Dismayed that Chiefs fans who don’t have Peacock subscriptions potentially won’t be able to see Saturday’s playoff against the Dolphins, defensive end Charles Omenihu is looking to do something about it.
While the 26-year-old can’t change the league’s reported one-year deal worth around $110 million with NBCUniversal to broadcast the game, he is offering to hook some fans up with free memberships to the streaming service.
“Alright Chiefs Kingdom, I saw the comments and want y’all to be able to watch us play…So, I’m giving away 90 3-month Peacock memberships! To enter to win, reply to this tweet with why you should get picked. Picking winners Friday!” Omenihu wrote on X Tuesday night.
The offer came two days after the defensive end expressed shock over Saturday’s game only being aired on Peacock, limiting those who can watch it to people who have the service.
There is an exception for fans in the market of the participating teams, as they will be able to view the game on their local NBC affiliate.
“Us playing on peacock ONLY is insane I won’t lie,” Omenihu originally wrote Sunday night on X.
The NFL has a similar streaming-only setup with Amazon for “Thursday Night Football,” which also allows the exception for local markets.
Peacock also exclusively carried a regular season game on Dec. 23 between the Bills and Chargers.
The number of streaming services that fans need to watch some NFL games has been a topic of conversation among upset football fans.
Former WFAN host Mike Francesa criticized the league on his podcast.
“This is a joke that the NFL would do this with their playoff product,” he said during a recent episode. “It’s bad enough that they would do it with a regular-season game on a Thursday night, or do it with a regular-season game on a Saturday.
‘But to do it with a playoff game is the biggest slap in the face to their national fan base.”
