Everyone Is Fuming Over The NFL’s Greedy Broadcast Decision For Next Year’s Playoffs

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA – FEBRUARY 05: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell speaks to the media during a press conference ahead of Super Bowl LVIII at Allegiant Stadium on February 05, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

As expected, the NFL has sold another playoff game to a streaming company, and fans are understandably upset.

The league experienced rife backlash after putting the Chiefs-Dolphins Wild Card Round game on Peacock this year, but that hasn’t stopped them from making another deal with a streaming service as Front Office Sports is reporting that Amazon is set to pay a record $120 million for broadcast rights to a postseason fixture next season.

“Amazon Prime Video will pay a record $120 million to stream its first NFL playoff game after the 2024 season, sources tell @FOS,” Michael McCarthy tweeted on Wednesday. “Last year, @NFLonPrime passed on Wild Card Playoff that went to Peacock. But Prime never makes same mistake twice.”

You can see some of the reactions to this below:

We’re going to have to pay for everything, aren’t we? Watching ads is no longer enough.

— Tom Beshear (@BeshearTom) February 21, 2024

Outlaw this madness

— Barstool_WaffleHouse 🧇🐪 (@CP_XXXIII) February 21, 2024

@NFL just doesn’t care about it’s fans, @PrimeVideo @amazon has the worst quality streaming of every provider that streams NFL games. Like watching a game from the 90s. It’s garbage.

— 2k89 (@kylekovach) February 21, 2024

😡🤮

— Rob EffBrady (@CR8Z4JETS) February 21, 2024

Peacock parted ways with $110 million for the aforementioned game last season, and it appears Amazon Prime will be paying the price for coming in second as they’re to pay an additional $10 million. 

It also appears that such deals are going to continue moving forward. We might as well get used to it.

Everyone Is Fuming Over The NFL’s Greedy Broadcast Decision For Next Year’s Playoffs
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