YouTube’s NFL Sunday Ticket streams have been plagued with buffering and pixelation, making afternoon games today unwatchable, according to many, many posts. The @TeamYouTube account acknowledged the issue at 1:53PM ET. The team wrote that they're aware YouTube is having issues and they are working to fix them, but acknowledged that “YouTube TV or NFL Sunday Ticket may also be impacted.”
Now that YouTube is the only place to watch NFL Sunday Ticket, that leaves viewers across the country with no options to watch games apart from any available local broadcasts. People have taken to X to complain that streams are freezing up or lagging, or that it’s just like watching illegal streams. And plenty of them point out the money factor. NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube isn’t particularly cheap, after all, ranging from $249 to as much as $489, depending on package and YouTube TV subscriber status.
If you're experiencing buffering issues on YouTube our team is aware and working on a fix. YouTube TV or NFL Sunday Ticket may also be impacted. we'll follow-up here once this has been resolved.
— TeamYouTube (@TeamYouTube) October 29, 2023
WARNING!!! Don’t spend your $$$ on @YouTubeTV for NFL Sunday Ticket. It will buffer ALL game and then your man will just scream all day. #YoutubeTV pic.twitter.com/AzwsZukgaO
— Amanda Tenen (@AmandaTenen) October 29, 2023
Even Football players themselves weren’t spared. DaQuan Jones, a Buffalo Bills player who’s been out with an injury, isn’t having a good time either:
You pay all this money for streaming services…just so they don’t work on the days you actually need them
— DaQuan Jones (@RiDQulous_98) October 29, 2023
There are two groups you generally don’t want to anger with bad internet: gamers and sports fans. The complaints range from somewhat polite and forlorn:
Would be nice if the one day a week I could watch nfl Sunday ticket, that it would actually work
— Go Birds (@MMM73737) October 29, 2023
To profane:
Glad I got lasik and paid for nfl Sunday ticket for it to look like this. Feels like I forgot to put my contacts in. What the fuck, @YouTube ?! pic.twitter.com/yYr8ivG6lA
— Travis Manning (@TRAVISMANNING) October 29, 2023
@YouTubeTV I can't believe y'all finessed everyone like for NFL Sunday Ticket. Enjoy all the calls tomorrow asking for credit after you allowed the service to be this fucking bad. Haven't been able to watch more than a few min without buffering.FUCKIN GARBAGE
— JasonG (@jay12123651) October 29, 2023
@YouTubeTV the nfl Sunday ticket streams been dog shit all day. Wtf am I paying for here. This is just as bad as illegal streaming.
— Matt Davis (@RedskinsArsenal) October 29, 2023
To requests for refunds or threats to cancel:
My current playback area is correct. This will lead me to cancel YouTubeTV. This is ridiculous and did not occur with DirecTV. I paid for NFL Sunday Ticket and should be able to watch a game that is not being broadcast on my Fox or CBS local stations.
How about you follow up with a refund since NFL Sunday Ticket is the only reason I have your product https://t.co/uWz4n4s0kD
— Shane Haff (@ShaneHaffNFL) October 29, 2023
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