Google May Bid on NFL Rights

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Updated Apr. 20, 2017 5:47PM EDT / Published Aug. 21, 2013 10:56AM EDT

Largest American website, meet the largest American sport. The NFL’s Sunday Ticket package, which offers DirecTV users access to every game, is up for grabs after the 2014 season. And Google seems to be interested. All Things Digital reported that Sunday Ticket was part of the discussion during a meeting between NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, Google CEO Larry Page, and YouTube content head Robert Kyncl. The cost to Google would be relatively small potatoes ($1 billion a year) and would allow it to make a bigger leap into video.

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Google May Bid on NFL Rights