By The Daily Caller (Opinion) | Created at 2024-11-20 18:04:34 | Updated at 2024-11-23 09:30:41
2 days ago
November 20, 2024 12:16 PM ET
We still don’t trust you! *Future voice*
Needless to say, the fight between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson was an absolute disaster. Not only have we arrived at a point where we’re realizing this whole damn thing might have been rigged, but during so, we had to deal with Netflix’s dreadful buffering. It was a completely horrendous showing from the streaming service in their first live sporting event.
But we weren’t the only ones asking “what the hell?” So was the National Football League, who has two of their Christmas Day games being held on Netflix this season — Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens vs. Houston Texas.
In fact, the NFL was so concerned about Netflix’s buffering during the Paul-Tyson fight that they actually had a “check in” with the television giant, according to a report from ESPN’s Dan Graziano. (RELATED: Bills-Chiefs Pull In Whopping 31.2 Million Television Viewers, Hasn’t Been Seen Since 2007)
“The NFL did check in with Netflix following the Tyson-Paul fight to ask about the problems and assess the likelihood that they could repeat themselves on Christmas. Netflix said the fight reached 60 million homes, and apparently part of the explanation to the league was that the unprecedented scale for them of broadcasting a live sporting event contributed to some of the challenges they faced,” wrote Graziano.
With that being said, “the NFL came away from the conversations reassured that Netflix had figured out what went wrong and that it won’t be a problem for Chiefs-Steelers or Ravens-Texans on Dec. 25.”
Which is good and all because, you know, you don’t want this …
If Netflix broadcasted NFL games… pic.twitter.com/jHC9zST3WT
— NFL Memes (@NFL_Memes) November 16, 2024
The NFL has straight up trust issues! Hilarious!
