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Detroit Lions may be blacked out on TV again for some viewers. Here's how

Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez break down the sights and sounds from the first day of Detroit Lions training camp on July 25, 2019. Dave Birkett and Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press

As football season approaches, the biggest contract dispute may not be Ezekiel Elliott and the Cowboys, or Michael Thomas and the Saints.

It's CBS and AT&T.

On Saturday, the Tiffany Network was dropped by the communications company, which owns DirecTV, DirecTV Now and AT&T U-verse. Which means many of these subscribers have been blacked out of CBS programming.

And while you may not be a big "Big Brother" or "Late Show with Stephen Colbert" fan, sports fans should take heed, especially football fans.