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Robert Zeglinski

Why the new NFL+ will give football fans a better deal than YouTube TV’s NFL Sunday Ticket

On Thursday, NFL media revealed that the league will expand its own direct-to-consumer subscription service, NFL+.

Now in the second year of the service, at its premium price, NFL+ will include live streams of NFL Network and the very popular NFL RedZone — which cuts to any game when a team is on the verge of scoring a touchdown. It’s a shocking addition that comes on the heels of NFL Sunday Ticket becoming an exorbitantly expensive part of YouTube TV.

I don’t understand the logic of the league seemingly undercutting one of its main broadcast partners, but I can’t say I mind as a passionate football fan looking for quality feeds to watch games!

Available on all TV, PC, phone, and tablet devices in the United States, let’s explain what you get with NFL+, NFL+ Premium, and NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV. Oh, by the way: Anyone who buys now gets a 20 percent discount on the annual price for both versions of the service.

(Spoiler alert, but this already looks like a fantastic deal.)

Here's what you get on NFL+

For $6.99 a month (or $49.99 a year):

  • NFL Network
  • Live out-of-market preseason games
  • Live game audio
  • NFL Films content

Here's what you get on the new NFL+ Premium

Here’s what you get for $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year with NFL+ Premium:

  • All of the same NFL+ content
  • NFL RedZone
  • Full and condensed game replays, all ad-free
  • All-22 Coaches Film
  • Some live local games and every primetime regular season game

Here's what you get with YouTube TV

Here’s what you get with YouTube TV for $249 a season (!) and $389 (!!!) if you bundled with RedZone:

  • Some but not all out-of-market regular-season afternoon NFL games
  • Every primetime regular-season NFL game

 

What does all this mean?

I’m not here to tell you how to spend your money, but it seems pretty obvious to me that the new NFL+ — especially now that TVs are included — has seen a pretty significant upgrade here.

It won’t give you the same options as YouTube TV and Sunday Ticket, but I, for one, think it’s definitely enough to make a lot of people consider opting for the significantly cheaper service that still has a lot of value and quality.

If you’re in the NFL’s shoes, what a strange time to announce this service upgrade.

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