President Trump's NFL Claim Gets Immediately Fact-Checked

President Trump made quite the claim about NFL fans and how much they're paying to watch games.

The President of the United States claimed that fans are paying more than $1,000 to watch games.

"They have that stupid kickoff thing that you can't watch," Trump said. "It's unwatchable. I hate the games where they have the new phony kickoff. I don't think it's any safer. I hope college football doesn't do that."

He continued.

"There's something very sad when they take football away from many, many people, he continued. "Very sad. I don't like it… They're making a lot of money. They could make a little bit less. They could let the people see. You have people that live for Sunday. They live. They can't think about anything else, and then all of a sudden they're gonna have to pay $1,000 a game. It's crazy, so I'm not happy about it."

President Trump's claim gets fact-checked, though.

President of United States called out for '$1,000s' claim

The President of the United States appears to be mistaken.

"Senator Mike Lee has cited research showing fans spent close to $1,000 on cable and streaming subscriptions to watch every game last season, meaning the full 272-game regular season slate plus playoffs, not a single game. Trump appears to have heard 'a thousand dollars' and stopped listening," Awful Announcing wrote.

"It's one banana, Michael. What could it cost, ten dollars?"

NFL insider Ari Meirov was among those to shoot down President Trump's claim, as well.

"Fans are not paying $1,000 a game, but the Department of Justice has opened an investigation regarding this topic," he wrote.

President Trump might have gotten the figure wrong, but NFL fans can agree - paying to watch so many different games is wrong.

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This story was originally published May 10, 2026 at 12:10 PM.