By winning Sunday, the Chiefs debunked a conspiracy theory fans had about the NFL
A story on the American Psychological Association website looked at the reasons why people believe in conspiracy theories.
It found “people were motivated to believe in conspiracy theories by a need to understand and feel safe in their environment and a need to feel like the community they identify with is superior to others.”
Geez, does that sound like sports fans or what? Sports fans love to think their team is superior to others or that someone or something is out to get them.
That could explain why people believed the NFL had predetermined which teams would be playing in Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas. They based that on the color scheme of this year’s Super Bowl logo.
No, really, it’s true.
The last two Super Bowl logos included the colors of the teams that played in the big game. That’s some airtight logic, right?
The Super Bowl LVIII logo has the colors of the 49ers and Ravens and fans were convinced that would be the matchup. They were sure of it way back in November.
However, the Chiefs blew up that conspiracy theory with their 17-10 win over the Ravens in the AFC Championship Game.
So we can just put all this talk of conspiracies to rest, right? Nope. Now fans are sure the NFL rigged it so Taylor Swift’s boyfriend (Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce) would win.
This post on X (formerly Twitter) sums things up perfectly.
All that’s missing with these conspiracy theories is Charlie from “It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.”
This story was originally published January 29, 2024 at 11:32 AM.
