Jason Kelce blocked from working on brother Travis and the Chiefs' NFL opener against the Chargers in Brazil

ESPN has blocked YouTube from hiring Jason Kelce to be one of their analysts for the Week 1 showdown between brother Travis' Kansas City Chiefs and the Los Angeles Chargers.

The Chiefs will begin their NFL season with a mouthwatering game against their AFC West rivals in Sao Paulo, Brazil next Friday.

According to Front Office Sports, YouTube approached Kelce to see if he would be interested in being a part of their broadcast team.

However, ESPN refused to release the Super Bowl winner as part of their strict policy of not letting on-air talent work for other broadcasters.

Kelce signed a three-year, $24million deal with ESPN back in April 2024 to serve as an analyst on 'Monday Night Countdown'.

The 37-year-old earned rave reviews all season for his insightful analysis and warm personality as he made a seamless transition to TV after retiring from the NFL.

It is therefore not a surprise that YouTube would make a play to land him.

Kelce and wife Kylie star in commercials for YouTube TV and he would be able to offer unique insights on brother Travis as he begins what could be his final NFL season next week.

The Chargers game will also be Travis' first taste of NFL action since he got engaged to Taylor Swift.

The brothers' smash-hit podcast 'New Heights' also airs on YouTube each week and brings in an enormous amount of viewers.

But ESPN have stuck to their guns and continued to follow their strict policy that their talent would not be able to work on games being broadcast by streamers, like YouTube and Netflix.

Front Office Sports reports that Kelce was not singled out and ESPN was simply following the policy it put in place to keep their talent's exclusivity.

YouTube has already assembled a high-profile list of names for their broadcast, including Kay Adams, Cam Newton, Derek Carr, Tyrann Mathieu, Rich Eisen and Kurt Warner.