T & T

Let's say you run the National Football League. What is the dumbest thing you could possibly do? 

If you guess "tip people off that Taylor Swift is coming to the Chiefs-Ravens game in Kansas City," that would come close to the top of the list.

It's the Chiefs who are upset, according to what I read, that the league tipped off a sports news source that the #1 pop star in the world - a woman whose security situation rivals that of any world leader - was coming to the game.

She is dating Travis Kelce of the Chiefs, as you know, unless you just got back from a year in the steppes of Russia.

If you didn't know about her love life, you might not know that she had to cancel three shows in Austria this summer and hike up her threat level because of the preponderance of buttheads in this modern world.

Her people are upset any time her whereabouts are known, so letting people know she was heading to Arrowhead Stadium the other night was not good.

The Chiefs were ready for the throng of gawkers; they had to learn on the fly when love was just aborning for those two crazy kids. 

“We’ll be prepared for her, and obviously welcome her with open arms,” Chiefs president Mark Donovan said before the game. “She brings a lot with her, and it’s a pretty valuable, targeted demographic when you look at the makeup of her fan base. And we’ve looked at ways that we could be respectful.”

Last year, Taylor came to Baltimore when the Chiefs played the Ravens in the AFC Championship game and there was no huge security problem, but that was long ago. 

It seems to be a uniquely American thing, to chase after celebrities - with or without mayhem in mind. I couldn't imagine a day of life under the scrutiny and fan frenzy she and Kelce face if they so much as go to the Dollar Tree to stock up on licorice.

That's their life; I wouldn't want it, but I wouldn't want to make it worse for them by tipping off their stalkers to where they are going to be.