Kelce risks NFL fine after refusing media | Sports News

Travis Kelce declined to deal with the media for the second straight week following one other Kansas City Chiefs defeat that formally ended the group’s NFL Playoff hopes.

The Chiefs fell to the Los Angeles Chargers and likewise noticed Patrick Mahomes maintain a critical damage, capping off what has been a disastrous season for the franchise. Kelce, who broke his silence final week on the Chiefs’ struggles with an expletive-filled response, had already averted reporters following their defeat to the Houston Texans, and repeated this motion this previous Sunday.

When media members tried to strategy him, Kelce supplied a transient 11-word response, saying: “It’s not the time. I’ll catch you guys during the week”. This follows final week’s incident when Mahomes’ response was captured after a Kelce error threw their season into turmoil. Kelce’s determination to keep away from reporters might end in disciplinary motion from the league, which has beforehand imposed fines on gamers for repeatedly declining media obligations. The NFL maintains specific tips concerning participant media availability.

The coverage specifies: “Players must be available to the media following every game and regularly during the practice week as required under league rules,” stories the Mirror US.

“Star players, or other players with unusually heavy media demands, must be available to the media that regularly cover their teams at least once during the practice week in addition to their required post-game media availability.

“Each membership will open its locker room during the traditional observe week (primarily based on a Sunday sport) on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to all accredited media for participant interviews for a minimal of 45 minutes.” Rather than facing the press corps last week, Kelce opted to air his frustrations through his ‘New Heights’ podcast in a profanity-laden tirade. He’s continued leveraging that outlet to voice his opinions, effectively sidestepping the NFL’s media requirements by relying on his personal platform.

In more measured language, Kelce reflected: “Its been a robust go-around these previous few days. It’s simply … you put in all this work in hopes that it pays off. And proper now, for no matter cause, it is little issues… I do not know. It’s self-discipline..

“I feel like I have always had the answers in years past, and this year I just can’t find them. I keep thinking if I show up for work and put in the work, fix the issues through my practice habits and through perfecting the game plans then things will come together like they always have. This year, it just has not, man.”

Kelce is scheduled to document one other podcast episode Wednesday, although he’ll finally need to deal with the media to dodge potential penalties. Questions about his profession trajectory are inevitable, significantly given hypothesis about retirement and the chance this might mark his remaining season alongside Mahomes. This development follows an incident the place a Lions participant was struck after mimicking a Donald Trump hand gesture.