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To: srmanuel
The NFL will go 100% streaming because network TV will cease to exist. You’re getting a glimpse of the future in video-based entertainment.

Also … I don’t think the NFL has an antitrust exemption from Congress. If they did, then the USFL would have had no legal basis to sue the NFL back in the 1980s.

For what it’s worth, the USFL actually won that lawsuit — but were awarded only $1 in damages because they couldn’t prove that the NFL’s monopoly harmed them in any way.

9 posted on 01/16/2024 3:14:18 AM PST by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: Alberta's Child

Here’s an article about the NFL’s anti-trust exemption.

https://www.americanbar.org/groups/entertainment_sports/publications/entertainment-sports-lawyer/esl-39-01-spring-23/the-nflamazon-agreement-vs-antitrust-legislation-future-the-national-football-league-ott-services/#:~:text=In%20the%20past%2C%20each%20NFL,all%20the%20participating%20football%20teams.


14 posted on 01/16/2024 3:35:43 AM PST by srmanuel
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