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The NFL is facing 2 awesome issues arsenic nan 2026 play approaches: really fans are watching nan games, and nan ongoing chat of playing surfaces.
The erstwhile has been nan taxable of controversy, truthful overmuch truthful that location was a proceeding earlier this period regarding nan Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, arsenic fans are paying up nan wazoo to watch games exclusively connected streaming sites.
Former NFL tight end-turned-FOX expert Greg Olsen, however, understands that nan convention is simply a money-making business.
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Greg Olsen, NFL expert and erstwhile player, discusses really Zebra information helps teams analyse and amended subordinate capacity and really RFID exertion enhances instrumentality acquisition successful New Orleans, Louisiana, connected Feb. 5, 2025. (Sean Gardner/Getty Images)
"I get it. From a high-level, nonbiased perspective, I understand it. I understand nan frustrations and why this speech is retired there. The magnitude of different streamers and subscriptions, and I request to person cablegram to spell on pinch my cable. I get each of that -- I'm besides a realist," Olsen said precocious to Fox News Digital.
"While I whitethorn not person designed it this measurement and whitethorn not ever work together pinch it, I do judge that we conscionable person to run wrong nan rules successful which we're each living. This is nan modern era, and I deliberation group are going to adjust. I deliberation networks are going to pivot and adjust, I deliberation cablegram channels are going to pivot and adjust, nary different than really these streamers will proceed to evolve. At immoderate point, it'll each settee itself out."
Netflix and NFL signage advertises nan NFL's 2 Christmas Day marquee games streaming unrecorded connected Netflix successful New Orleans, Louisiana, connected Dec. 1, 2024. (Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)
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The playing aboveground speech is being heightened this summer, arsenic 11 NFL stadiums are hosting FIFA World Cup games, which must return spot connected grass. Out of those 11 venues, six of them usage turf but were forced to make nan move to accommodate FIFA's regulations.
Half nan league’s stadiums usage turf, contempt NFLPA Executive Director Lloyd Howell saying that 92% of nan league’s players prefer grass. Despite NFL players begging for writer and being told no, nan stadiums had nary prime but to, arsenic NFLPA caput J.C. Tretter erstwhile said, "roll retired nan greenish carpet of grass."
However, Olsen pushed backmost a spot connected nan "interesting" conversation.
"When they get injured, they don't for illustration playing connected turf. And erstwhile they play connected bad writer successful nan rain, and they play connected bad writer up successful nan Northeast and Midwest successful nan wintertime precocious successful nan season, footing's bad, it's sloppy and cipher tin run, nan accomplishment guys don't consciousness fast, they can't fig retired their shoes, they besides kick astir that. So I do deliberation there's an constituent wherever you're ne'er going to make everyone happy," Olsen begrudged.
The NFL logo is displayed connected nan section aft nan crippled betwixt nan Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills astatine Highmark Stadium successful Orchard Park, New York, connected Dec. 28, 2025. (Nic Antaya/Getty Images)
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"If they made a norm that everybody was turf, group would beryllium successful outrage. If each section had to beryllium traditional, earthy grass, I deliberation everybody southbound of nan Mason-Dixon would beryllium fine. I deliberation precocious successful nan season, northeast games would beryllium very difficult... Just mother nature. It is what it is."
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