DOJ probing NFL’s TV offers, subscriptions: Sources

The Justice Department has opened an inquiry into whether or not the National Football League violated anticompetitive practices in its TV offers after which required clients to pay an excessive amount of in subscription prices, in keeping with three sources aware of the probe.

The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 offers some restricted protections for the NFL which permits for sports activities leagues to pool broadcast rights.

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