Hall of Fame NFL coach Tony Dungy had some things to say about Taylor Swift’s impact on the NFL this season. Whether you love it or hate it, Taylor Swift has brought a new audience to the NFL this season after her romance with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce. While being interviewed by Fox News, Dungy was asked about his take on a recent poll that showed less than 25 percent of Gen Z-ers consider themselves “avid sports fans.” Some people attributed the decrease to things such as sports betting, but Dungy had other thoughts. “I think we’ll always have sports in some form or fashion. Some people are disenchanted with it,” Dungy said. When asked about the Taylor Swift effect, Dungy said that was an example of why people aren’t interested in the NFL. “That’s the thing that’s disenchanting people with sports now,” he said. “There’s so much on the outside coming in. Entertainment value and different things that’s taking away from what really happens on the field.”

While many people give their opinions about whether Taylor Swift should be shown as many times as she is while attending Kansas City Chiefs games, people cannot deny that it has given the sport more popularity. If any evidence was needed for the Chiefs, Kansas City’s Christmas Day game against the Las Vegas Raiders had an average audience of 29.2 million viewers, making it the most-watched Christmas Day NFL regular season game. The Nov. 22 game Kansas City had against the Philadelphia Eagles in a Super Bowl 57 rematch averaged 29.03 million. So, if Dungy is worried about the popularity of the sport, according to numbers, the sport seems to be doing just fine.