Former shock Jock Mike Francesca went on one of his infamous tirades recently slaying the NFL and their use of streaming service Peacock.
Peacock was the sole provider of the feed for the Dolphins vs Chiefs NFL match in week 10.
Francesca is no longer terrorizing airwaves like in the past but can give a good diatribe if he feels offended enough.
“How many in America don’t have cable TV? How many in America don’t have smart TVs? How many people in America don’t know what streaming is, no less finding streaming or willing to pay an extra amount to get a playoff game? This is a joke that the NFL would do this with their playoff product.”
Francesca continued his rant, “It’s bad enough they would do it with a regular season game on a Thursday night or to do it on a regular season game on a Saturday. But to do it with a playoff game is the biggest slap in the face to their national fanbase. People wait all year for these playoff games. They love these playoff games. And you’re gonna now charge them extra for a playoff game? You don’t give enough? They don’t make enough?”
Francesca was verbal in his assessment of how the NFL approached stream service Peacock this season.
“The word is the NFL got $110 million to stream this game. From Peacock, they got $110 million to stream this one game exclusively on Peacock; that’s it,” Francesa said. “Is the way of the future? They’re gonna have a hard time doing it with playoff games, because there’s gonna be a tremendous fallout from this — and there should be. Because it is the utter, utterly disgraceful, greedy reach by the NFL. Like they don’t make enough money. Like their fans don’t get into their pocket for jerseys, for all kinds of NFL merchandise, for tickets that are very expensive across the country.”
We all love a good Francesca rant.
