The National Football League’s (NFL) Super Bowl LIX (59), was on February 9, 2025, at the Ceasar’s Superdome in New Orleans where the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles faced off against each other.

Recently, allegations against the Chiefs have come out about the referees favoring them. Specifically in the last game, when the Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills. In this game the refs made several bad calls, making the fans believe that’s why the Chiefs won. The students at North Hollywood High School  shared their thoughts on both the allegations and their predictions for the Super Bowl. 

Kansas City Chiefs fan, Diego Guzman, who favored them to win, explained, “I want the Chiefs to win the Super Bowl because I’ve had them since the beginning of the season.” When it comes to the allegations against the beloved Chiefs, Guzman defends, “I think they’re false allegations. The Chiefs are a very good team. I don’t think the refs favored them at all, especially in the last game.” As the Super Bowl marks the end of the season, Guzman shares his thoughts so far and his predictions, “It was pretty cool. The Ravens had a pretty good run, the Chiefs are getting a three-peat.”  

Philadelphia Eagles fan Isabella Brant-Tobar, wanted the Eagles to win this Sunday. She’s been keeping up with them this season so far and explains, “They’ve been so solid this season…Hurts has been playing out of his mind, and the defense has been on a whole different level, shutting down some of the best offenses in the league” The Chiefs season went really well but the Eagles fans believed in their team. With the Chiefs allegations, she describes, “every time you think the Chiefs might be in trouble, some penalty magically shows that goes their way. Whether it’s just luck or something deeper, it definitely feels like the Chiefs get away with a lot more than other teams.”

When talking to a Cleveland Browns fan, Max Koster favors the Eagles to win. He expresses, “I want the Eagles to win because I hate the Chiefs and I have a lot of friends that root for Philly.” Koster believes that the Chiefs have been successful long enough. With the Chiefs winning back to back, several fans, including Koster, want to see a new team winning. As the Chief allegations are going around, Koster says, “I think enough is enough and the Chiefs need to stop winning and the refs need to be fair.” Koster refers to the unfair calls the refs made this season that have been essentially favoring the Chiefs. With the season wrapping up, Koster reflects, “I think this is one of the best seasons in a long time. It’s very competitive and I really hope the superbowl lives up to that.” 

Las Vegas Raiders fan Erik Orozco had his own opinions on the Chiefs allegations as well. Throughout the season, the refs have been favoring the Chiefs in all their games. Orozco expresses, “My thoughts on the refs favoring the Chiefs is that it’s obvious. The refs make horrible calls against the opposing teams and must definitely get paid in cash or in other ways.”  Orozco plays fantasy football. Fantasy football is when you gather with a group of friends and bet on players from teams. All the players you bet on from your “team” and you just follow all these players throughout the season. So when keeping up with the season, Orozco describes, “I’m very upset, my fantasy team got destroyed cause everyone of my players keep getting injured and Gardner Minshew wouldn’t stop throwing interceptions.”

Another Raiders fan, Jagger Belson has a different take on the Chief’s allegations. He explains, “I think they just get the ref’s help because of the popularity. The NFL is trying to ride off of Taylor Swift’s presence.” As mentioned before the refs have been favoring the Chiefs all season due to the publicity they bring in.This is likely due to Tight End, Travis Kelce and Pop Star singer Taylor Swift’s relationship. When fans think of the Chiefs they instantly think about Taylor Swift due to the NFL giving her a lot of attention. The NFL loves to have her at the games and shows her off all the time.  As the Raiders overall season hasn’t been well, Belson is going for the Eagles. 

The Super Bowl was interesting with the Eagles taking the win. The first touchdown was made by Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts (1). By halftime the Eagles were up by 24-0. The Eagles come back for the win, after losing to the Chiefs in Super Bowl XLVII. They showed up and showed out despite the high pressures of fans betting on their win. The game was proven to be well-earned as the Eagles put in their all, ultimately getting their comeback against the Chiefs.