Travis Kelce could face hefty NFL penalty over his Taylor Swift-inspired celebration

Taylor Swift memorably adopted Travis Kelce's "bow and arrow" solemnisation during a performance successful London earlier this twelvemonth - and the Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity could present beryllium successful blistery water

Travis Kelce mightiness beryllium facing a hefty NFL punishment for his signature celebration, which has been adopted by his woman Taylor Swift.

Kelce is among respective NFL players who person taken to performing the 'bow and arrow' motion aft scoring. Earlier this year, the Kansas City Chiefs shared a video of the choky extremity practising his touchdown solemnisation against a achromatic backdrop.

Swift adjacent imitated the determination during her archetypal London performance of the Eras Tour successful June. While singing her opus "So High School," the popular prima mimicked shooting an arrow from a bow, causing rather a disturbance connected societal media.

During earlier performances connected her Eras Tour, Swift fittingly utilized the motion portion performing her opus "The Archer," which includes the lyric: "I've been the archer, I've been the prey." Unfortunately for Kelce, it seems helium whitethorn person to enactment his solemnisation connected clasp for now.

In the 2nd 4th of the Cincinnati Bengals' 26-25 decision to the Chiefs successful Week 2, wide receiver Andrei Iosivas caught a four-yard touchdown walk portion dragging his toes on the sideline. After 2 officials confirmed that the 24 twelvemonth aged was in-bounds for the score, helium fired disconnected respective imaginary arrows into the Arrowhead Stadium stands.

NFL Networks Tom Pelissero reported that Iosivas was slapped with a $5,305 (£4,000) good for what was dubbed by the league arsenic "unsportsmanlike conduct/violent gesture."

Debate ensued online post-fine, with fans picking sides. A piqued X idiosyncratic declared that Kelce and Swift should beryllium the lone ones performing the celebration. "Tayvoodoo adjacent clip they should larn not to messiness with them and permission the Archer to Taylor and Travis," they commented.

Others lambasted the NFL for hitting Iosivas with a punishment erstwhile Kelce has seemingly done the aforesaid without reprimand passim his career. With a precedent acceptable this season, it hints that adjacent Kelce mightiness look fines if helium repeats the solemnisation successful aboriginal touchdowns.

"Kelce does it each the time, ne'er fined. Roger's favourite squad has antithetic rules than the remainder of the nary amusive league," argued 1 fan. Another chimed in: "Yet Taylor Swift's fellow tin bash it each clip for his entranceway @NFL? Where's Travis' fine? (To beryllium clear, I don't deliberation either 1 should beryllium fined)."

But Iosivas wasnt the lone subordinate burdened with a hefty good implicit a convulsive enactment of joy. Falcons receiver Drake London faced a whopping $14,069 (£10,500) good for simulating gunshots aft nailing the winning touchdown successful Atlanta's 22-21 triumph implicit the Philadelphia Eagles.

Following his arguable celebration, London and the Falcons were penalised with a 15-yard penalty. The 23-year-old aboriginal expressed remorse erstwhile speaking to ESPN: "It's a inclination astir shot close present to bash that benignant of celebration," helium said.

"It was my archetypal Monday Night Football game. I benignant of mislaid myself successful there. I wasn't blessed with the presumption I enactment my squad in. There's a batch of worldly going astir successful the world with weapon unit that I don't deliberation I should person displayed there. So, I'm not excessively blessed with it and [you] astir apt won't spot that again from me."