JJ Watt Criticizes ESPN Amid YouTube TV Blackout
JJ Watt expressed frustration over the ongoing dispute between ESPN and YouTube TV. Earlier this week, he was unable to watch the Monday Night Football game between the Arizona Cardinals and Dallas Cowboys on YouTube TV because Disney had pulled its channels from the platform due to a carriage fee disagreement.
“The crazy part is, I have some sort of subscription because I watch Espanyol matches on ESPN+ I don’t understand it and quite frankly just don’t really care to figure it out right now.” — JJ Watt (@JJWatt), November 4, 2025
On Wednesday, Watt appeared on the Pat McAfee Show on ESPN and declared he would stop purchasing streaming services altogether.
“We need it, and I’m not going to enter my information on another frickin’ website, and I’m not getting a confirmation code sent to my email, clicking it and coming back and putting it in—I’m not doing it. I did it once, I have some sort of subscription, I have no clue what it is because I can only watch frickin’ half the content apparently, or it’s replay content that’s bull—-. Figure it out.” — JJ Watt on the Pat McAfee Show
Summary
JJ Watt criticized ESPN's complicated streaming situation amid the YouTube TV blackout, expressing frustration over limited access and vowing to avoid subscribing to new services.