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ESPN’s Adam Schefter is the premier name when it comes to breaking NFL news. But even Schefter can’t deal with all the hoops NFL fans have to jump through to watch games.
Take, for example, Thursday Night Football which streams exclusively on Amazon Prime. These days, it seems like everybody either has Amazon Prime or knows somebody whose Amazon Prime login info they can use.
But Schefter apparently isn’t among those people, and he’s not about to subscribe to Amazon Prime just for one football a week, even if he makes $9 million a year from ESPN.
Adam Schefter is using methstreams. This is not a joke or parody https://t.co/LsolXuBsWl
— Erich Richter (@erichterrr) November 1, 2024
Schefter posted a video on Twitter on Thursday night of New York Jets receiver Malachi Corley’s blunder after the rookie accidentally fumbled the ball before crossing the goal line.
Keen observers, however, noticed that in the top left corner of Schefter’s post was a watermark that read “MethStreams.com.”
MethStreams is a popular sports streaming site that uses pirated video from across the world and several broadcasts. However, TNF is exclusive to Amazon Prime globally.
Fans were quick to note that Schefter was not watching on Amazon Prime.
No Amazon Prime pic.twitter.com/sv4ncDeh8X
— Big Mike || Quinn Meinerz’s #1 Fan (@MeinerzMuse) November 1, 2024
Using illegal streaming video is WILD 😭
— TTI (@TikTokInvestors) November 1, 2024
Is that a methstreams I see, Adam??
— Chase Snyder (@ChasingSnyder) November 1, 2024
Just last year, the NFL joined the NBA and UFC in an attempt to crack down on pirated streams of their products. They estimated that illegal streams cost major U.S. sports around $28 billion annually.
“Unfortunately, UFC, NBAP and NFLP’s shared experience is that many OSPs frequently take hours or even days to remove content in response to takedown notices—thus allowing infringing live content to remain online during the most anticipated moments, or even the entirety, of a UFC event or an NBA or NFL game,” the leagues wrote in a letter to congress.”
They make a good point. And it’s hard to imagine that the NFL will be very happy with its most prolific reporter tacitly endorsing the use of streaming sites.
Roger Goodell defended the NFL’s use of multiple platforms prior to the 2024 season.
But it’s clear that even Schefter seems unwilling to jump through the various hoops that the NFL makes fans go through to watch all its games.