What used to be a yearly issue for DirecTV is now becoming a weekly problem with the NFL Sunday Ticket app down. AGAIN.
Ahead of Week 1’s NFL games, fans logged into their Sunday Ticket app to find that games either weren’t loading or were incorrectly given “blacked out” error messages. DirecTV, of course, had all offseason to get the app running and functional, so failing to do so for Week 1 was an inexcusable letdown. But hey, there was another week to get it fixed.
Well, the service evidently had not been repaired for Week 2.
Fans took to social media during Week 2’s early slate to complain that the DirecTV Sunday Ticket app was failing to load any game. Eventually, the spinning wheel would settle on a “resource unavailable” message. It looked something like this:
You had ONE job, DirecTV.
As many know, this is expected to be DirecTV’s final season as the exclusive home for NFL Sunday Ticket with Apple and Amazon seen as favorites to land the rights. This final, lame-duck season as a rights holder hasn’t given DirecTV much incentive to put out a reliable app, and NFL fans are paying the price.
They were understandably furious about DirecTV’s embarrassing failure for a second straight week.
This was how Twitter reacted
Sunday ticket: pic.twitter.com/PpTJXSu3Lc
— Kevin Clark (@bykevinclark) September 18, 2022
society if nfl sunday ticket was owned by anyone besides direct tv pic.twitter.com/atr1xt16mP
— sara (@emofrodo) September 18, 2022
Sunday Ticket is down again. Not working for the second week in a row. Why am I paying for this? @DIRECTVhelp @NFL
— Jer Is Me (@Thrice_J) September 18, 2022
Yo! @DIRECTV the amount of money we pay for Sunday ticket this app should be working flawlessly. Not constantly “could not connect to server.” Can’t wait until you lose your NFL rights
— Keith Proctor (@QBone08) September 18, 2022
If your Sunday Ticket is down, it's not just you.
— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) September 18, 2022
Sunday Ticket just like Patriots offense. Looks good for a little while then sputters and you don't quite know what's happening or when it's going to get back on track.
— Wildes (@kevinwildes) September 18, 2022
The NFL Sunday Ticket app is such trash.
— JJ Zachariason (@LateRoundQB) September 18, 2022
DirectTV @nfl Sunday Ticket down again.
Just a garbage product.
— sobourbon (@sobourbon) September 18, 2022
And my @DIRECTV Sunday Ticket app is once again not working, after I got an email from them this week assuring me they fixed the technical glitches from last week.
— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) September 18, 2022
PGA TOUR NFL Sunday Ticket
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Off air— No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) September 18, 2022
So Sunday Ticket is just flat out not working now?
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) September 18, 2022
So glad Sunday Ticket streaming is once again not working. So glad I pay for this absolute garbage service.
— Chris Mueller (@ChrisMuellerPGH) September 18, 2022
This cannot keep happening.
