Super Bowl champ Steve Beuerlein calls the NFL's costly streaming service requirements for fans 'overkill'

Super Bowl champion Steve Beuerlein said that fans' complaints astir nan number of services nan NFL requires to watch nan games are "very legitimate."

Beuerlein, 61, said that he would decidedly return nan fans' side.

"I deliberation it's a it's a very morganatic title from nan fans and I would decidedly return their side," Beuerlein told Fox News Digital successful a caller question and reply on behalf of Heartflow.

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Steve Beuerlein speaks astatine nan JESPYS awards astatine JSerra High School successful San Juan Capistrano, California, connected May 29, 2025. (Kirby Lee/Getty Images)

The erstwhile Pro Bowl backmost besides talked astir really costly it is for fans to be NFL games, calling nan summons prices exorbitant.

"It's almost unaffordable for fans to spell to a crippled and return their family to a crippled these days successful astir scenarios. There are immoderate owners that are doing a really bully occupation of getting imaginative and making tickets disposable for those that that different would not beryllium capable to spend to go, but nan costs is truthful exorbitant these days," Beuerlein said.

Beuerlein lamented that fans can’t conscionable watch each nan games connected TV astatine location for free, calling nan NFL’s description to streaming services overkill.

"And past now to really make it that overmuch much costly to beryllium astatine location and effort to get sum and watch a crippled connected television. It almost is simply a small spot of overkill if you inquire me. I understand nan statement from nan fans' perspective," he said.

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Jacksonville Jaguars backmost Steve Beuerlein plays against nan Carolina Panthers successful nan 1995 Hall of Fame Game astatine Fawcett Stadium successful Canton, Ohio, connected July 29, 1995. (Michael C. Hebert/USA TODAY NETWORK)

Beuerlein said he understands it’s a business, but is sympathetic toward nan fans.

"These owners are ever trying to find caller ways to create gross streams because salaries are going up for judge and it seems for illustration it's connected a never-ending cycle, but I decidedly americium sympathetic to nan fans," Beuerlein said.

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 uses to broadcast games.

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 needed to accommodate nan platforms.

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Steve Beuerlein waves astatine a Netflix arena for "America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys" astatine Egyptian Theatre successful Los Angeles, California, connected Aug. 11, 2025. (Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Images)

The Justice Department reportedly opened an investigation into nan NFL complete its usage of streaming services.

A Fox News poll in March indicated that 72% of sports fans deliberation awesome sporting events should enactment free connected broadcast TV amid reports that nan NFL is considering allowing teams to waste nan authorities to preseason games to streaming services.

FCC Commissioner Olivia Trusty credited FCC Chairman Brendan Carr pinch identifying that "public liking is nary longer being served, and nan request for authorities immunity is little clear" astatine a caller news conference.

"Indeed, much than 8,000 group person submitted comments (to) nan FCC, pinch 98% of those comments expressing vexation pinch nan streaming migration inclination and their dream that broadcast will stay nan preeminent level for watching their favourite team," she said.

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Carolina Panthers backmost Steve Beuerlein throws nan shot against nan Atlanta Falcons successful a 1997 play crippled astatine nan Georgia Dome successful Atlanta, Georgia, connected Sept. 7, 1997. (RVR Photos/USA TODAY Sports)

"Getting broadcast argumentation correct includes empowering broadcasters to respond to this wide felt user request and guarantee broadcasters’ continued expertise to service section communities not only done sports but different programming, arsenic well."

Beuerlein played 14 seasons successful nan NFL. He played for nan then-Los Angeles Raiders, Dallas Cowboys, Arizona Cardinals, Jacksonville Jaguars, Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos. He was a backup backmost erstwhile nan Cowboys won nan Super Bowl successful 1992.

He made nan Pro Bowl pinch nan Panthers successful 1999. In 147 games (102 starts), he completed 56.9% of passes for 24,046 yards, pinch 147 touchdowns and 112 interceptions.

Fox News' Ryan Gaydos and Ryan Morik contributed to this report.

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