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The post JJ Watt puts his foot down on streaming services amid YouTube TV, ESPN MNF blackout appeared first on ClutchPoints. If the recent ESPN-YouTube TV blackout made Monday Night Football hard to watch, you are not alone, as legendary NFL pass rusher JJ Watt was feeling your pain.
As the standoff continues, ESPN sent a subtle message to anyone looking for the "Monday Night Football" game - like YouTube TV customers. In nearly every tweet from the ESPN account on Monday night, the network included the message "Watch Cardinals-Cowboys on ABC, ESPN and the ESPN App" at the bottom.
Monday Night Football is nationally broadcast by ESPN and ABC under a rights deals that runs through the 2033 season. Since those channels are currently blacked out on YouTube TV, subscribers can’t stream MNF or any ESPN programming, including SportsCenter, NFL Live, or Monday Night Countdown.
If you're like me and have YouTube TV, you're probably creating entire spreadsheets and pricing matrices about how to watch ESPN now that it's disappeared from the live TV streaming service. You could choose to ditch YouTube TV for other streaming services.
YouTube TV customers are furious with the ongoing dispute involving the streaming platform and Disney, and every passing day continues to do both parties a tremendous disservice during one of the busiest sports periods of the year.
Why are ESPN, Disney-owned networks not appearing on YouTube TV? Here's what to know, including how to watch impacted men's college basketball games:
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