Carrie Underwood (via Getty Images)
Carrie Underwood may not be an NFL player, but she is synonymous with the league for one of the most important reasons: her theme for ‘Sunday Night Football,’ where most of the teams play their weekly games.
Underwood is married to former NHL star Mike Fisher, who played in the league for nearly 20 seasons, split between the Nashville and Ottawa Senators. Obviously, being involved in the Nashville culture, Underwood is a country artist, so there’s no doubt she would write a catchy tune for the NFL.
Fans have been wondering for a while how much the country star gets paid for the NFL’s use of the song and filming for it, and reports have finally come out showing that she gets paid more than some players in the league.
🚨BREAKING: Carrie Underwood is paid ONE MILLION DOLLARS EACH WEEK to do the Sunday Night Football theme song.
She films all of it in one day & got paid 18 million dollars for that, per reports. pic.twitter.com/gh3J9rSzNw
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) October 10, 2024
According to ML Football, Underwood is paid $1 million a week, adding up to $18 million a season, for using her vocals to promote the NFL’s ‘Sunday Night Football,’ and many players aren’t even earning that much to play.
Carrie Underwood Is Earning $18 Million From ‘Sunday Night Football’ Theme
One NFL fan even pointed out that the country artist makes more than San Francisco 49ers signal-caller Brock Purdy, commenting, “She makes more for 10 seconds worth of singing than Brock Purdy makes per year. Let that sink in.”
🚨BREAKING: Carrie Underwood is paid ONE MILLION DOLLARS EACH WEEK to do the Sunday Night Football theme song.
She films all of it in one day & got paid 18 million dollars for that, per reports. pic.twitter.com/gh3J9rSzNw
— MLFootball (@_MLFootball) October 10, 2024
Other NFL fans questioned why the Oklahoma native is making so much money to sing the song, asking, “Why? Is anyone watching SNF because of the artist singing the opening song?” Not only is she making more than Purdy, but she is also making more than Bengals star Ja’Marr Chase in 2024.
While some fans may be complaining and others praising the country music star, odds are we will still be hearing her voice for the rest of the season. ‘Sunday Night Football kicks off for week six, with the Bengals taking on the Giants in a matchup of two struggling teams.
Travis Kelce Used One Word To Describe His Whirlwind Relationship With Taylor Swift
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 11: Travis Kelce #87 of the Kansas City Chiefs and Taylor Swift embrace after defeating the San Francisco 49ers in overtime during Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 11, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)
Travis Kelce is proud to have girlfriend Taylor Swift by his side, and he doesn’t mind that the whole world is watching.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have been dating since at least September 2023 when she shocked everybody by showing up to Arrowhead Stadium. The move came months after Kelce first publicly expressed interest in Swift, after attending one of her concerts and failing to send a friendship bracelet to her with his number on it.
Travis Kelce knows just how obsessed the world is with his relationship.
“I’m very aware,” Kelce said when asked whether he understands the “impact” his romance with Taylor Swift was having on the NFL.
“Obviously, this is mostly because Taylor’s in my life now and we got her [to be] part of Chiefs Kingdom,” he explained in a resurfaced interview with sports reporter Laura Okmin ahead of the Super Bowl.
“And sure enough, that brought an entire entourage of human beings who just love to support her and love to support everything that she’s about.”
He used an incredible word to describe their relationship.
“With that being said, I do, you know, have a guarded approach to it,” he explained before Super Bowl 58. “But at the same time, I know what me and Taylor have is special, so I get [the interest].”
Taylor Swift was spotted at 13 of Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs football games this past season, first popping up in a box at Arrowhead Stadium in Missouri on Sept. 24, 2023. The team won 10 of the 13 games at which she’s been in attendance.
That also included the team winning playoff games over the Miami Dolphins, Buffalo Bills, Baltimore Ravens, and then the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl.
Kelce finished the Super Bowl with nine receptions for 93 yards, including a crucial catch in overtime.
The 34-year-old slowed down slightly in 2023, finishing with 93 catches for 984 yards and five touchdowns. It should be noted he did miss two games, Week 1 due to injury and Week 17 as he chose to sit out with the Chiefs not playing for anything.
