Justice Department investigating the NFL over subscription fee concerns, sources say

Hard to feel bad for the NFL here. They’ve milked fans with blackout rules and ridiculous streaming bundles for years. Honestly, best move is cancel Sunday Ticket for a season and hit their numbers.

>The Justice Department investigation is into antitrust and anticompetitive tactics, the person said. It comes after Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, wrote a letter last month requesting a review of the NFL's streaming platform exemptions and wanted to know whether the streaming package fees violated the Sports Broadcasting act. [I wonder what it would take to get rid of this investigation, no questions asked.](https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46892115/trump-wants-commanders-stadium-named-him)

*MLB laughing in antitrust monocle accent*

Soooo Trump is doing a shake down of the NFL now?

Waste of tax money............... Where are all the Epstein files???

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lol...orange boy still bitter about the new jersey generals and his failed USFL. What an absolute loser.

My issue with them is that they take tax dollars and then charge the folks that pay those dollars for admittance into their subsidized games.

This isn't a "clock right twice a day moment" for the DOJ. This is a pressure tactic, because, surprisingly, the NFL hasn't bowed down to this admin. They didn't change the name of the Commanders back to their old name. They had two Super Bowl Halftime shows that have allowed their artists to send not-to-subtle digs at this admin. With an admin that jumps into every culture war possible to keep the MAGA base constantly enraged, or feeling under siege, or whatever, something like this was inevitable. Trust me, they don't give two f*cks about how expensive subscriptions are for customers. This is just low-hanging fruit to get the NFL into a courtroom, while they have backroom talks to gain more control over the League. And the NFL has no one to blame but itself for letting their greed make them this vulnerable.

What is the justice department even fixing on these days

I got fed up this last season because you need Amazon, Netflix, Peacock and whatever else. Give it a break NFL! When is it enough?

I TRIED to pay to stream, and got NFL+ for $100. Then I found out that I could not watch my team because I was in the market. Then I went traveling over seas and found out I couldn’t even watch replays and had to buy a whole different service. It’s all designed to be terrible

Sounds like some payback for Rooney rule stance

I don’t mind paying… I mind paying multiple times for the same league.

They need to get their cut. 

Someone at the DOJ is a football fan and wants to meet people.

Given Trump’s history with the NFL this is a great example of doing the right thing for the wrong reason.

If you compare the NFL to every other US sports league, the cost to watch your hometown team is an incredible bargain. Every week four games are broadcast over the air for free and your local TV station gets to pick which game they're going to carry when multiple games are happening at once. It gets trickier when your team is on the other side of the country but for fans who grew up not being able to see their team, Sunday Ticket is a blessing. This has more to do about the endgame of the streaming/cable wars than it does about the NFL. Everyone wants to use the NFL to drive out their competition and the NFL is happy to be used for a price. The real problem is going to happen when the dust settles and customers feel the pain as the monopolistic power of the remaining 'cable' companies is unleashed.

Trump’s Justice Department is like, Epstein? No. NFL? Yes. Where’s that Drake meme when you need it?

Right wing media conglomerates using Trump's axe to grind against the NFL to enrich themselves. Color me surprised... The NFL may suck, the motivations here are pretty f****** obvious.

So any day now the NFL will make a huge donation to Trump and this will all go away

Now that's what I call a distraction.

Just another shake down by a senile ork

It's just a shakedown. They'll pay one of Trump's companies a few hundred million and that'll be the end of it.

I'm waiting for the donation to the Trump Library, or the ballroom from the NFL or its affiliate, and this case to disappear

And you know they're not actually looking into this because it's a legitimate problem, it's because Trump needs another distraction and he's upset that his football dreams never took off.

Good.  Two years ago they had major issues on Roku.  I contacted them and they asked me around 18 questions, but then admitted they were aware of the issue.  But, they blamed it on Roku.  It was during playoff time so I was extra annoyed and asked for a refund for the month, even though I didn't think I should have to ask at that point.  They refused.  I explained that I would never be a customer again.  They refused again.  Said it was against their policy.