Here we go again—football season is upon us, and the annual scramble to find free trials and deals has begun, all in a desperate attempt to watch every NFL game without selling your soul to the subscription gods. But let’s be real: every year, this gets more and more impossible.
According to an NBC New York article, you’re looking at nearly $900 just to watch your favorite team from your couch every week. Seriously? Almost $900 to enjoy football at home? That’s because the NFL, in its infinite wisdom, has decided to scatter games across five different streaming platforms.
Yes, you read that right—five different subscriptions. You’ll need Amazon Prime Video for Thursday Night Football. Then there’s Peacock, hogging 22 regular season games, including that Eagles-Packers game in Brazil that’s a Peacock exclusive, because why not? Oh, and Netflix decided to jump into the mix with the Christmas Day games. As if that’s not enough, ESPN+ holds 20 Monday Night Football games. And, of course, you’ll need NFL Sunday Ticket, which costs a whopping $449, plus a cable subscription or YouTubeTV or something equivalent, just to cover all your bases.
This is a nightmare! If you’re a casual football fan, how the heck are you supposed to keep track of all this? The cost of Sunday Ticket alone should be enough to get you every game. But no, instead, you’re forced to shell out $857.86 just to piece together the season. It’s a money-grabbing mess, and it’s turning the joy of football into a frustrating and expensive chore.
I guess I’ll stick to college football
