In March, EverPass announced that NFL Sunday Ticket would become an exclusive streaming property in commercial establishments, like bars and restaurants, removing the option to capture the games via satellite. That has now changed.
It was announced on Friday that Sunday Ticket will return to DirecTV in 2026 for commercial establishments.
David Rumsey of Front Office Sports reports that the agreement runs through at least the 2028 season.
The shift was going to be problematic for plenty of bars and restaurants that don’t have the infrastructure to ensure that sufficiently effective Internet service will be available to stream the various games to the various monitors.
The issue was front and center at the June 10 hearing before the House Judiciary Committee. Many bar and restaurant owners wanted to continue to rely on DirecTV to provide Sunday Ticket to their customers.
While EverPass continues to hope to eventually convert all of its services to streaming-only, the business realities and the political climate pointed to pressing pause on the project. Which will allow more commercial establishments to provide Sunday afternoon games to its customers without having to work about the expense of converting — or about the possibility that the NFL fans watching NFL games will be suffering through constant buffering.
Which wouldn’t be good for business. And wouldn’t be good for anybody.
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