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Trump's FCC Threatens NFL's Antitrust Exemption For Moving Games to Streaming Services

Posted on 3/30/26 at 8:55 am
Posted by FLTech
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Posted on 3/30/26 at 8:55 am
The title pretty much says it all

Posted by blueboy
Member since Apr 2006
64872 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 8:58 am to
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Moving Games to Streaming Services
Wow. frick these people.

I guess I'm not surprised. Formula One broke the seal by moving all of their races to Apple TV.

Time to sail the high seas, me hardies. Yo ho!
Posted by cadillacattack
the ATL
Member since May 2020
10397 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 8:58 am to

He should ask DOJ to prosecute the NFL for having such a shitty product ….. regard how it is distributed
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
33036 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 8:58 am to
Good, money grubbing sleaze bags... Roger Goodell is the biggest POS out there...
Posted by aubie101
Russia
Member since Nov 2010
3757 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 9:00 am to
Yeah, Trump is a free market guy.
Posted by BTROleMisser
Murica'
Member since Nov 2017
12206 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 9:01 am to
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Yeah, Trump is a free market guy.


:wah: :wah: :wah:
Posted by BigGreenTiger
Member since Mar 2022
749 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 9:02 am to
Same FCC that just approved the merger of Tegna and Nexstar Media? Yea, this is not about anything other than Trump didnt get bribed.
Posted by Harvey Vortac
MidCity
Member since Aug 2024
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Posted on 3/30/26 at 9:02 am to
Add in asking for tips for self service concession stands
Posted by BFIV
Virginia
Member since Apr 2012
8709 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 9:03 am to
Meh...who really cares? Many of us gave up on the NFL when they went woke a few years ago. I do not miss the NFL at all.
Posted by FLTech
the A
Member since Sep 2017
27493 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 9:59 am to
Damn all you people do is bitch and bitch and bitch and bitch - It's fricking insane

You are too fricking dumb, clueless and retarded to comprehend that this decision will set the foundation for future shadiness by these companies.... but if you like paying to watch sports (which it appears you do) then I guess keep on bitching and complaining
This post was edited on 3/30/26 at 10:05 am
Posted by roll to victory
Hoover, AL
Member since Aug 2018
1639 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:02 am to
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Roger Goodell is the biggest POS out there...


He's the biggest problem, the international games are is his idea too, keep the games here in the US!! Can Goodell and his woke agenda!!!
This post was edited on 3/30/26 at 10:16 am
Posted by BeehiveTiger
Damn Near Loachapoka, Alabama
Member since May 2020
651 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:05 am to
I’m for anything that decreases their viewership
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
473186 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:06 am to
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Formula One broke the seal by moving all of their races to Apple TV.


I believe the NBA was the pioneer here a long arse time ago
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
473186 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:08 am to
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this decision will set the foundation for future shadiness by these companies


What "shadiness" is involved in NFL games going onto different platforms?

Did you react the same way when MNF went to ESPN and off regulated airwaves?

Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
473186 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:16 am to
Also so people don't have to listen to the retard in the video in OP, here is the article he discusses

quote:

Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr could become an obstacle in the NFL’s pursuit of elevated rights fees, as he is now threatening the league’s antitrust exemption.

In a series of media and conference appearances in recent days, the close ally of U.S. President Donald Trump said the NFL’s increasing broadcast fragmentation is testing the commission’s patience, and that intervention could be forthcoming.

“You effectively have to have a computer science degree to decipher this,” Carr said Sunday on Fox & Friends Weekend. “We’re at a tipping point where these leagues can push it so far, putting games behind paywalls, that they undermine their ability to claim that antitrust exemption.”


quote:

Notably, two of the outlets that interviewed Carr extensively on this issue—the New York Post and Fox News—are controlled by the Murdoch family that also leads Fox Sports. That network is one of the incumbent NFL rights holders facing a likely spike in its costs, and Fox CEO and executive chair Lachlan Murdoch said last month that the network is prepared to “rebalance” its sports portfolio to absorb higher NFL fees.


A better article

quote:

If the National Football League puts too many games behind a paywall, it could risk losing its antitrust exemptions, FCC Chair Brendan Carr told Semafor.

“Does the NFL still benefit from the antitrust exemption when they’re negotiating for carriage of games not on a sponsored telecast, but on a streaming service?” Carr said at a Washington, DC, event Thursday. “That’s a very live, very ripe question.”

Carr said there is “a point at which you sort of tip the scale, and they’ve just put too many games behind a paywall, and then that whole exemption collapses.”


quote:

A 1961 sports broadcast law exempts the NFL from US antitrust laws to negotiate leaguewide TV deals, but only if it adheres to certain criteria, including customer access. There’s a fair amount at stake if the NFL loses its antitrust exemption, especially if individual teams start to sell their TV rights separately.


FCC is going to lose this. This is just boomer rage bait.
Posted by TROLA
BATON ROUGE
Member since Apr 2004
14634 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 10:25 am to
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Yeah, Trump is a free market guy.


Uhh. The nfl isn’t a free market .. By receiving special designation under antitrust laws they open up Themselves to scrutiny
This post was edited on 3/30/26 at 10:28 am
Posted by Tampa Tiger
Fl.
Member since Nov 2006
764 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 11:05 am to
Just stop watching!
Posted by OU Guy
Member since Feb 2022
27888 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 11:07 am to
Trump needs to sue them for their virtue signaling and force them to get rid of “End Racism” and other stupid slogans in end zones and elsewhere. Or force them to also put “End DEI” type slogans in end zone for equal time
Posted by Jack Ruby
Member since Apr 2014
27135 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 11:14 am to
This is I can support. Anything to help working and middle class Americans save some funds
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
36225 posts
Posted on 3/30/26 at 11:38 am to
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Yeah, Trump is a free market guy.




Bruh
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