Senate Judiciary to Tackle Sports Blackout Issues Next Week
The Senate Judiciary Committee rescheduled its hearing on sports blackout legislation. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., is the author of the legislation and will preside. He originally was going to lead this hearing in September, but it was postponed. The hearing…
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will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. in 226 Dirksen. Its title is “The FANS Act: Are Sports Blackouts and Antitrust Exemptions Harming Fans, Consumers, and the Games Themselves?” The FCC ended its sports blackout rule in September, but Blumenthal has said this legislation is necessary to truly tackle the broader sports blackout problem.