Packers Fans Among Most Likely to Watch Via Illegal Streams

Only one team's supporters are more likely to turn to an illegal stream to watch their team than Green Bay Packers fans, according to a new study.

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Sometimes, the Green Bay Packers are guilty of illegal procedure. Sometimes, their fans are guilty of illegal streaming.

A new survey by Oddspedia shows almost half of Packers fans have used illegal streaming services so they could watch their beloved Green and Gold play live.

According to the survey, nobody breaks the rules more often than Cincinnati Bengals fans at 51.6 percent. They are followed by:

Green Bay Packers, 47.7 percent

Buffalo Bills, 47.6 percent

Baltimore Ravens, 47.1 percent

Las Vegas Raiders, 41.2 percent

Indianapolis Colts, 40.3 percent

New England Patriots, 39.3 percent

New York Jets, 35.7 percent

Washington Commanders, 35.5 percent

New York Giants, 35.1 percent.

By state, Pennsylvania fans are guilty at a rate of 71.4 percent. Ranking fourth are Wisconsinites at 51.2 percent.

Given the national appeal of the Packers, and that sometimes games aren’t shown outside the Midwest, perhaps those results aren’t surprising.

A couple Fox cameras at Lambeau Field in 2019 / Photo by USA Today Sports Images

Last week, for instance, most of the nation got to watch the Packers play at the Atlanta Falcons, but the entire Rocky Mountain region and the Washington, D.C., area, were subjected to other games.

This week, according to 506 Sports, most of the nation will get to see the Packers host the New Orleans Saints on Fox, but there are three other games in that early viewing window. Fans in Minnesota and most of California will have to watch the Los Angeles Chargers at the Minnesota Vikings, and fans in Michigan and a sizable chunk of the Southeast will have to watch the Atlanta Falcons at the Detroit Lions.

San Francisco 49ers fans are the least likely to pirate games at just 13.8 percent. Fans of the downtrodden Chicago Bears (13.9 percent) are next, and the used-to-be-downtrodden Lions aren’t far behind (17.2 percent).

For legal streaming of games, YouTube has taken over NFL Sunday Ticket. FuboTV also streams games and all sorts of other programming.

According to the survey, 39 percent of fans “regularly watch their team’s games” via paid streaming services. Not far behind, 35 percent of fans watch via illegal streams. Those numbers far outpace cable (14 percent), antenna (8 percent) and satellite (4 percent).

Major sports leagues might be “losing up to $28 billion in … annual revenue” due to illegal streaming. Because of that enormous mountain of lost cash, the NFL was among leagues who have asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to do more to shut down pirated broadcasts, FrontOfficeSports.com reported in August.

The Oddspedia survey is based on the responses of 3,200 American football fans in August. The respondents were 70 percent male with an average age of 42.

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