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The Sports Broadcasting Act was passed in response to a U.S. District Court decision which ruled that the National Football League's method of negotiating television broadcasting rights violated antitrust laws. [2] [3] The court ruled that the "pooling" of rights by all the teams to conclude an exclusive contract between the league and CBS was ...
Bell lobbied Congress to pass an antitrust exemption after the decision, and had almost succeeded before he died. His successor, Pete Rozelle, continued the effort, but was only able to get limited exemptions to allow sharing of television revenues (the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961) and, later, the merger with the American Football League ...
A special antitrust exemption, the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, was passed in Congress to accommodate the collective contract, which restricted what days the league could televise their games. CBS' fee later increased to $14.1 million per year in 1964, and $18.8 million per year in 1966.
Plaintiffs allege the NFL colluded with partners CBS and Fox, along with DirecTV, and controlled the pricing of Sunday Ticket to the detriment of fans.
A special antitrust exemption, the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, was passed in Congress to accommodate the collective contract, which restricted what days the league could televise their games. CBS' fee later increased to $14.1 million per year in 1964, and $18.8 million per year in 1966.
In fact, both the Perna and Smash models need congressional assistance in the form of a change to the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 — the only way they can legally consolidate their rights.
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The Supreme Court later rejected the NFL's claim to the same antitrust exemption as baseball. [8] Thus, in 1961, Congress passed the Sports Broadcasting Act, granting football and other professional team sports an exemption from antitrust law allowing them to negotiate television contracts as leagues and not individual teams. [9]