Travis Kelce know what you want. 34 years old Kansas City Chiefs The tight end openly referenced his post-football career plans during a discussion with his brother, Philadelphia Eagles alum Jason Kelcein that Wednesday episode New Heights podcast.
While discussing NFL news during the show, presented by Wave Sports + Entertainment, Jason brought up the hypothetical possibility of buying a minority stake in the Eagles organization. The discussion ends when Travis openly reveals that he plans to serve as a sportscaster after him retired from playing.
Jason began the conversation by admitting that he didn’t think the brothers “could” buy a minority stake in any NFL team, eventually spreading rumors that Always Sunny in Philadelphia co-creator and star Rob McElhenney “might have made an offer” in the Eagles.
“Rob, can we join this?” Jason said.
“Don’t try to tag me in,” replied Travis. “It’s you.”
Jason asked, “You’re going to say you’re going to turn it down? … You get an opportunity to own an NFL team and you’re going to say ‘No’?”
Travis confirmed without hesitation, explaining, “I want to broadcast when I’m done playing.”
The admission came as a shock to Jason, who responded, “You want to broadcast? You’re talking now. You want to broadcast.”
“Yeah,” Travis replied, jokingly affecting his old sports commentator impersonation.
“I want the bastard to do it,” he added. “I want to be the talking head that calls the game.”
Travis references apparent conflict of interest that Tom Brady now facing, as former midfielder broadcast navigation deal with Fox Sports when he pursued minority ownership of the Las Vegas Raiders.
After retiring in March, Jason recently signed up to be sportscaster for ESPN’s Monday Night Football. Brother the first task will be in San Francisco this fall when the 49ers face off against the New York Jets.
“I would have backed out of my TV deal right now if you told me I could own the Philadelphia Eagles,” Jason said on Wednesday’s podcast.
“No way,” Travis scoffed.
“Come on now, are you kidding me?” Jason stepped back. “Getting to be the owner? That’s, like, another level.”
Travis recently signed a two-year contract extension with Kansas City Chiefs. The $34.25 million deal — which includes $17 million fully guaranteed this year — makes Kelce the highest-paid tight end in the league.
In the middle of the current offseason, the three-time Super Bowl champion has been busy with complete slate of side hustles, including hosting Are You Smarter Than A Celebrity? and try his acting chops in Ryan Murphy’s Grotesquerie. He is too threw his hat in the ring for insight as Adam Sandler The company plans for the future of Netflix Happy Gilmore 2 — although no official casting has been announced.
As part of his new Hollywood career, Travis also broke up produced a film My dead friend Zoe — starring Sonequa Martin-Green, Ed Harris and Morgan Freeman — and before taking his turn hosting Saturday Night Live in 2023.
“That’s the point of the offseason,” Travis said earlier during a January press conference. “You can go out and find what you love and I like to do some things outside of the world of sports that I like to do, like shooting a camera.”
He continued, “Ing SNL these things open up new joys and maybe a new career path for me, but it’s funny that I even say that in my career it’s because it’s farther than it is now.”
Beyond his skills on the field, Travis also made headlines last season amid a romance Taylor Swift. The pop star first participated in one of the games in September, and quickly it became a match between Chiefs fans. When she’s not busy on her Eras tour, Taylor is often by Travis’ side until Super Bowl LVIII.
During Commander press conference Friday, Travis insisted that football remains his primary focus.
“I love doing this here,” he said of the play. “I’ll do it until the wheels fall off and hopefully it won’t happen again.”
He added: “I always knew it was the end of the road rather than the beginning and I had to make sure I was ready for football as well.”
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