House Judiciary Committee report scrutinizes NFL's antitrust exemption under Sports Broadcasting Act
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Summary
The House Judiciary Committee has released an interim report evaluating the NFL's antitrust exemption under the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which allows the league to pool television rights among its 32 teams. The report comes two days before a full committee hearing on the SBA, signaling renewed congressional scrutiny of the NFL's special legal protections.
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The SBA affords the NFL an antitrust exemption that allows the league to pool television rights together among its 32 teams.
The preliminary report, which can be read in full here, comes two days before the Committee will hold a full hearing on the Sports Broadcasting Act (SBA).
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