Tuesday, June 09, 2026

*Shock*! NFL Is Greedy

 When you look up "Greed" in Webster's, you find the NFL shield.

... The [Congressional] report, at its heart, zeroes in on the league's Sunday Ticket offering. It highlights evidence from the ongoing Sunday Ticket antitrust case, including a 2024 jury verdict that found the NFL violated antitrust law and awarded more than $4.796 billion in damages to plaintiffs. That verdict was later vacated by a judge, wrongfully so, according to the report....

 Page 18 of the report is especially troubling for the NFL relative to its decisions with The Sunday Ticket package. It outlines that:

   
ESPN reportedly proposed a Sunday Ticket package priced around $70 per season.
    According to documents cited in the report, the NFL objected to the lower price point.
    The NFL also opposed a team-by-team purchase option that would have allowed fans to buy only their favorite team's games.
    The report argues these decisions limited consumer choice and kept fans locked into a more expensive bundle
....

Fox has this story.  The fact that Fox has to pay up to run NFL games is mere co-incidence.  And if you want to know how "non-advertising" propaganda works, recall Rush Limbaugh's continual promotion of the Sunday Ticket?

Yah.  He didn't get rich on his good looks. 

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