The Kansas City Chiefs will host the Miami Dolphins in a wild-card playoff game Saturday, and fans are livid.
Why?
Because it will only be aired on Peacock, which means you’re going to need to pay money to see it if you don’t already subscribe to NBC’s streaming service.
There is one interesting storyline to this—Taylor Swift. The pop star has been attending Chiefs games throughout the season, thanks to her relationship with Travis Kelce. That had fans thinking the NFL and NBC might have picked Kansas City on purpose for the Peacock game, because that could lead to a lot of people spending money on the service.
That led to jokes:
Peacock- “who are we going to put on for the playoffs? NFL fans are just going to pirate it, how can we get subs?”
— BigBlueVCR (@BigBlueVCR) January 8, 2024
NFL- “Say…what if we put on KC and make sure Taylor Swift will be there. The Swifties will pay for anything”
Peacock & NFL execs look at each other pic.twitter.com/xxIOAzakHL
Peacock to Taylor Swift like: pic.twitter.com/9fCgTICt7U
— Alex Plinck🏳️🌈 (@aplinckTX) January 8, 2024
Taylor Swift on @peacock?
— Bill Speros (@billsperos) January 8, 2024
Someone's getting paid pic.twitter.com/sBprpozFgV
Taylor Swift finding out the upcoming Chiefs and Dolphins game is exclusively on Peacock. pic.twitter.com/rgCvGrq8PB
— Joshua Gale (@joshuagale75) January 8, 2024
Putting Taylor Swift behind a paywall.
— Michael O'Donnell (@Michaeloptv) January 8, 2024
Brilliant $$$ move!! 🙄😨😳😬#ChiefsKingdom #Peacock #NFL #Playoffs pic.twitter.com/lkSS132TQl
Peacock and the nfl wirh Taylor swift at the chiefs game next Saturday! pic.twitter.com/e7xLv7lhAc
— Rob Lagergren (@roblagergren) January 8, 2024
Why is the #Chiefs-#Dolphins game on Peacock? so that Taylor Swift fans pay for it? https://t.co/B4gmSJVnDF pic.twitter.com/wPNBvC0i6z
— Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) January 8, 2024
Maybe #TaylorSwift can just buy Peacock and put it on for free so we can all watch. https://t.co/VDt2br9gZs
— Alex Parker (@ParkerSports) January 8, 2024
Chiefs fans can now be mad at Taylor Swift for them being relegated to Peacock for the playoffs
— James Stevenson (@JamesStevenson) January 8, 2024
