Donald Trump believes fans are having to pay "$1,000 a game" to watch football on television.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

An out-of-touch Donald Trump believes fans are having to pay “$1,000 a game” to watch football on television.

During a Sunday interview on Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson, the 79-year-old president was asked whether the federal government would step in over alleged “price gouging” surrounding the broadcasting of America’s favorite sport.

Last month, the Department of Justice launched an investigation into whether the NFL is engaging in anticompetitive tactics that harm consumers by making more games available only through paid streaming subscription services.

After going off on a brief tangent to once again blast football’s dynamic kickoff rule—which aims to make the game safer for players by reducing on-field collisions—the president then vastly overstated how much fans pay to watch games on television.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/confused-trump-79-answers-simple-102336533.html

You don't pay that for a live game unless you have club seats or a suite.

[unblock]

1. Cue the media barrage of "he's too old" and "mental decline"

Oh wait, he's a Republican. Never mind!

[RockRaven]

2. In the vast annals of his innumerate exaggerations, this is small potatoes. And yet.

The NFL is yet another club that didn't allow Donnie Dumbass to join, and he will never forgive that. His lies undermine what should be a real effort to protect consumers, which was going to fall by the wayside anyway under a Republican administration.

[JT45242]

4. MLB, NFL, NBA, NCAA all are going to fragmented systems that require multiple subscriptions to watch-he is messing up

I'll preface this by saying that I am a transplanted Ohioan who lives in Iowa.

A few years back, I stopped getting satellite because it had become too expensive to justify. Plus, the Big Ten was putting a lot of games on Peacock, so I could watch Ohio State football games. A lot of locals did as well, as many Iowa games were on Peacock. It was cheaper than having the satellite and a bunch of channels that I did not want to pay for (Faux News is the biggest cuplrit as they were getting like $5-6/month from me and everyone else).

Then the Big Ten started splitting up its games -- some on ESPN, some on the Fox Noon game, some on Peacock (which were now the games that were two middle of the road or worse football teams). Still had Peacock -- but now I wasn't getting Ohio State.Made worse in that standard ESPN+ and Disney+ do not carry NCAA football -- need an upgarde or get FUBO for like $60/month.

The NFL has games on Prime, Peacock, Hulu, etc. They moved the NFL package to YouTUbeTV so you would have to get a youtube TV subscription in addition to the Sunday ticket to get to watch out of market games (Iowa considers the Packers and Bears our 'local' teams). If you root for a team in the NFC, you better hope they play against KC Chiefs every week if you hope to watch them play. (Bengals fan)

MLB still blacks out games even with MLB ticket. (FIL was a huge Tigers fan living in Indianapolis and they were in the blackout zone somehow with Direct TV)

Something needs to be done -- but him lying isn't helping.

[The Wizard]

3. It's not the

TFL (Trump Football League) yet.

[Auggie]

5. A demented old man heard someone tell him a while ago ...

that to watch all nationally broadcast NFL games could set someone back about $1000.00.

Cable, premium cable, Prime, Netflix, Peacock, NFL Package, etc. I remember the story. We even discussed it here.

A demented old man couldn't relay the story correctly.

[LessAspin]

6. Rupert Murdoch

Biting the hand (NFL) that feeds him (Fox)

Rupert doesn't want to compete with Streamers so he's trying to get Trump to step in..

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing.bsky.social) 2026-05-11T16:03:23.868Z

Fox is playing a dangerous game with the NFL that could end up costing them everything.

awfulannouncing.com/nfl/could-fo...

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing.bsky.social) 2026-05-09T20:15:02.495Z

Fox Corporation founder Rupert Murdoch reportedly dined with Donald Trump to encourage federal pressure on the NFL.

awfulannouncing.com/nfl/rupert-m...

— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing.bsky.social) 2026-05-09T12:15:03.807Z