Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is gathering supporters to...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is gathering supporters to oppose the NFL’s blackout policies. “Tell Congress: Demand more from the NFL!” said a petition on his campaign website (http://bit.ly/1s8TveB). “The National Football League has been permitted to earn $9 billion annually…
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through its negotiations with television broadcast networks without competition. Normally this would be considered collusion and would be prohibited under antitrust laws.” The website asks people to add their names to a list telling Congress to “pass legislation ensuring the NFL upholds its public trust and public obligation.” Blumenthal, who’s not up for re-election until 2016, promoted the petition on his campaign Facebook page Tuesday. The petition website and the Facebook page are affiliated with the Blumenthal for Connecticut political action committee rather than his official Senate site and Facebook page. Blumenthal introduced legislation last year that would remove the NFL’s antitrust exemption and he has said this fall he may still want to advance that in Congress, which he says is necessary even after a recent FCC vote to end its sports blackout rule (CD Oct 1 p2). The league had no comment Tuesday.