NFL World Reacts Wildly to First TNF Game on Amazon Prime Video

Fans must have an Amazon Prime subscription to access the Chiefs vs. Chargers game on Thursday night.

Amazon Prime’s first Thursday Night Football game on Sept. 15 caused a lot of confusion for football fans.

Older fans especially struggled to figure out how to access the game, especially when they realized Amazon Prime isn’t a channel included with cable.

This change is something NFL fans have to get used to after Amazon signed a $13 billion deal through 2033 with the league last year. The company pays $1 billion a year to showcase 15 games per year.

The catch for fans is that they must have an Amazon Prime subscription, which costs $14.99 a month or $139 a year, to watch the game. Additionally, there is a $8.99 Prime Video membership. Fans can also access a 30-day free trial.

Despite all the issues, fans found a way to have fun with the change. Twitter flooded with jokes about people struggling to learn or teach family or friends how to watch the game between the Chiefs and the Chargers.

I'm doing more work than the players before the game trying to figure out how to get Amazon Prime on my tv

— Marty Mush (@martymush) September 15, 2022

Old folks trying to find the #Chiefs game tonight pic.twitter.com/ayJSaJq93t

— Aaron Ladd (@aaronladdtv) September 15, 2022

Congrats to everyone who successfully found the game on Amazon Prime. We made it! pic.twitter.com/PifVE4egFv

— Steven Cheah (@StevenCheah) September 16, 2022

Send like 20 straight text messages to my daughter while she was in class so that she could step into the hallway call me back and give me her Amazon prime password. The amount of eye roll (FaceTime) she gave me when I told her fantasy football was being played 😂

— Tony Jones (@Tjonesonthenba) September 15, 2022

People now realizing TNF is Amazon Prime. pic.twitter.com/NZ9cgj6RNg

— Tommy Tran (@TommyTranTV) September 16, 2022

This whole Amazon Prime football deal is dangerous. I logged into my account and ordered several things I don’t need before the game 🤦🏻‍♀️

— Caroline Goggin (@CarolineGoggin) September 16, 2022

Bars and restaurants struggled on Thursday night to access the game. If the company doesn’t have an Amazon Prime account, then they can’t show their customers the live game on Thursday nights.

I’m actually at a sports bar and tonight is the Amazon game. This isn’t that game. Will inquire why they don’t have Amazon Prime, but this isn’t that game. When asked, they don’t have it. So much for special provisions for bars/restaurants. pic.twitter.com/RRxROGfkqP

— Seth Everett (@Seth_Everett) September 16, 2022

This whole Amazon Prime thing might get easier as the season goes on, or at least one can hope.