Why are NFL fans on social media saying the Chiefs’ Super Bowl win against the 49ers was “rigged”?
The Kansas City Chiefs have won their third Super Bowl in five years and become the eighth team to win back-to-back championships thanks to an overtime victory against the San Francisco 49ers in Las Vegas. But many sceptic NFL fans believe their win was rigged , if social media platform X/Twitter is anything to go by. And it’s not just because of Taylor Swift. Chiefs defeat 49ers to win Super Bowl: here's how it happened A reminder of what CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus said this past week: https://t.co/Rt9YzJhI6r — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) February 12, 2024 CBS Sports “informed of double overtime by NFL” Not long after the Chiefs’ victory was confirmed, ESPN’s senior NFL reported Adam Schefter recalled something CBS Sports Chairman Sean McManus had said earlier in the week: “The NFL has alerted us that, for the first time ever, we will have a double overtime game (in the Super Bowl) .” We can, of course, only assume McManus was joking amid rumours the Super Bowl wo...