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Scott Fitzgerald: “Let's see if the SBA does fit the mold at this point or do…”

Featuring: Scott Fitzgerald, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 5

Fitzgerald Talks Importance of Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act in the Modern Streaming Era

Published June 16, 2026 | Video Starts at 06:33

You know, DOJ has their own way of gathering that information. Much different than what a House subcommittee would be. But, you know, kind of the same goal just to let's provide more transparency. Let's see if the SBA does fit the mold at this point or do we need to revisit it and make some changes. I don't have a problem with certainly the open market kind of working on this. Free enterprise is free enterprise. (06:33–06:42)

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“The first dollar amount [the NFL] captured was around $5 million in the first season, which has grown to about 10 billion.”
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“The NFL, of all the major league sports organizations, have probably benefited the most from the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act.”
Fitzgerald Talks Importance of Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act in the Modern Streaming Era | Uploaded June 16, 2026 | 01:34-02:01
“Because there's a carve out specifically for [the NFL], there's a higher level of scrutiny that needs to happen.”
Fitzgerald Talks Importance of Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act in the Modern Streaming Era | Uploaded June 16, 2026 | 05:32-05:40
“When there's a carve out in the statutes that protects somebody, it just changes the dynamics in how Congress views it.”
Fitzgerald Talks Importance of Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act in the Modern Streaming Era | Uploaded June 16, 2026 | 07:04-07:13
“When they started to go behind paywalls with the games, that was like the first time, I think, where it caught a lot of people's attention.”
Fitzgerald Talks Importance of Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act in the Modern Streaming Era | Uploaded June 16, 2026 | 07:35-07:45
“Clay Travis is confirmed. He's going to be there.”
Fitzgerald Talks Importance of Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act in the Modern Streaming Era | Uploaded June 16, 2026 | 10:25-10:27
“DOJ is doing their own thing. I mean, we're aware of it. We knew that DOJ was actually going to go a little bit further in looking to many…”
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“Antitrust touches everything. And when I became the chairman of the committee, it was fairly obvious to me that there were a number of…”
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