In the aftermath of the 2024 election, there were stray rumblings that the reconstituted federal government could potentially be conducive to an expansion of the NFL’s broadcast antitrust exemption. The opposite could be true.

On Monday, the House Judiciary Committee announced that it has contacted NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and the other three major league sports commissioners regarding the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which created the antitrust exemption.

“As the Committee evaluates the sufficiency of existing law , it has requested a briefing on the NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB’s participation in the sports broadcasting market and related matters,” the Committee’s statement explains.

The letter to Goodell begins with a clear indication of the possibility that the exemption wil

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