US Justice Department opens probe into NFL over anticompetitive practices
Al Jazeera
The US Justice Department is investigating the NFL amid concerns about broadcast sales to streamers.
The United States Department of Justice has opened an investigation into whether the National Football League (NFL) has engaged in anticompetitive tactics that harm consumers, according to a source familiar with the matter.
Major broadcast station owners, US regulators and senators have raised concerns in the past over the difficulties consumers face in watching sports games and the growing trend of selling broadcast rights to streamers.
The nature and full scope of the investigation could not be immediately ascertained.
However, the NFL said in a statement on Thursday that more than 87 percent of its games are aired on free broadcast TV and that all games are aired on free broadcast television in markets of participating teams.
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment. The Wall Street Journal first reported the news, while The Associated Press identifies their source as a “government official”.
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