Talk about a gut punch right out of the gate for the NFL season! Thousands of football fans got completely blocked from their Sunday ritual when NFL RedZone and the official NFL app reportedly went down across America, right as the opening kickoffs were flying. What a nightmare!
Week 1 Kicks Off With Black Screens
For many of us, Sunday means settling in for that “octo-box” magic, watching every game, every play. But nope, not this past Sunday. Loads of fans couldn’t even get into the stream, totally missing those crucial opening plays. It didn’t take long for social media to blow up, with fans calling out the NFL directly. You know the feeling: you’re hyped, ready for football, and then your screen is just black. One fan, @chasen_dreamztv, tweeted about paying “$15 a month to miss Redzone immediately.” Another, @DegenerateGamb1, posted a screenshot of the app saying “Oh no! Something went wrong” and called out the NFL and @nflnetwork. Nobody wants their football season to start like that!
NFL+ Responds as Outages Continue
While it sounds like Scott Hansen’s voice is back for *most* customers now, letting them get their fix, the issues aren’t totally gone. There are still reported outages haunting folks across the country. NFL+, the league’s own streaming service, finally acknowledged the mess at 1:27 p.m. ET, stating they’re “aware of the issues” affecting the “NFL+ experience.” They’re telling anyone still locked out to submit a ticket to their customer support team. Seriously? It’s Week 1, and fans are basically being told, “Go file a complaint.”
Look, this is football, people! We live for these Sundays. To have thousands of us miss the opening plays, the excitement, all because of technical difficulties is just rough. The league needs to get this totally sorted ASAP, because nobody wants to pay good money to watch an error message, especially not when the season just started. Let’s hope Week 2 doesn’t have a repeat of this headache.
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Originally reported by The Sporting News.
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