They probably didn’t have any legal disclaimer about taping it then, so they cant go after him on this angle. He actually also didn’t tape it himself so they can’t go after him for that either.
NFL may not want to pay what he’s asking, if they’ve talked about it. They also dont want him to profit off it if they won’t.
Unless the tape quality is terible, it would make sense to buy them and remaster for sale by NFL. Split the proceeds.
Makes a lot of sense for the NFL to buy it.
And this has been going on for a long time.
This isn’t the first article I’ve seen about it.
I agree that the rights are not as clear-cut as the lawyer quoted in the article makes it out to be.