--- title: Chris Kluwe | TIME description: Chris Kluwe is a retired NFL player who played for eight seasons with the Minnesota Vikings. canonical: https://time.com/author/chris-kluwe/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/chris-kluwe/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Chris Kluwe ## Chris Kluwe Chris Kluwe is a retired NFL player who played for eight seasons with the Minnesota Vikings. ## Chris Kluwe *  Jan 22, 2015 ### [The Real 'Deflategate' Scandal Is That Anyone Cares](https://time.com/3679079/patriots-under-inflated-balls-deflategate-nfl-scandal/) The NFL would rather you care about the minor thing they can pretend to fix, rather than the major t... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 7, 2014 ### [Ray Rice Needs Rehabilitation, Not Retribution](https://time.com/3621166/ray-rice-chris-kluwe-rehabilitation/) To say he should never play again no matter what amends he tries to make means that we care more abo... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 10, 2014 ### [Chris Kluwe: NFL Would Rather Sell Women Pink Jerseys Than Protect Them](https://time.com/3314095/ray-rice-chris-kluwe-nfl-roger-goodell/) In football, and in the case of Ray Rice, the tape never lies. But the NFL sure has [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/chris-kluwe/","name":"Chris Kluwe"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/chris-kluwe/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/chris-kluwe/"},"name":"Chris Kluwe","jobTitle":null,"description":"Chris Kluwe is a retired NFL player who played for eight seasons with the Minnesota Vikings.","url":"https://time.com/author/chris-kluwe/","sameAs":["https://x.com/ChrisWarcraft"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```