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Liam McKeone

Chiefs Owner Calls Referee Conspiracy Theories 'Excuses' for Team's Success

Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce celebrated their fifth AFC championship this year | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

It is Super Bowl media week, which means there is a ton of time and not a lot of real football to be discussed. For this year's Super Bowl that has resulted in the Kansas City Chiefs referee conspiracy theory getting a lot more serious airtime than is really necessary. Or at least that felt like the case on Monday, when both NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and Chiefs owner Clark Hunt were both asked about the idea that the officiating favors KC.

Goodell responded as expected, calling it a "ridiculous theory" and musing about how social media doesn't reflect real life. Hunt, for his part, went further to express how absurd he believes the narrative to be.

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