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S.Res. 291 (100th)

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice should study and report to the Congress on National Football League telecasting.

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Introduced

29 September 1987

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Status

Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business. Hearings held.

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10 August 2026

Summary

Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice should report to the Congress on: (1) the implications of new technology on the application of antitrust laws to the telecasting practices of the National Football League; and (2) how the merger of the League's cable television partner with one of the major broadcast networks affects the antitrust status of the League's telecasting practices. Requires that the report include a statement of the Division's antitrust enforcement plans regarding the League's telecasting practices.

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