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Not sure I've seen a thread on this.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2014/10/01/congress-might-snuff-out-the-green-bay-packers/
Opinions?
Still too early for panic, imo. I don't hink this will ever come to fruition, but who knows?
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeozanian/2014/10/01/congress-might-snuff-out-the-green-bay-packers/
Congress is considering legislation that would end the National Football League’s antitrust exemption as relating to the telecasts of its games.
The NFL gets more than half of its total revenue (excluding the $1 billion a year it gets from DirecTV) from its broadcasters. If the league were to go back to the 1950s when each team negotiated its own television deal, the result would be a much bigger disparity in revenue among its teams and perhaps force teams in small television markets, like the Green Bay Packers, Buffalo Bills, New Orleans Saints and Jacksonville Jaguars out of the NFL because they would not be able to compete for players against teams like the Dallas Cowboys, Washington Redskins, Chicago Bears and New York Giants.
Opinions?
Still too early for panic, imo. I don't hink this will ever come to fruition, but who knows?