Chris Russo rants about NFL Sunday Ticket’s switch to YouTube TV.
The football regular season hasn’t started yet, but he already has a bone to pick with NFL Sunday Ticket.
The league’s package, which allows viewers to watch all the NFL’s out-of-market games from Fox and CBS, will now be distributed on YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels this season after a 29-year run on DirecTV.
According to the opinionated SiriusXM host, the seven-year deal worth a reported $2 billion hasn’t measured up.
During “Mad Dog Unleashed” on Tuesday, Russo discussed how he was trying to sign up for the service, only to find plenty of flaws with the ordering process.
The host ranted about his situation, claiming the service is in the business of “losing money.”
“It’s impossible!” Russo said during his program. “All they want to do is lose money! That’s all they want to do. Lose money with the service and lose money with Fatso’s picks — that’s all I care about, and they won’t let me do it.”
Despite having satellite issues with storms in the past while using DirecTV, Russo said he much preferred them as a provider because it was “right there in front of” him, complaining that he has to now “work for the ballgames.”
Prices for the service on YouTube TV is determined based on the date of purchase and if you are a YouTube TV subscriber or not, the price ranges from $249 to $489.
NFL Sunday Ticket will now be available on YouTube TV, and this year’s iteration will allow viewers to watch four games at once.
“We’re researching that right now to figure out what are the right types of packages that would be interesting to users,” Christian Oestlien, YouTube’s vice president of product management, told The Athletic earlier this year.
Russo does not think, this year, the service will make it any easier to watch all of the league’s games.
“They make it so gosh darn difficult,” Russo continued. “Can’t you just make it easy?
After the show, Russo posted a short clip of the rant on X, formerly Twitter, and added a caption: “The @NFL Sunday Ticket might drive me over the edge! Stop making it so hard to watch the games!!!!”
The @NFL Sunday Ticket might drive me over the edge! Stop making it so hard to watch the games!!!! pic.twitter.com/uUkCSs1Ejm
— Chris Mad Dog Russo (@MadDogUnleashed) August 22, 2023
Russo and the rest of the NFL’s fans will get to test out the service in earnest on Sept. 10 when Week 1’s Sunday slate of games kicks off.
