The conflict between ESPN and YouTube TV continues, pinch fans missing retired connected much unrecorded sports each time while besides not being capable to spot ESPN sum of large events for illustration Tuesday's NFL deadline.
The biggest infinitesimal of this conflict betwixt 2 billion-dollar companies (Disney and Google, which ain ESPN and YouTube TV) started complete nan play and wiped retired an full Saturday of assemblage shot action for a batch of group who salary bully money for a YouTube TV subscription. It past really came to a caput Monday nighttime erstwhile fans, including J.J. Watt, were unable to watch nan Cardinals-Cowboys game.
On Tuesday, ESPN's Pat McAfee addressed nan business and had a connection for immoderate his big-name coworkers who person shared videos connected societal media talking astir nan conflict and really fans tin spell to a website truthful they "don't miss any" action.
Here's an illustration of 1 of those from Mike Greenberg:
YouTube TV customers: You whitethorn suffer entree to each of ESPN's networks. Head complete to https://t.co/lBfCywZQeA now truthful you don’t miss immoderate of this weekend's action. pic.twitter.com/cqmSXpzI9r
— Mike Greenberg (@Espngreeny) October 30, 2025Here's what McAfee had to opportunity astir those messages:
“We’re each done pinch it. And also, if you’re connected TV, extremity telling group to spell to a website to prevention a multi-billion-dollar deal. Nobody cares what you person to say. There will beryllium thing that we person to opportunity aliases immoderate website that will beryllium visited. There are, I don’t want to opportunity nan nonstop names, but these group (hands up high), let’s put our swords down. Let’s put our swords down for nan bully of sports."
He added:
“We request each other. A batch of group saying ‘greedy corporations,’ it’s like, yeah. We request each other, particularly pinch wherever sports are correct now. And we’re successful nan mediate of it, truthful let’s get it done. And extremity asking maine to spell to a website. I don’t want to do that, truthful stop... each you’re doing is pissing everybody disconnected moreover more. So it’s like, let’s conscionable not do that.”
You tin watch McAfee addressing nan conflict astatine nan 1:20 people of this video:
It feels for illustration this conflict is only going to proceed and nan unfortunate successful each of this will proceed to beryllium nan fans who conscionable want to watch nan games connected nan work they've been paying for.
Hopefully nan 2 sides tin scope an statement and hopefully nan large names astatine ESPN tin perceive to McAfee and extremity trying to show viewers really they tin help. Because this isn't connected them. It's connected 2 cardinal dollar companies that conscionable want to make much money.
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