YouTube TV bringing big changes to 'NFL Sunday Ticket'

PHOENIX — It probably won’t be your father’s “NFL Sunday Ticket.”

With YouTube TV taking over the package from DirecTV that allows fans to watch out-of-market games, Sunday Ticket might finally have some of the features fans have pined for.  

“It’s a product that, for all intents and purposes, has not changed in almost 30 years,” Brian Rolapp said on “The Marchand & Ourand Sports Media Podcast” that published Friday.

While the core package will probably be priced the same in the $300 range, there will likely be other offerings this fall. As a result of moving to a digital platform — a huge difference in itself from satellite — some of the changes, according to Rolapp, could include:

• A lower-cost, stripped-down version
• The ability to watch multiple games at one time
• Interactive features

The one item that doesn’t seem as if it will be available — at least not this upcoming season — is buying only the games of a fan’s favorite team.

There is a lot of room for YouTube and the NFL to innovate — and they plan to do it.

“There’s probably a lot of opportunity between the all-you-can-eat and free television,” Rolapp said.

The NFL had already announced that Sunday Ticket will be on YouTube TV, but fans will be able to buy it at a slightly higher price without that service.

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