However, the Department of Justice viewed that restriction as anti competitive and sued the league for violating the Sherman Act. In 1953, the district court largely sided with the DOJ and issued an injunction preventing the NFL from placing restrictions on televising games in the home territory of a team playing an away game. In 1961, the NFL moved to limit the distribution of games, again signing the first deal to sell broadcast rights for all 14 of its teams as a single package. (00:53–01:09)
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Asserts that a 1953 court ruling prevented the NFL from restricting game broadcasts in home territories.
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