'This is madness': Patrick Mahomes fined for 'violent gesture' as fans accuse NFL of being 'woke' and 'pathetic'



Kansas City Chiefs star quarterback Patrick Mahomes was fined over $14,000 by the NFL for allegedly making a "violent gesture" in Buffalo, New York.

During a 31-20 loss to the Buffalo Bills on November 17, Mahomes celebrated a touchdown pass by making a finger guns gesture, likely trying to communicate that he is a gunslinger, a popular label for a quarterback who passes a lot.

The moment was even featured in a CBS Sports highlight package before going to a commercial break. It was with that attached highlight that NFL Network reporter Tom Pelissero noted Mahomes had been issued a fine by the league for making the apparently obscene gesture.

"The NFL fined Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes $14,069 for unsportsmanlike conduct (violent gesture) as he celebrated a touchdown pass last week in Buffalo," Pelissero wrote on X.

To make matters worse, the news didn't break until six days after the incident, meaning Mahomes was likely informed while he was already in North Carolina for his next game against the Carolina Panthers.

'We can have guns legally but cannot make simple gestures.'

Fans were unanimously outraged with the league's decision, calling the fine everything from "woke" to "pathetic."

Of course, there was also the quintessential labeling of the NFL as the "No Fun League" by some fans.

One fan suggested a future crowd should show solidarity with Mahomes and simultaneously perform the same gesture en masse:

"All fans should rally together and start doing this gesture whenever possible to be seen on camera," the fan wrote.

@NFL is making a huge mistake

All fans should rally together and start doing this gesture whenever possible to be seen on camera. This nonsense has to stop. The fans need to make a statement.
— Jordache Perozzo (@jordachep) November 23, 2024

"So in the US, we can have guns legally but cannot make simple gestures. What a joke," another fan remarked.

So in the US, we can have guns legally but cannot make simple gestures. What a joke.
— Aaron H. ☣️ (@aaronhuynh77) November 23, 2024

Other fans decided to make gun-related puns while simultaneously mocking the NFL's hypocrisy on the subject.

"The NFL is robbing players in broad daylight," wrote a popular YouTuber.

"So when people line up from shotgun formation, are they going to change the name of the play?" another viewer asked.

So when people line up from shotgun formation, are they going to change the name of the play?

BS.
— gosuprime (@gosuprime022) November 23, 2024

A different fan pointed out that Mahomes previously played at Texas Tech University, whose motto is "Guns Up."

"This is bulls*** from the NFL," the same fan decried.

Considering that Mahomes played at Texas Tech, where “Guns Up” is a major part of their lineage…..this is bullshit from the NFL.
— Scott Campbell (@ScottOllieman) November 23, 2024

Mahomes has only been fined one other time, according to CBS Sports. In December 2023, he was docked $50,000 for "verbally abusing" officials, also during a loss to the Buffalo Bills.

In September 2023, the NFL also fined two Cleveland Browns players — Deshaun Watson and David Njoku — for making gun gestures after a touchdown.

Watson ended up being fined three times that game for a total of more than $35,000. The gun gesture alone took $13,659 from both players, $410 less than its current charge.

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(Ready)NFL players and wives go FULL MAGA — voice support for Trump and RIP Kamala



The NFL might largely be “woke” — but that hasn't stopped several of its players' wives from coming out in support of Donald Trump on social media.

The latest show of support for Trump is from the wives of two players on the Miami Dolphins, quarterback Tua Tagovalioa and running back Raheem Mostert, who were motivated to make their opinion public after the Hurricane response.

Tagovalioa’s wife, Annah, re-posted a video from conservative influencer Benny Johnson that showed footage of the former president hosting 275 Florida Power and Light linemen at his resort in Miami. The former president did not charge the linemen, and made sure they remained safe during the hurricane while it made landfall.


Mostert’s wife, Devon, blasted Kamala Harris for going after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, and called the vice president “textbook trash.”

“These husbands, these huge stars, Tagovailoa has an insane contract, tens of millions of dollars right, and they’re not saying, ‘Honey, let’s not be political here, I’m the star quarterback.’ They’re just letting it fly,” Blaze News writer Andrew Chapados tells Jill Savage and Matthew Peterson of “Blaze News Tonight.”

“That’s completely different than what I think we’ve seen from athletes in years past,” he adds.

Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs also has a wife who has been open in her support for Trump.

“And then he’s throwing to a guy, Travis Kelce, who’s got a sponsorship with Pfizer and Bud Light,” Chapados says. “And Taylor Swift is dating him allegedly, and you know her political leanings going back to 2017 have been Democrats.”

Chapados notes that he says “allegedly” because he doesn’t believe the relationship is real.

“I’m a resident Swifty,” Savage comments, adding, “I’m totally with you.”

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Cowardly or spot on? Patrick Mahomes and Caitlin Clark address Trump and Kamala controversies



Although they shouldn’t, celebrity endorsements hold a lot of weight for many people. When Taylor Swift endorsed Kamala Harris as we expected she would, certainly it solidified the future votes of a great number of her followers.

While Swift’s boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, has yet to formally endorse a candidate, we can assume his endorsement is coming soon, and it will almost certainly be another win for the Democratic Party.

Two other professional athletes who have hinted at their political leanings are Indiana Fever point guard Caitlin Clark and Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.

Both athletes have been asked point blank who they will be supporting in the upcoming election, and according to Jason Whitlock, their answers were “appropriate, interesting reactions.”

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“I've always said I don't want, I don't want my place and my platform to be used to endorse a candidate. ... I think my place is to inform people to get registered to vote, is to inform people to do their own research and then make their best decision for them and their family,” Mahomes said, adding that “every time I'm on this stage and I get asked these questions, I'm going refer back to that because I think that's what makes America so great.”

In reference to Mahomes’ wife, Brittany Mahomes, liking some of Donald Trump’s tweets, another reporter then asked: “Do you have a thought about specifically about the idea of President Trump bringing up Brittany’s name? Does that affect you one way or another?”

Mahomes again refused to get explicitly political.

“At the end of the day, it's about about me and my family and how we treat other people. ... Brittany does a lot in the community; I do a lot in the community to help bring people up and give people other opportunities to use their voice, and so in the political times, people are going to use stuff here and there, but I can't let that affect how I go about my business every single day and live my life.”

Jason calls Mahomes’ response a “home run.”

He also respected Caitlin Clark’s response when USA Today’s Christine Brennan asked her about liking Taylor Swift’s Instagram post endorsing Kamala Harris.

“I have this amazing platform, so I think the biggest thing would be just encourage people to register to vote. I think for myself, this is the second time I can vote in an election at age 22. I could vote when I was 18, so I think do that. That’s the biggest thing I can do with the platform that I have, and that's the same thing Taylor did, and I think continue to educate yourself with the candidates that we have, the policies that they're supporting. I think that's the biggest thing you can do, and that's what I would recommend to every single person that has that opportunity in our country,” was Clark’s response.

Steve Kim thinks Clark’s answer is going to upset a lot of people, however.

Certain people are “going to be very angry now at Caitlin for not giving a full-blown pledge to campaign and to vote for the Democratic Party,” he tells Jason.

To hear more of the conversation, watch the clip above.

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Donald Trump Singles Out Brittany Mahomes For ‘So Strongly Defending’ Him

‘What a great couple - See you both at the Super Bowl!’ Trump wrote

Brittany Mahomes Has More Courage Than Most Washington Republicans

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Patrick Mahomes Just Killed Cancel Culture with His Response to This Question

Patrick Mahomes Just Killed Cancel Culture with His Response to This Question

Patrick Mahomes breaks silence on 2024 presidential election in new TIME magazine interview



Prior to elections, it’s common for big-name celebrities to give endorsements for their chosen candidate — and typically, they urge the American public to vote Democrat.

During the 2020 election, Taylor Swift, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Madonna, and Tom Hanks, among many, many other big names, publicly endorsed Biden and Harris.

However, this year, the tides seem to be somewhat turning.

In a recent Fox News interview, The Rock claimed he regretted endorsing Biden in 2020, as it resulted in “an incredible amount of division in our country." This year, Johnson vowed to give “no endorsement” and rather keep his politics to himself.

Now, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is doing the same.

In a recent interview with TIME magazine, when asked about the 2024 election, Mahomes said, “I don’t want to pressure anyone to vote for a certain president. I want people to use their voice, whoever they believe in. I want them to do the research.”

Jason Whitlock applauds Mahomes for his decision to refrain from using his influence to sway an election.

“I love this,” he says. “I wish that other athletes would take this exact same position.”

While Mahomes didn’t publicly endorse Trump or Biden in 2020 either, Jason still thinks the quarterback “has pivoted.”

“For a little bit, he tried to go woke — the George Floyd thing, he got caught up in that — and the Colin Kaepernick thing, but he has now steered to a more authentic place,” says Jason, adding, “I like this Patrick Mahomes.”

While Steve Kim agrees, he also thinks Mahomes’ silence will earn him backlash from the woke media.

“He’s gonna get it from the Jemele Hills and the Joyless Reids because they're going to say that your non-endorsement ... is basically you becoming MAGA,” he says, noting that he reads Mahomes’ lack of endorsement as a way of silently saying, “We’re going with Trump, but I’m just not going to admit it” because he’s a “POC — person of color.”

“I think that’s probably always been the case,” Jason says. “There are athletes like Mahomes who are tired of living the lie and believing one thing but knowing [they] have to say something else.”

“I bet a lot of the racial conversation that goes on over social media finally just wore Patrick Mahomes out,” Jason explains. “Patrick Mahomes is trying to backpedal away from that as best he can without getting trashed, and I want to support him on that.”

To hear more of Jason and Steve’s analysis on this new apolitical Patrick Mahomes, watch the clip below.


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'I continue to educate myself': Patrick Mahomes explains why he didn't call for gun control after Super Bowl parade shooting



Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes said that he was not quick to jump into a gun control narrative after a shooting at the Super Bowl parade because he needed more education on the subject.

After winning Super Bowl LVIII, the Chiefs gathered with approximately 1 million of their fans in the streets of Kansas City, Missouri, to celebrate their second consecutive championship.

At the event, a shooting left 24 people injured with one 43-year-old mother killed. At least six people fired weapons that day.

While Mahomes and his wife, Brittany, visited kids in the hospital and donated to a victims' fund, the quarterback did not make any statements on gun control following the incident; the norm for many celebrities. He decided to tell TIME why he felt it was inappropriate to make comments at the time.

"I continue to educate myself," he told the outlet. "I don't want to make a quick response to something that takes a lot of education to really learn and make a swaying comment based off that. But I know we have to find a solution of some way to make this stuff stop."

Mahomes' teammate, kicker Harrison Butker, said directly that he believed strong fathers were the solution to crimes like gun violence.

"I know gun violence was a big discussion, but at the end of the day, this is degenerate violence, and it should not be occurring," he said.

"I don't think guns are the issue. I think we need fathers in the home that are being great examples for our youth," Butker emphasized.

MVP Mahomes has not been shy about jumping into political activism in the past, however. In 2020, he joined other black NFL players to make a video that asked, "What if I was George Floyd?" which directed the NFL to condemn racism.

The video also asked the league to "admit" it was wrong about "silencing our players from peacefully protesting," while showing images of Colin Kaepernick, who started the trend of kneeling during the national anthem.

Mahomes has also joined the very politically active LeBron James for voting campaigns in the past, but he said that while it is likely he would do something similar for the 2024 presidential election, he would not endorse a candidate.

"I don’t want to pressure anyone to vote for a certain president," he said. "I want people to use their voice, whoever they believe in. I want them to do the research."

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Molson Coors makes $700M turnaround in a year amid Bud Light fiasco

Molson Coors makes $700M turnaround in a year amid Bud Light fiasco



Molson Coors brewing company made a gigantic turnaround in the last year as "significant shifts" in consumer habits catapulted the company's earnings forward.

The beer giant reported a very strong fourth quarter compared to the year prior, taking in $103.3 million for the end of 2023. This equated to a nearly $700 million turnaround when compared to a loss of $590.5 million for Q4 2022. That's a difference of 48 cents per share added to start 2024 versus losing $2.73 per share the year prior.

The company's market share gains come as consumers shifted away from Bud Light, CNBC reported, with the company claiming that the purchasing shifts will become permanent.

"The gains we’ve seen in our core brands have been consistent for over nine months," CEO Gavin Hattersley reportedly said. “We’re growing in every region, every channel, with every major customer in the United States, and at this point, we believe that the shifts in the U.S. beer industry are permanent," he continued.

Net sales grew 9.3% in the quarter while underlying income increased 36.9% before taxes, the company's report stated.

Molson Coors' analysts said that the company was well positioned to benefit from "significant shifts in consumer purchasing habits, largely in the U.S. premium segment" in 2023. This increased demand and grew Coors Light, Miller Lite, and Coors Banquet brands significantly.

The company also flexed its muscles by spending more than $21 million on a Super Bowl commercial that featured hip-hop legend LL Cool J and smartly stayed away from any political statements.

The company also benefited from some massive brand loyalty from spokesman and Super Bowl champion Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs.

Mahomes was seen drinking Coors Light all over the internet during his team's victory parade, including in high-profile image licensing banks.

In a video posted to X, Mahomes was even seen rejecting a fan's offer of a different beer, opting to pass it off to a teammate.

Pat Mahomes was like \u201cNah, that ain\u2019t Coors Light.\u201d What a snag by the \ud83d\udc10 tho
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"We plan to build on this momentum in 2024, with strong commercial plans, a powerful and supportive distributor network, and the financial flexibility to reinvest in our business," CEO Hattersley added in the report.

Meanwhile, analysts like TD Cowen's Robert Moskow said the company will "hold on to the majority of the share they picked up from the Bud Light boycotts."

However, perhaps revealing a bit more reality, Ariel Investments' Tim Fidler said that Molson Coors' core brands were "growing dollar share even before the Bud Light controversy."

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FACT CHECK: No, Patrick Mahomes Did Not Wear A Swastika Headband

The headband actually shows the number 15, not a swastika symbol.