The NFL is reportedly "irritated" by the NBA's new deal with NBC.
NBC has been the home of the NFL's biggest game of the week for more than 10 years now. NBC hosts "Sunday Night Football" during the regular season. It consistently ranks as not only the highest-rated NFL game of the week, but the highest-rated program in all of network television.
The network hosted the Super Bowl this year, too, as the Seahawks topped the Patriots, 29-13, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - NOVEMBER 12: NBC Sunday Night Football color commentator Cris Collinsworth (L) and play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico walk onto the field before a game between the New York Jets and the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium on November 12, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Ethan Miller/Getty Images
But the NFL is reportedly not happy with the NBA and its deal with NBC.
According to a report from John Ourand of Puck, some NFL executives were "irritated" by the NBA's deal with NBC.
"Executives at the NFL are irritated. That deal irritated them," Ourand told Andrew Marchandduring an appearance on Marchand's podcast. "The idea that NBC is paying more for Sunday Night Basketball than for Sunday Night Football. These are people and personalities, and it makes the executives at the NFL crazy that that happens. So could they come in and just start to turn the (nob) because of that NBA deal?"
Why is the NFL irritated?
NBC is reportedly paying more for the NBA than they are for the National Football League, according to media outlets.
The NFL is reportedly getting $2 billion from NBC for its package, while the NBA is reportedly getting $2.5 billion.
The NFL's media rights deals are coming up soon, though.
"It shakes out with the networks paying a ton more money to the NFL. A ton more," said Ourand. "We've always talked about that line for the other league, who are the haves, who are the have-nots? That line is going to be much more defined once these rights come out, because all of a sudden, you have the Premier League that's coming to market with all of its games. NBC is going to pay a lot more, and they're going to be paying for NFL, they're paying for the NBA. Can they afford something that's really weekend morning programming in the Premier League? You have baseball that's coming up."
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