One of the biggest games of Week 5 of the college football season was the Notre Dame Fighting Irish taking on the Louisville Cardinals. The game aired exclusively on Peacock, which was unfortunate for several college football fans.
Fans Pissed at Peacock Video Quality
Several fans on social media had complaints about the quality of the telecast on the streaming service. Noting that the video quality was grainy and would often buffer, causing them to miss key moments during the matchup.
"You really okay with this glitchy, impossible-to-watch live sports broadcast? Why would anyone want to pay for this? Absolutely criminal what you are doing to customers," one fan wrote to the Peacock account on X, formerly known as Twitter.
"Garbage service, garbage company," another fan added.
@peacock @NCAA you really okay with this glitchy, impossible to watch live sports broadcast? Why would anyone want to pay for this? Absolutely criminal what you are doing to customers. pic.twitter.com/LJB1vks6GX
— Joe Strehle (@JoeStrehle) September 28, 2024
Others chimed in noting they had no issues with their video quality. But that was not the case for everyone.
Ohio State Senator Slams Streaming Service
It's not only fans on social media who are upset with Peacock and their sports streaming services. Some lawmakers have just as much disdain for Peacock.
Ohio State Senator Bill DeMora also expressed his beef with Peacock. His disdain is because the streaming service will only show one Ohio State game this year. But it is one of the biggest games of the year against Michigan State. And if fans want to view it, they will have to purchase a one-month subscription just to view the one game.
Fans of course can enjoy all the other content on the platform as well. But that is not the point. DeMore believes it is just the latest example of greed from networks and streaming services.
"But while the executives at the Big Ten get even richer, the sports fans and common consumers get screwed! Even though I may be the biggest Ohio State fan in the country, this exclusivity deal is such a blatant scam that I will not be watching the game, and I know that many Ohioans will be doing the same because this greed-fueled garbage can hardly even be considered football at this point," DeMora writes.
"Fortunately, Ohio State only has one game streaming this year. I cannot imagine how awful it must be for a fan of some of the smaller schools with more of their games banished to streaming hell."
