UPDATED with matchup details. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said that the Kansas City Chiefs will face the L.A. Chargers in an early-September game streaming globally on YouTube.
The commissioner made the announcement Wednesday night at YouTube’s Brandcast event for advertisers. The Chargers being in on the precedent-setting streaming event from Brazil had been disclosed Wednesday by YouTube. “I can trust you, right?” Goodell said to the audience, given that the event was a few minutes before the league’s full schedule reveal was planned.
PREVIOUS: In a first, YouTube will stream a full NFL game in September, exclusively carrying the league’s newly established annual game in Brazil.
The NFL had previously announced a sequel to last fall’s successful debut edition in São Paulo, which streamed on Peacock, but no rights partner had been announced. YouTube will include a splashy segment on the game at its Brandcast event for
...
Keep reading this article on DEADLINE.
