What Bill Simmons has said about Sports broadcasting rights and streaming

2 quotes · 1 episode · May 15, 2026

Bill Simmons, Sportswriter and founder of The Ringer, host of The Bill Simmons Podcast, has been quoted on Sports broadcasting rights and streaming 2 times in 1 episode of The Bill Simmons Podcast, most recently on May 15, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Simmons argued that selling standalone games to streamers is weakening the Sunday Fox and CBS packages.
“what they're really doing is weakening the Sunday Fox and CBS games”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 33:22
Simmons argued local teams' playoff games should remain on broadcast television.
“At the very least, like the games in the local cities, I feel like should be on normal TV”
The Bill Simmons Podcast: Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 49:15

Harden’s Moment, an NFL Schedule Glut, Owning the Jazz, and a Boston Sports Check-In—With Bryan Curtis, Bill’s Dad, and Ryan Smith
The Bill Simmons Podcast · May 15, 2026 · 2 h 54 min
Bill Simmons previews NBA Game 6s, discusses sports schedule glut with Bryan Curtis, Boston sports with his dad, and Jazz rebuilding with owner Ryan Smith.