The streaming era is fast approaching in the sports world, and we’ve seen some of the top events become a bit less accessible to viewers in recent years.
Now, NFL fans will have to buy a subscription to NBC’s Peacock streaming platform to watch one of the Wild Card playoff games beginning this coming season with the debut on January 13, 2024.
It’s far from an unprecedented move. Currently, Thursday Night Football is exclusively aired on Amazon Prime Video — another subscription-based streaming platform — and other sports have seen similar changes. The English Premier League, for example, has some games that are only available on Peacock.
NFL announced that Peacock will be the home for the first-ever exclusive live streamed NFL Playoff game, presenting an NFL Wild Card Playoff in primetime on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) May 15, 2023
But this will be the first time that an NFL playoff game has been exclusive to a streaming platform, and naturally, a lot of fans were not pleased to hear the news.
— Cameron Magruder (@ScooterMagruder) May 15, 2023
We must rebel against this
— Logan (@SconnieColt) May 15, 2023
— Jeff Hoak (@JeffHoak1) May 15, 2023
Gonna be the least watched playoff game in a long time
— Kraze (@wannabekraze) May 15, 2023
Omg explaining this to my parents is going to be ultimate hell
— TJ (@TJusf2021) May 15, 2023
Saving my free trial https://t.co/vv6lmcsUNF
— Ted Nguyen (@FB_FilmAnalysis) May 15, 2023
If the #Jets play their first playoff game in 13 years on freaking Peacock I’m gonna lose my mind https://t.co/n3uVpreVlA
— The Jet Press (@TheJetPress) May 15, 2023
buffstream servers pic.twitter.com/JVF0ZpO9r6
— CheeseheadTV 🧀 (@cheeseheadtv) May 15, 2023
NFL has no shame in taking money with zero regard… https://t.co/AGY0F3qIvj pic.twitter.com/pjmHDo4O5y
— Fitz (@LaurieFitzptrck) May 15, 2023
Hoist the colours, lads! https://t.co/cZ9kO6csmZ pic.twitter.com/No5YcTHUIS
— Schlasser (@UrinatingTree) May 15, 2023
