Harrison Butker is famous for being an All-Pro kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, but if I had to guess he’d rather be known as an All-Pro Man of Faith. I liked him ever since he signed for the Chiefs. He graduated from Georgia Tech University originally playing soccer, then was started his career in the National Football League (NFL) when he was drafted in the 7th round by the Carolina Panthers. The guy with a funny last name became and is an amazing kicker. Numerous times in his career he has been clutch to pull the Chiefs to a victory.
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But then one day you see a headline along the lines of, “Chiefs kicker wants women in the kitchen.” You read to see what he said, but that is not what he said at all. He said the best job for a woman is being a mom. And that most of the women receiving degrees that day at the school he was speaking at — Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas — were probably more excited about getting married and having children than entering the workforce.
He then railed against then-President Joe Biden’s stance on abortion, especially since Biden claims he’s a Roman Catholic. That set off a whole firestorm of hate from the leftist media as Butker also said some religious leaders are spreading dangerous gender ideology to the young people of America. Yet something amazing happened after his comments. Like-minded people started to buy his jersey. So many bought them that he was the number one selling jersey in the NFL for many weeks, outselling his own teammates Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce – which was really shocking as Travis has the Taylor Swift fandom army behind him.
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As the days went on the NFL chose to distance itself from Harrison’s comments, but they supported Black Lives Matter, an organization that harms businesses and curries favors with countries that harm gays all in the name of racial equality. Then he launched UPRIGHT PAC, which has a goal of encouraging Christians to vote for traditional values.
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Yet Butker himself said this week:
“I said what I said. I believe in it. I don’t feel the need to apologize for anything. I feel like God’s prepared me for that moment to feel confident in who I am and what’s most important in my life and I’m able to handle whatever comes my way.”
That faith is why people love him. He is unapologetic about being a good Christian and following a righteous path, the path that had led him to play in four Super Bowls (winning three). Like he said:
“I’ve been here before. I understand once the game starts it’s just like any other game. I also feel like I can pace myself a little bit so I’m not playing the game (in my head) before it’s actually played.
“Thankfully, I’ve played in many of these games and I have those memories to go back on.”
The truth of the matter is that this a big game, but for Harrison Butker it is one of the ways he spreads his faith with no apologies.
