Netflix 'cannot get away with' production issues for NFL games, ex-star Shawne Merriman warns

Former NFL prima Shawne Merriman was among the expected 60 cardinal viewers who tuned into Netflix to ticker Jake Paul’s unanimous determination triumph implicit Mike Tyson.

Merriman was besides among those who were near perplexed by the production’s quality. With an overload of viewers who streamed onto the level astir 8 p.m. ET, galore customers experienced buffering issues. Additionally, the broadcast itself was plagued by unusual cutaways, Tyson’s afloat satellite and mics dropping retired astatine the astir inopportune time.

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Shawne Merriman is the laminitis of Lights Out Xtreme Fighting and Lights Out Sports TV. (Robert Hanashiro, USAT, USA Today via Imagn Content Services, LLC)

Unlike astir viewers who watched the fight, Merriman has acquisition successful producing unrecorded sports television. Lights Out Xtreme Fighting, which the erstwhile San Diego Chargers linebacker founded, streams unrecorded connected Lights Out Sports TV – the escaped transmission helium besides founded.

The questionable accumulation sparked worries among NFL fans, who interest what their acquisition volition beryllium similar erstwhile Netflix streams 2 Christmas Day games. Down Detector said it had logged much than 85,000 complaints from users having issues during the fight.

"They tin get distant with what happened with the Jake Paul and Mike Tyson fight. They cannot get distant with the NFL due to the fact that the 1 happening astir the NFL, their merchandise is No. 1," Merriman told Fox News Digital successful an interrogation connected Monday. "That shield, the look, the graphics packages, their transitioning from successful and retired of spots is pristine.

"You cannot nether nary circumstances botch an NFL broadcast and they person to enactment retired each those kinks present and get the close unit determination due to the fact that the NFL is not going to tolerate that. The NFL’s marque is excessively large and 1 happening astir the NFL, what we cognize and emotion is the accumulation prime is astatine the highest standards you tin get."

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The Jake Paul-Mike Tyson combat had issues but drew successful 60 cardinal people. (Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Merriman said a ton of accent investigating with instrumentality occurs earlier going live. He made wide determination request to beryllium backups to backups successful lawsuit thing unforeseen happens during the unrecorded broadcast.

He suspected Netflix whitethorn not person had the close squad successful spot for a unrecorded sporting event.

"It conscionable seemed similar they had a substance of immoderate extracurricular radical erstwhile it came to directors and producers portion determination was a batch of successful location who didn’t recognize however to spell astir unrecorded sports," helium theorized.

"Live sports successful wide is tough, pugnacious concern and that’s wherefore you got these prime fewer that bash a large occupation and been doing a large occupation astatine it for a agelong time."

Merriman said helium produces a four-hour amusement for his MMA promotion and understood the trouble immoderate of the Netflix unit went done during the fight.

The erstwhile NFL prima added helium expected to get it close successful clip for the NFL – and aboriginal WWE – to travel to the streaming service.

"They volition get it right. I wasn’t excessively up connected Amazon’s accumulation erstwhile they archetypal started ‘Thursday Night Football’ either," helium said. "You tin archer the quality and they got it right.

"You cannot nether nary circumstances botch an NFL broadcast," Shawne Merriman said. (Robert Hanashiro, USAT, USA Today via Imagn Content Services, LLC)

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"Netflix volition get it right. Also, I deliberation it’s going to alteration the scenery of the NFL successful the planetary market. So, they person to get that close due to the fact that if they do, that’s a lucifer made successful heaven."

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