Titans-Fins Fiasco has antitrust links ?

[CrunchTime]

Judging from the myriad of threads that were posted on this site there were a lot of upset people who sent thousands of e-mails to the NFL and Direct TV complaining about their decision not to air the Titans-Dolphins game.It turns out that the fans may be right and the NFL is exposing itself to antitrust lawsuits.

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

 

[MikeO]

wait wait wait........everything Florio posts you guys trash as garbage, junk, he is a moron...yadda yadda yadda

NOW, he has something you agree with and you are ready to support him and think he is a genius??? LOL, holy double standard batman!

 

[phunwin]

Florio is an idiot, and about 95% of what he posts is garbage. But even the blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile. No double standard here.

However, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that the NCAA and NFL are conspiring to limit competition, which is the essence of an anti-trust suit. The NCAA and NFL have a non-compete agreement, which was a big part of the decision not to air the Saturday game. This hasn't come up before, because everyone is pretty happy with the Saturday/Sunday arrangement. But when an NFL game was moved to Saturday, that created an issue. The NFL's refusal to air it outside the Titan and Dolphin markets was a textbook example of limiting competition for the greater benefit of both sides.