Dale Earnhardt Jr. is beloved in the NASCAR world and has made numerous contributions to NBC Sports. We thank Dale and we wish him the best going forward.”
"And, I agree, you're going to see, eventually in the next year or two years, whatever it is, another Wild Card game that is going to be on a streaming platform."
"If I'm the league, does it make more financial sense by selling off a game here, a game here, to five different partners and really trying to fleece them...making it realy competitive, and having them overpay. Or, to farm it out ourselves, like to really own everything ourselves."
NBCU wanted to keep the game, however, the report says Amazon has a clause in its agreement for 'Thursday Night Football' which allows it to have first choice.
"I didn’t see the harm in shooting this as it was never intended for the public. However, we captured so many powerful moments, and it transformed into a deeply personal journey."
There have been rumors surrounding Kelce potentially retiring from the National Football League, although nothing is substantive in that domain at the moment.
Amazon is on the precipice of its third year exclusively streaming Thursday Night Football games, recently delivering an average of 11.86 million viewers across its lineup of games.
"We are grateful for the support from Amazon and a group of our largest creditors who clearly believe in the value-creating potential of this business."