Watching every NFL game now costs over $1,000. Is that legal?

Published June 13, 2026 6:00am ET



It began innocently enough. In December 2023, the Buffalo Bills, my daughter’s favorite team largely thanks to a preteen crush on Bills quarterback Josh Allen, played a big Week 16 matchup at the Los Angeles Chargers. It was a Saturday night. 

But after going through the usual exercise of flipping on ESPN, then ABC, then CBS, then NBC, I couldn’t find the game anywhere. A quick Google search led us to the right destination: Peacock.

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