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Steve Bisciotti’s comments on Deshaun Watson’s contract peel back the collusion curtain, a little
The NFL consists of 32 independent businesses. The antitrust laws prohibit certain types of concerted effort by those 32 businesses, with notable exceptions (e.g., the broadcast antitrust exemption, which allows the league to sell TV rights collectively, not individually). Within the confines of the NFL’s labor deal, certain negotiated policies that otherwise would amount to [more]