WASHINGTON – The Article III Project today released a new national survey finding broad, bipartisan American opposition to Big Tech's aggressive push to move live sports exclusively onto paid streaming platforms.

The survey of likely voters across party lines reveals a rare and resounding bipartisan consensus: Americans want live sports to remain accessible on free broadcast television. They expect those broadcasts to carry life-saving emergency alerts, and they are increasingly alarmed by the financial and civic toll that streaming monopolists are extracting from families and local communities alike.

An overwhelming 93% of likely voters – cutting across party, gender, and age – said it is important that live sports broadcasts can be automatically interrupted to deliver local emergency alerts, such as tornado warnings. Eighty-four percent of voters believe NFL games should remain on free broadcast TV or available on both free and paid platforms, with just 1% saying sports should be exclusively on paid streaming services.

In 2025, watching every NFL game required multiple paid subscriptions costing an estimated $1,500 per year according to the Federal Communications Commission. Meanwhile, 51% of likely voters said they would be concerned about their local TV station's ability to fund local news and emergency coverage if it lost the rights to broadcast NFL games.

"Big Tech and the NFL are quietly dismantling the free broadcast infrastructure that American families relied on for generations, and they're doing it one exclusive streaming deal at a time. Americans know what they are losing. As FCC Chairman Carr said, working families should not have to choose between paying their bills and watching their favorite team play on a Sunday afternoon.

"When Big Tech monopolists control live sports, they control the focus of the nation, and that means they control whether your family gets a tornado warning in time to take cover. I join Senator Mike Lee in urging the DOJ, FTC, and State Attorneys General to investigate whether the Big Tech's streaming deals violate our antitrust laws," said Mike Davis, founder and president of the Article III Project.

Survey conducted March 2–3, 2026, by OnMessage Inc. of 1,800 likely voters with a margin of error of +/- 2.3%.

The Article III Project (A3P) was founded by veteran GOP operative and attorney Mike Davis, who, after helping win the Senate confirmation battles of Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, developed the reputation as a “take-no-prisoners conservative eager to challenge the left with hardball tactics,” as reported in The New York Times.‍‍

‍A3P defends constitutionalist judges, punches back on radical assaults on judicial independence (like court-packing) and opposes judicial and other nominees who are outside of the mainstream. Davis previously served as Chief Counsel for Nominations to Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary and led the Senate confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and a record number of circuit court judges.

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