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Sportslaw Jargon: The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961
The Sports Broadcasting Act was passed in response to a court decision which ruled that
the NFL's method of negotiating television broadasting rights violated antitrust laws. The
court ruled that the "pooling" of rights by all the teams to conclude an
exclusive contract between the league and CBS was illegal.
The Act overrules that decision, and permits certain joint broadcasting agreements
among the major professional sports. It permits the sale of a television
"package" to the network or networks, a procedure which is common today.
The law has been interpreted to include the so-called "blackout rules" which
protect a home team from competing games broadcast into its home territory on a day when
it is playing a game at home.
The NCAA's broadcast packages are not subject to the antitrust exemption and it
suffered for it, when the Supreme Court ruled that the NCAA's restrictive television
policies were a violation of antitrust law. That is why there is no such package called
"NCAA College Football."
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