Over 35 years of our coverage of the Dallas Cowboys and the NFL, we have been asked why we occasionally bother to remark on the sad work of shamed former journalist Skip Bayless, who gained popularity 30 years ago by writing defaming books about Cowboys figures Tom Landry, Jerry Jones and Troy Aikman.
Our answer then, as it is today: Because one way to get the cockroach out of the kitchen it to shine a light on it.
The Kansas City Chiefs are about to play in a seventh straight AFC Championship game next week, and on Saturday in their win over Houston they were cheered on by two of their most popular fans on the planet. …
And two of the people who are among the world’s most popular in their own right.
During the telecast of Saturday’s game, cameras (lots of cameras!) caught Taylor Swift in her usual suite seat she uses during Chiefs games.
She comes by her attendance honestly, as she is dating Chiefs star Travis Kelce.
Her seat mate at this game? WNBA basketball superstar and TIME Athlete of the Year Caitlin Clark.
She comes by her attendance honestly, too. as she grew up in Iowa as a huge Chiefs fan.
This is pop culture worlds colliding in a “break-the-internet” way, and as long as the TV cameras don’t linger too long up there in a way that causes the audience to miss the football action? It’s all fun stuff …
Unless you are attempting to gain attention and traction by being a contrarian troll.
Enter Bayless, one of the original “contrarian trolls” who continues to advertise his willingness to “be unleashed when discussing anything!” …
Except the FOX Sports sex scandal that may be the reason the 72-year-old shock jock is out of a job. willing to comment on
“WAIT, CAITLIN CLARK IS UP IN THE ARROWHEAD BOX WITH TAYLOR SWIFT??? CAITLIN, YOU DON’T NEED TO BE SEEN WITH HER. YOU’RE BIGGER THAN SHE IS. JUST STAY ON YOUR OWN PATH,” said Bayless on social media.
And in one fake-irate fell swoop, Bayless suckers a million Twitter users into thinking he knows anything about anything.
The Skip Bayless we know? Even pre-dating the explosive scandal that has him allegedly offering a Fox employee $1.5 million to have sex with him, he’s just about the last person Swift and Clark need to be taking behavioral advice from.
