Overview
- ESPN declined YouTube’s request for Jason Kelce to join coverage of the Sept. 6 Chargers–Chiefs game in São Paulo, according to multiple reports.
- Front Office Sports reports ESPN set a policy months ago barring its broadcasters from appearing on YouTube or Netflix NFL games.
- YouTube’s broadcast will feature Rich Eisen and Kurt Warner on the call, Stacey Dales and creator Deestroying on the sidelines, a studio team led by Kay Adams with Cam Newton, Derek Carr, Tyrann Mathieu, and Brandon Marshall, and an IShowSpeed altcast, with NBC producing.
- An ESPN spokesperson declined to comment on the decision, and YouTube did not respond to requests for comment.
- Fox is also expected to keep its NFL talent off streamer broadcasts this season after lending Greg Olsen to Netflix last year, while Kelce works under a reported multi-year, roughly $24 million ESPN deal for Monday Night Countdown.