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Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, had pointed out words for the NFL at the start of the “Field of Streams” audience of the Senate Commerce Committee on Tuesday.
Cruz suggested that the NFL was close to breaking the 1961 sports Broadcast Act, which was created to prevent the Professional League from violating the timetables of the school and college football matches.
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Senator Ted Cruz speaks to the conservative political action conference (CPAC), on February 20, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (AP photo / Jose Luis Magana, file)
The NFL is technically forbidden to broadcast matches from Friday evening to Saturday, from the second weekend from September to the second weekend in December, according to Pro Football Talk.
Cruz has described this to fear that the League has been able to broadcast the Black Friday matches in the past two years.
“A growing concern is that the NFL used its special exemption in SBA to frustrate college and high school football hours,” he said. “For example, the SBA explicitly excludes the NFL antitrust protection if the broadcast of a match on Friday evening or a Saturday between mid-September in mid-December. It is to protect the interests of secondary and college football, and finally, their fans, who are undoubtedly also the Followers of the NFL.
Senator Ted Cruz speaks during a press conference on January 25, 2023. (Fox Business)
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“The NFL has made the point of this rule, now putting a game in streaming black friday afternoon, which was once reserved for eminent university football rivalries, including in certain years, when I was a child, Texas against Texas A&M. There are millions of sports fans who like to be following high school, college and professional football without having to choose them.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell refused to attend the hearing, Puck reported in April. He was in the White House on Monday to help announce that the NFL 2027 draft will take place in Washington, DC
PK Press Club Digital asked for comments from the NFL.
Commissioner Roger Goodell features on the second round of the NFL draft on April 25, 2025, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Photo / jeff dresserson)
The executive vice-president of the MLB of the media and affairs Kenny Gersh, president of the NBA of the global distribution of content and the media William Koenig and the executive vice-president of the NHL media and the international strategy, David proper, were one of the witnesses of the hearing.
