It sounds like the old guards at CBS and Fox can have a certain competition for NFL games on Sunday afternoon.
Netflix continues to think big in its attitude to breaking in sports content. According to several reports, the Streaming giant has its attractions to offer the rights to regular season on Sunday afternoon.
CBS and Fox have owned the rights to NFC and AFC games since the 1990s. While the current broadcast agreement goes to 2033, the NFL has an alternative to get out of these contracts four years early, which would be 2029, and they are likely to do so.
Netflix understands that money speaks in these types of negotiations and can shock the sports broadcast landscape and surpass the traditional cable TV networks to get games exclusively on Netflix.
We have already seen them success with this, as NFL’s Christmas day game exclusively on Netflix. The next three seasons worth Christmas day games will also stream on Netflix, which sets them perfectly to start negotiations with the NFL to get the rights to more broadcasts than just holiday special offers.
Of course, the Boomer generation of NFL fans will be upset by the possibility of this as well. Taking NFL’s regular seasonal broadcasts of the cable would have felt sacred just a decade ago, but again, money is talking.
Commissioner Roger Goodell works for the owners; You probably know that. His main goal is to earn them lots of money. Accepting a large paycheck from Netflix can upset some older fans and consequently some best buyers who have to explain the value of a smart TV or, good forbid, a Roku streaming device.
But if Netflix comes up with an offer that the league could not refuse, it would make the owners more money, get the salary to increase, get players higher wages and ultimately continue to grow the game.
During their first Christmas day broadcast, Netflix corrected its errors from the pure debacle that was Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson fighting, where high traffic slowed down the platform, and hardly anyone could tune in.
We know that NFL will not go anywhere soon. It seems that Netflix is not either. Giving it four years, and collaborating can only be the best for the growth of the game, although it can upset some elderly on the road.
