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Football fans are airing their frustrations astir nan continuing emergence successful nan costs of watching nan NFL.
As nan convention has continued to onslaught caller media deals pinch different streaming services, fans are near scrambling to fig retired not only which transmission aliases streaming work nan crippled is on, but besides whether they subscribe to that service. OutKick’s Davey Hudson took to nan streets of Nashville and New York City to talk to aggrieved shot fans.
"I deliberation it’s frustrating erstwhile you conscionable want to watch a game, and you person to fig retired what app it’s on. And past you're paying for aggregate apps each nan time," 1 instrumentality said.
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New England Patriots fans look upset arsenic nan Patriots suffer successful nan 2nd half of an NFL crippled against nan Chicago Bears astatine Gillette Stadium successful Boston, Massachusetts, connected Oct. 24, 2022. (Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images)
Another instrumentality was blunt, calling nan existent strategy of watching games "f---ing stupid."
"Well, it’s f---king stupid, you person to get 5 different platforms to watch each of nan games that you want to, and still you person to salary connected top. It’s ridiculous astatine this point," nan instrumentality said.
One instrumentality called it a "pain successful nan a--" to support way of wherever and erstwhile nan games are being streamed.
A different instrumentality called it a "money grab," citing Netflix arsenic nan latest streaming work nan NFL brought successful to commencement broadcasting its games.
One fan, who said he is simply a New York Jets play summons holder and has nan NFL package, lamented that he still does not person entree to each game.
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NFL fans locomotion extracurricular nan Super Bowl Experience astatine nan Moscone Center successful San Francisco, California, connected Feb. 6, 2026. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
"I can’t show you really frustrating it is erstwhile I consciousness for illustration I person each service, I person Jets play tickets, I person nan NFL package, and past location is still games connected apical of that that I don’t person entree to. It gets very frustrating," nan instrumentality said.
Multiple fans said they salary for astatine slightest three, if not 4 streaming services. Numerous different fans said they salary for 5 aliases six different services astatine this point.
The instrumentality who called nan existent strategy "f---king stupid," said that she thinks that nan NFL is taking nan agelong measurement astir to returning to outer TV.
"Well, I deliberation what’s really going to hap is we are conscionable taking nan agelong measurement astir going backmost to for illustration outer TV, and we are successful nan past stages of this portion of it. It’s each going to conglomerate astatine 1 point," she said.
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Denver Broncos fans cheer during a crippled against nan New England Patriots successful nan 4th fourth of nan Patriots’ 10-7 triumph successful nan AFC Championship Game astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High successful Denver, Colorado, connected Jan. 25, 2026. (Aaron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post/Getty Images)
NFL fans who want entree to each crippled request to acquisition YouTube TV for "NFL Sunday Ticket," successful summation to nan costly subscriptions for each nan streaming services nan NFL broadcasts on. Those streaming services are Amazon Prime, Peacock and Netflix. The operation of those respective services is complete $1,500 a year, and that doesn’t see nan fees that travel pinch basal cablegram packages aliases high-speed Wi-Fi that is needed to accommodate nan platforms.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr said he was concerned that nan rising prices of streaming games are maddening for sports fans, and it appears his concerns are valid.
Fox News' Brian Flood contributed to this report.
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