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Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, had pointed out words for the NFL at the beginning of the Senate Trade Committee’s “Hearing Field” on Tuesday.
Cruz suggested that the NFL has come close to breaking the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which was created to prevent the professional league from violating the schedules of high school and college football matches.
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Senator Ted Cruz speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), 20 February 2025, in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
The NFL is technically excluded from broadcast games Friday night to Saturday, starting from the second weekend in September to the second weekend in December, according to Pro Football Talk.
Cruz called it a concern that the league has been able to broadcast games on Black Friday for the past two years.
“A growing concern is that the NFL has used its special exemption in SBA for the frustration of college and high school football plans,” he said. “For example, SBA explicitly excludes antitrust protection for the NFL if it releases a game on a Friday night or a Saturday between mid-September to mid-December. It is to protect the interests of high school and college football, and in the end their fans are undoubtedly also followers of the NFL.
Senator Ted Cruz speaks at a press conference on January 25, 2023. (FOX BUSINESS)
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“The NFL has tiptoed up to this rule, where he has now put a game on streaming on Black Friday afternoon, previously a castle reserved for prominent college -football rivalization, including for some years when I was a child, Texas Versus Texas A&M. There are millions of sports fans who like to be able to follow high school, college without is partly why they wrote SBA the way it did. “
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell refused to attend the consultation, Puck reported in April. He was in the White House Monday to help announce that the NFL draft in 2027 will take place in Washington, DC
Pakinomist Digital asked NFL for comment.
Commissioner Roger Goodell movements on stage during the second round of NFL Draft, April 25, 2025, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
MLB Executive Vice President of Media and Business Development Kenny Gersh, NBA President of Global Content and Media Distribution William Koenig and NHL Executive Vice President of Media and International Strategy David Court were among the witnesses during the consultation.
