NFL could be headed for expanded relationship with YouTube for game broadcasts

Football fans better be ready to watch more games on YouTube in the future.  The platform is the favorite to land a four-game slate of regular-season contests that the NFL kept as part of an equity deal with ESPN, Sports Business Journal reported.  The report dubbed YouTube the “early leader” for the package, though there are still several parties reportedly interested in it.  The four games in the package were part of the recently greenlit deal between ESPN and the NFL that will see the former take ownership of NFL Network while the league gets a 10 percent stake in ESPN. Bar patrons watch the YouTube TV telecast of the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers on September 05, 2025 in Buffalo, New York. Getty Images It wasn’t immediately clear what games would be part of the package, though one could envision that some of the league’s international games could end up on the digital platform.  “Beyond an international element, other games that could go to YouTube could be for exclusive windows elsewhere on the calendar, such as later in the season when streamers such as Peacock or ESPN+ have picked up games in the
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