Senators Want More NFL on Free TV
October 29, 2008
Senators have asked the NFL commissioner to tackle the issue of making more game day TV broadcasts available to local fans for free. The league has said it provides free broadcasts in the home cities of competing teams. But 13 lawmakers said in a letter this week to Roger Goodell that the NFL is too narrowly interpreting what is a home city.
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