FCC chairman Brendan Carr addresses if agency aims to ‘influence’ NFL rights negotiations
Awful Announcing [Unofficial]
April 15, 2026
Last week, the Department of Justice reportedly opened an investigation into the antitrust exemption granted to the NFL in the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961. The news comes amid repeated public comments from FCC chairman Brendan Carr regarding the standing of that exemption, and whether it should apply to games that do not air on…
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