Professional football's exemption from antitrust laws -- which allows teams to join forces in making big package deals with television networks -- does not extend to satellite broadcasts because Congress specifically exempted only "sponsored" telecasts, a federal appeals court has ruled.
April 13, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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Professional football’s exemption fromantitrust laws –which allows teams to join forces in making bigpackage deals withtelevision networks — does not extend to satellitebroadcasts becauseCongress specifically exempted only “sponsored”telecasts, a federalappeals court has ruled.
“Exceptions to the antitrust laws must benarrowly construed,”U.S. Circuit Judge Carol Los Mansmann wrote for aunanimous three-judgepanel.
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