Jason Kelce says Travis Kelce had every right to pound a beer at their “graduation” ceremony last week … ’cause it was all for a good cause, and for their podcast.

The recently-retired Eagles center responded to someone online over the weekend who kinda criticized Travis’ frat boy routine from last at the University of Cincinnati … where he walked across the stage after receiving a fake diploma, only to pound a cold one right after.

It was all a hokey bit that Travis and Jason were doing with the university as part of a “New Heights” episode … and it was meant to highlight the fact they never walked back in the day.

Jason highlighted that in his comment, writing … “I know it looks like a graduation from the video, but this was actually at the end of a New Heights Live podcast that we put on to raise money for the University’s NIL. The university did this to poke fun at my brother and I for never really picking up our diplomas.”

The night was packed with more shenanigans … in particular, when the band hit the familiar notes of Taylor Swift‘s “Shake It Off,” proud BF Travis couldn’t help busting moves and dancing his tail off.

Anyway … at the end of the day, it was all good clean fun, and Jason doesn’t think it was in bad taste.