Thursday night games are largely shown online. The NFL had its first playoff game as an exclusive streaming event. It leaves only one logical conclusion – soon enough, the Super Bowl will be a paid event, right? For Roger Goodell, that’s one line he says he won’t cross.
In his yearly State of the NFL question and answer session, one pushed to Monday and became invite-only, drawing plenty of criticism, Goodell was asked if he’d ever consider making viewers pay to watch the Super Bowl.
“Certainly not in my time,” Goodell told host Tracy Wolfson, via Awful Announcing.