Football season has officially passed, but what’s not in the past is Super Bowl LVIII. On Feb. 11, the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers faced each other in Super Bowl LVIII, with Usher and many other special guests holding the halftime show. In the end, the Kansas City Chiefs took home the victory of another Super Bowl win. 

     Originally, it was predicted that the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers were supposed to face each other in Super Bowl LVIII because the NFL Super Bowl logo contained purple and red. Which was a coincidence right? However, in the past, the NFL Super Bowl logo predicted the teams going into the Super bowl. 

     In 2022, Super Bowl LVI logo included red, orange and yellow. The Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams ended up facing each other in the Super Bowl, like the colors predicted. In the logo, the orange represents the Cincinnati Bengals and the yellow represents the Los Angeles Rams.

     In 2023, Super Bowl LVII logo included green, red, and purple. The Philadelphia Eagles and the Kansas City Chiefs ended up facing each other, just like the colors predicted again. The Eagles were represented with the green, while the Chiefs were represented by the red. 

     Again that’s surely a coincidence, right? Well, it wasn’t until people started to catch onto the logo conspiracy that the NFL decided to change it so they weren’t deemed as scripted. However, the NFL didn’t escape that conspiracy, but only made it worse, instead.

     The other reason the NFL strayed away from the logo was because of the audience. In order to get more people to watch their games, the NFL needed entertainment and drama. This year, that entertainment and drama was provided by Taylor Swift dating Travis Kelce, a tight end on the Kansas City Chiefs. This love story brought in so many fans, especially Swifties. 

     The NFL wanted that drama. They wanted the Chiefs to win, so they rigged it so they could get there. This is unacceptable. What about the game? What about the people’s love for football? That is all taken away by the scripted games. Whatever happened to the fun of the game?    

     With the views being higher than ever, the NFL couldn’t stick to their original plan with the Baltimore Ravens vs. the San Francisco 49ers. The NFL had to change it up in order to get the views they wanted for the Super Bowl, but also get the conspiracy away from the logo predicting the super bowl. 

     This whole conspiracy opens a whole nother view on athletics. Are games really rigged, or is it just a game? That question will never be answered, but true fans know. The NFL is just hurting themselves and pushing true fans away.