Kansas City Chiefs Refused to Host Pride Night?

On social media, there is a rumour that the NFL team Kansas City Chiefs declined to hold a Pride Night because of a “woke agenda.” For instance, on September 5, 2024, the Facebook group SpaceX Fanclub posted the meme “Kansas City Chiefs Refuse to Host a Pride Night, ‘It’s Woke Agenda.'” It included a split-screen picture of a Pride flag next to Coach Andy Reid.

Rumours about this started to circulate to other Facebook profiles, which seemed to be reporting the headline as an accurate account of actual occurrences.

As of this writing, the SpaceX Fanclub post had generated over 15,000 reactions. Some readers had taken the assertion at face value even though there was no hard data to back it up. A commenter said, “Go Chiefs!! Good call, thank you! “We admire your bravery for defying convention and demonstrating excellent moral character,” another person said. “Play football. That’s what we want to see.” Allow CNN to indoctrinate you.”