Meet some of the Chiefs fans who won Peacock subscriptions from Charles Omenihu

Pete Grathoff
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Here’s a reminder that people in and around Kansas City will be able to watch Saturday’s Chiefs-Dolphins playoff game on KSHB (Ch. 41), either on cable or via an antenna.

Folks in, say, New York or Washington D.C. aren’t so lucky. They’ll need a Peacock subscription. That infuriated New York congressman Pat Ryan. On Friday, Ryan called the decision to put the game on Peacock by the NFL and NBC a “greedy bait-and-switch scheme.”

“It is absolutely ridiculous that my constituents, who already pay for NBC, have to pay even more to watch this game,” Ryan said in a news release. “How much more profit do Roger Goodell and NBC need to make at the expense of hard working Americans before they are satisfied? I’m demanding the NFL and NBC stop the BS and offer fans the service they already pay for, or we’re coming for your antitrust exemption.

“The NFL raked in $12 billion in 2022; NBCUniversal made almost $40 billion. They now have a choice, either fix this problem, or we’ll fix it for them.”

Chiefs defensive lineman Charles Omenihu is doing hits part to help Chiefs fans who live outside the Kansas City area. Omenihu is giving away 90 free three-month subscriptions to the streaming service.

Those fans had to respond to Omenihu’s message on X about the giveaway and explain why they wanted a free subscription. Legacy Philanthropy contacted the winners Thursday.

Here are some of those fans who won and what they wrote. There are some heartwarming stories.