The only thing worse than the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul “fight” on Friday Night was the constant buffering issues by Netflix in their first foray into streaming live sports. With the streamer set to host the Steelers-Chiefs and Ravens-Texans Christmas Day games this year, it was more than a little concerning to see just how bad Netflix handled the live event. Per ESPN’s Dan Graziano, the NFL had a “check in” with Netflix following the fight about their streaming problems, but the NFL left the conversation “reassured” that Netflix had figured out their issues.
“The NFL did check in with Netflix following the Tyson-Paul fight to ask about the problems and assess the likelihood that they could repeat themselves on Christmas.