The NFL is facing two major issues as the 2026 season approaches: how fans are watching the games, and the ongoing discussion of playing surfaces. Former NFL tight end-turned-FOX analyst Greg Olsen understands that the league is a money-making business.

Streaming and Playing Surfaces

Olsen said, ‘I get it. From a high-level, nonbiased perspective, I understand it. I understand the frustrations and why this conversation is out there. The amount of different streamers and subscriptions, and I need to have cable to go along with my cable. I get all of that — I’m also a realist,’

The playing surface conversation is being heightened this summer, as 11 NFL stadiums are hosting FIFA World Cup games, which must take place on grass. Out of those 11 venues, six of them use turf but were forced to make the switch to accommodate FIFA’s regulations.

Olsen pushed back a bit on the ‘interesting’ conversation. ‘When they get injured, they don’t like playing on turf. And when they play on bad grass in the rain, and they play on bad grass up in the Northeast and Midwest in the winter late in the season, footing’s bad, it’s sloppy and nobody can run, the skill guys don’t feel fast, they can’t figure out their shoes, they also complain about that. So I do think there’s an element where you’re never going to make everyone happy,’

Original reporting: Fox News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.