Roger Goodell Claims NFL Games Airing On Multiple Streaming Services Is Being ‘Fan-Friendly’

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If anyone had a doubt that Roger Goodell is one of the most disingenuous people in sports, his latest claim that the NFL being on multiple streaming services and channels is the league being “fan-friendly” and is “very, very positive with our fans.”

$21 billion class action lawsuit over NFL Sunday Ticket aside, it’s hard to understand how NFL games being broadcast on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Peacock, ESPN, ESPN+, NFL Network, NFL+, Paramount+, YouTube TV, and NFL RedZone can be considered “fan-friendly.”

Yet that is exactly what Roger Goodell said in an interview this week on CNBC.

“The bottom line is, you have to go where your fans are, and our fans are moving off onto streaming platforms,” Goodell said. “Netflix is a good example of that. Peacock is a good example of that. Amazon is a good example of that. Our fans are on different platforms, and we need to reach them. But at the same time, over 85 percent of our games are still available on free television. We think we have the most fan-friendly policies for our friends and the media world of any league by far; 100 percent of our games for the two teams participating.

“We really think that those policies are really beneficial to our growth, to our supporting more people watching NFL football and the fans enjoyment of it. But streaming also brings in technologies that I think are going to be really valuable to improve the experience for consumers. I think there’s more things that they can do with their platforms and technology that I think is very, very positive with our fans.”

Right. Positive. It’s all about the fans, right, Rog? It surely has nothing to do with the $2 billion YouTube is paying the NFL, or the more than $1 billion Amazon is shelling out, or the $400 million from Netflix, or…