NFL brings in new rule to protect Travis Kelce amid Taylor Swift romance

The NFL could beryllium moving towards banning members of nan media from squad locker rooms amid concerns for players' privacy. 

The NFLPA urged nan convention to move interviews extracurricular nan locker room earlier this month, calling for a curb connected reporters mingling pinch players successful nan locker room. 

The NFLPA said that locker room interviews were an penetration of players' privacy and urged members of nan media to activity interviews extracurricular nan locker room during nan week - thing which immoderate stars person already begun to workout their correct to do so. 

However, it appears that location is 1 subordinate successful peculiar whose privateness they are trying to protect. 

Travis Kelce has knowledgeable a caller tallness of fame complete nan past twelvemonth pinch nan Kansas City Chiefs star's fame enjoying a monolithic uptick amid his high-profile narration pinch Taylor Swift. 

But his expanding fame has travel pinch a price. The tight extremity has faced a caller activity of attraction and scrutiny pinch Kelce and Swift's romance dominating nan headlines. 

And, though Kelce already had a sizeable personage position arsenic 1 of nan league's biggest stars, nan imaginable locker room question and reply prohibition is said to beryllium a caller norm to protect him, according to Radar. 

'While reporters will still person entree to players for interviews, nan locker room will nary longer beryllium portion of nan equation,' a root allegedly told nan outlet. 'Instead, interviews will now beryllium conducted successful separate, designated areas, pinch each squad determining nan location.'

The root went connected to declare that while nan convention insists it is for nan safeguarding of each its players, 'everyone knows it is to protect Taylor Swift's boyfriend.'

It is simply a argumentation that nan players and NFLPA person been petitioning for for a while but nan insider claimed that 'no 1 believes it's conscionable a coincidence that nan caller rules are being implemented now.'

Kelce did, however, springiness a locker room interview astatine nan play aft his Chiefs squad hit nan 49ers. 

Swift and Kelce person been making love for conscionable complete a twelvemonth pinch their emotion communicative taking nan NFL world by large wind arsenic nan popular superstar regularly makes blockbuster appearances astatine his Chiefs games, including past season's Super Bowl. 

Reporters regularly mingle pinch players successful nan locker room connected crippled time and connected believe days, putting members of nan media successful adjacent quarters pinch athletes courtesy of media policies that nan players relation called 'outdated'.

Earlier this month, Cincinnati Bengals halfway Ted Karras revealed players being caught naked connected camera is 1 of nan reasons why nan NFL wants to adjacent locker rooms to nan media.

Speaking earlier this week, Bengals prima Karras explained that a mates of players were caught naked while interviews were being recorded.

'As you've heard from a mates of teams now and nan NFLPA is going to travel retired pinch a statement, successful an effort to protect nan sanctity of nan locker room and nan comfortableness of nan players, each squad is going to fig retired a programme to wherever we behaviour our interviews extracurricular of nan locker room,' Karras, nan team's national typical said.

'Now, this doesn't barroom you from nan locker room. We can't do that. But what we want to do is get cameras disconnected guys successful backstage moments successful our locker room.

'What brought it to light, really, was a mates of guys naked connected camera this year. It has happened a fewer times successful nan history of nan league.'

However, Kelce revealed connected his podcast, New Heights, pursuing nan NFLPA's connection that he had ne'er had an rumor pinch nan locker room interviews.  

He discussed nan rumor pinch his brother, retired Philadelphia Eagles halfway Jason Kelce, who made a hilarious revelation. 

'This is thing that guys person talked astir for a agelong time,' Jason began. 'But for those of you that don't know, aft games aliases practices location is simply a play of clip wherever media members tin spell successful and talk to players, question and reply them, inquire what happened successful nan game, what's going connected this week.'

At that point, Travis chimed successful to opportunity 'and nutrient watch!' drafting chuckles retired of some nan brothers.

'I don't deliberation that's why they're successful there, but that's what's being alleged,' Jason said.

He continued: 'I'm not going to lie... it is simply a small weird that group are successful there, but I ne'er minded it.

'Listen, my d**k is debased connected nan totem pole, I'm not impressing anybody, aliases doing anything. If you want to look astatine it, spell for it, beryllium my guest.

'It's not going to impressment you. It's efficient, it gets nan occupation done, particularly making girls (a reference to his 3 daughters). But I've ne'er cared, I've ne'er thought astir it and I've ne'er noticed anybody staring astatine it.'

Travis past offered his existent thoughts connected nan situation, explaining: 'I've ne'er had a problem pinch it.

'I deliberation it's really encouraged by nan NFL to beryllium clothed. I don't deliberation they promote you to beryllium naked.'