House Judiciary Committee Weighs In On the NFL

Democrat House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr made a statement saying that he will seek to overturn the NFL's antitrust exemption. About 50 years ago the NFL was granted this exemption to sign TV contracts on behalf of all teams.

It made sense then, but now we are stuck with limited options when we could be watching every game. I am a loyal DirecTV customer and probably always will be, but I pay $400 per season for Sunday Ticket for which they have an exclusivity agreement with the NFL, so they can pretty much charge what they want. I can’t help but think that if Comcast, Time Warner and Dish had more access to more games, the price would fall for the consumer.

The Republican chairman of the committee Lamar Smith says his party is not interested in considering the legislation, they don't think Congress should get involved in a "private dispute" between the NFL and the NFL Players Association. He called both sides "big boys" and said Congress doesn't need to referee their dispute.

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