NFL fans are ticked off that Saturday’s Chiefs vs. Dolphins wild-card game airing only on Peacock.
For the first time, an NFL playoff game will air exclusively on a streaming platform — outside of the Kansas City and Miami markets, where fans can watch on their local NBC affiliates. NBCUniversal and the NFL struck a one-year deal last year worth around $110 million for Peacock to get the exclusive rights to the Saturday night game of wild-card weekend.
That means fans outside of the local markets wanting to see one of the biggest games of the weekend will have to subscribe to Peacock to do so; the streaming service costs $5.99 a month or $59.99 a year.
One fan commented, “So if you’re not subscribed to @peacock, you won’t be able to watch the @Chiefs in the PLAYOFF game Saturday night. Seriously @NFL ???? This is a playoff game. You shouldn’t have to subscribe to yet another channel to watch the game. This is ridiculous #moneygra.”
Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Chris Bassitt, wrote, “Letting Peacock get a playoff game should be an automatic firing of anyone involved and automatic life time jail sentence.”
