The NFL season begins annually with a three-week preseason in August, followed by an 18-week regular season running from September to January. The NFL is available to live stream for free on these platforms:

In the StreamEast sting, there were two real-life arrests that went down. Two men were arrested in Egypt "and authorities reportedly uncovered a shell company in the United Arab Emirates that allegedly laundered more than $6 million in advertising proceeds since 2010." StreamEast had 1.6 billion visits in the past year, per The Athletic .

Fans seeking to watch college football and NFL games can turn to alternative streaming services, which offer free trials and promotions.

A coalition of media companies and Egyptian authorities announced Wednesday that they’d taken down live sports-focused piracy network Streameast, which they said had hosted 1.6 billion visits across 80 associated domains over the past year.