just finishing a celebration, showing the seatbelt was locked.”
Whether or not Roach was celebrating in a way that mimicked a gun, Kelce isn’t a fan of the NFL penalizing players for their celebrations.
On an episode of the New Heights podcast earlier this month, the Kelce brothers discussed New York Jets wide receiver getting a penalty for a similar kind of celebration.
Jason Kelce pointed out the flag first while calling the NFL the “no fun league.”
His brother Travis had a much more emphatic reaction to the penalty.
“I know we don’t want this to be like, ‘Oh, NFL players shooting guns,’” Travis said.
“I get that. But this is so subtle. Unless you’re, like, doing it at a defender, it shouldn’t be a flag.
“If you want to fine the guy after the game for doing it, whatever, that’s up to the NFL for wanting to protect their league.
“I just think it’s too much, man. It’s too much and it’s affecting the game in the wrong way.
‘Well-talked-about personal life’
Travis Kelce was asked about his relationship with Taylor Swift during an interview with Good Morning America.
But the Kansas City Chiefs tight end gave a cagey response.
“When you have good family and friends around you, it makes that aspect of life that much easier,” Kelce told GMA.
“I’ve always been a very grounded guy. It might not come off that way when I’m playing football.
“But off the field, I just want to be a genuine person. I try not to get too far down the road.
“Because you never know what opportunities are going to present themselves.”
“I get the guy’s got to play by the rules and stuff like that. I don’t want to get the NFL on my ass for saying something.
“But I just think this is too far.”
Kelce took it a step further, jokingly saying that the NFL not allowing gun celebrations goes against his rights.
“It’s my second amendment,” he joked.
“I have the right to bear arms.”
The NFL is trying to stop players from doing gun-related celebrations[/caption]
