Any Justice Left in NFL’s Subscription Mania?

Letter to Da Gullible: DOJ’s asking NFL if it’s using anti-competitive tactics to rip off fans. History may tell all. Recall 1961 & how idiots in Congress gave idiots in NFL power to collectively negotiate packages of TV rights. Last yr, it cost many $1K to watch once-free fare.

The WSJ’s exclusive report reveals how Da “Media companies, [Da] regulators & members of [Da] Congress have raised concerns in recent months over how difficult it is for consumers to be able to watch their favorite sports games as a result of rights deals in which leagues offer smaller packages of games to streamers.” May we ask how anyone could have been surprised by this “take it or leave it” heist the league & streamers have pulled off? I, for one, wanted to kick in the TV every time I saw how Prime or Netflix or Smetflix had pirated, er, obtained the rights to this, that, or the other game of the month, week or day, i.e., unless I paid for a new “subscription.” But let’s harken back to the “Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961” that granted the league limited antitrust immunity to do what they are now doing in spades. According to Senator Mike Lee who complained recently to the FTC, “To watch every NFL game during the past season, football fans spent almost $1,000 on cable & streaming subscriptions.”

The NFL, that bills itself as “the most fan-friendly league with 87% of its games available on local TV,” declined to comment? Yo, what about the plummeting percentage of non-local games now being aired without additional tariffs being charged? You know, MOST fans in our free society no longer live in their boyhood cities AND I DA BEARS FAN FOR LIFE DO NOT GIVE A S*** ABOUT THE COMMANDERS ON MY LOCAL TV STATION. True, all the pro sports leagues … and even the greedy major colleague conferences … are arguably pulling the same subscription crap. But doesn’t that smell test pile on the evidence something’s gone rotten?

Davd Soul