{"id":89349,"date":"2025-09-07T11:46:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=89349"},"modified":"2025-09-07T11:46:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T11:46:37","slug":"chiefs-kingdom-angered-over-egregious-act-against-travis-kelce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=89349","title":{"rendered":"Chiefs Kingdom Angered Over &#8216;Egregious&#8217; Act Against Travis Kelce"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2231583968-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2231583968-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2231583968-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GettyImages-2231583968-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Chiefs Kingdom Angered Over 'Egregious' Act Against Travis Kelce\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>Those who follow the Kansas City Chiefs are not happy about the slap against Travis Kelce in the team&#8217;s opening game.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Kansas City Chiefs had a very rough beginning to their 2025-26 season in the form of a surprise loss on Friday, September 5, in Brazil. While the Chiefs were largely expected to beat the Los Angeles Chargers in their first game of the season, that didn\u2019t happen, and instead, the team lost in a tight, 21-27 game. It was somewhat of a surprise to Chiefs Kingdom, since the Chargers seemed very much like a beatable team.<\/p>\n<p>But, that\u2019s in the past now, and looking ahead, Kansas City will continue their season on Sunday, September 14, with a high-profile matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles are coming off a close win over the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, September 4, which marked the first game of the NFL season.<\/p>\n<p>While Chiefs fans were wound up over the loss to the Chargers, they were especially angered by one play on the field. That moment took place when Tart took what appeared to be a swing at Travis Kelce in the second half of the game. It turns out that it was a slap more than a punch, but it was still in very poor taste and had to be against league policy, right? Well, apparently, because it was a slap, Tart wasn\u2019t ejected from the game, and Chiefs Kingdom isn\u2019t happy.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Kansas City Chiefs Kingdom Reacts to Travis Kelce Incident<\/h2>\n<p>People have been reacting to that moment ever since it happened. In a piece published on Friday, Matt Conner of Arrowhead Addict discusses the incident and is obviously not happy, either. He calls it \u201cegregious.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s what makes the whole thing so egregious,\u201d he notes. \u201cOn Thursday night, during the season-opening game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys, Philly defensive tackle Jalen Carter was ejected for spitting on Dallas QB Dak Prescott just moments into the first quarter. The ejection was a bit of a shock, but the NFL set a precedent there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He adds, \u201cExcept they didn\u2019t. The next night featured a defender taking an actual swing\u2014not just spitting\u2014and somehow that only warranted a 15-yard penalty. Somehow attacking another player physically is okay if the hand is open. Sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fans took to X to respond to a tweet explaining, this, too. \u201cBut spitting on someone is. Interesting,\u201d one said. \u201cSo Jalen Carter should have just slapped Dak in the facemask and he could have stayed in the game,\u201d another stated. \u201cI feel like an open hand would hit with way more force than a closed fist would if you\u2019re punching someone wearing a helmet. Who the heck wants to punch a helmet with a closed fist?\u201d another commented.<\/p>\n<p>The Chiefs probably still would have lost this game no matter what, but it was certainly a sour moment for all involved. Let\u2019s hope it\u2019s the last of these kinds of acts on the field and in-game, but we all know better than that.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Travis Kelce\u2019s Next Big Event<\/h2>\n<p>Kelce and his soon-to-be-wife Taylor Swift could be having a quiet weekend after the Brazil game. The two will be skipping the MTV VMAs on Sunday, September 7, according to multiple reports about the event.<\/p>\n<p>The main reason the two are not going to be at the event is because, as Elle points out, Swift has only been nominated for one award this year, because it\u2019s her off year. Next year will be a bigger year for her, since her new album will be fresh and likely up for multiple awards and honors.<\/p>\n<p>Anne Erickson is an award-winning reporter for Heavy Sports covering the NFL, NBA and college football. Anne Erickson has years of experience covering the NFL and additional sports, and her work has been published via ESPN, Fox Sports and more. She has interviewed some of the biggest names in sports, including Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff. Erickson also hosts several podcasts and is a Detroit-based radio host. More about Anne Erickson<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Chiefs<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who follow the Kansas City Chiefs are not happy about the slap against Travis Kelce in the team&#8217;s opening game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":89351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chiefs Kingdom Angered Over &#039;Egregious&#039; Act Against Travis Kelce - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=89349\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chiefs Kingdom Angered Over &#039;Egregious&#039; 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