The NFL gives first responders 15% off, verified through ID.me. Police, firefighters, and emergency services personnel are the named eligible roles. One thing to know first: in the US, the product this applies to is now NFL+, not NFL Game Pass.
NFL+ is the league’s own subscription streaming service, carrying live local and primetime games on phones and tablets, plus game replays and audio.
The Name Change Matters
NFL Game Pass was the league’s US streaming product for years. It was replaced domestically by NFL+ in 2022. Game Pass still exists as a brand internationally, which is why search results and older discount pages keep returning it and why the two names get used interchangeably in write-ups that have not been updated.
If you are in the US and looking for the subscription the discount applies to, you are looking for NFL+.
How To Get The NFL First Responder Discount
At checkout, scroll to the bottom of the page until you see an American flag icon labeled for military and first responder discounts. Click through, verify with ID.me, and the discount applies automatically to your subscription.
The placement is worth flagging on its own. A verification link at the bottom of a checkout page is easy to scroll past, and people routinely complete a purchase at full price without noticing it. Look for it before you submit payment, not after.
Who Qualifies
The NFL names police, firefighters, and emergency services personnel for the first responder rate. Its military discount separately covers active duty, National Guard, reserve, veterans, and military spouses.
Because verification runs through ID.me, ID.me’s first responder rules govern who clears. Qualifies: EMTs from Basic through Advanced, paramedics, flight nurses, and mobile intensive care nurses. Firefighters qualify career, volunteer, or retired, including fire marshals and wildland firefighters. Law enforcement covers federal, state, local, and campus police, active and retired, plus sheriff’s deputies, correctional officers, and state troopers. Federal agents from the FBI, DEA, Secret Service, and CBP are included.
Does not qualify: ambulance drivers, security officers, and CERT volunteers. 911 dispatchers are covered for select offers only rather than automatically, which is a real gap for dispatch staff on a program like this one.
Not The Same As NFL Sunday Ticket
NFL Sunday Ticket, which carries out-of-market Sunday afternoon games, is sold through YouTube rather than by the league directly, and it runs its own separate ID.me listing and its own discount terms.
So “the NFL discount” can mean two different products with two different subscriptions. If out-of-market games are what you actually want, Sunday Ticket is the product to check, not NFL+.
Q&A
Q: Does the discount renew each year?
A: Not stated in the published terms. Subscription discounts frequently apply to an initial term rather than every renewal, so check what your renewal price will be.
Q: I am a retired officer. Do I qualify?
A: Yes. ID.me lists retired police and firefighters as eligible.
Q: Does NFL Shop use the same discount?
A: No. NFL Shop runs its own separate military and first responder program with its own terms.
More Information:
Because the verification link sits at the bottom of checkout rather than in the cart, verify before paying. Getting a discount applied retroactively to a subscription is considerably harder than catching it up front.
