Ted Cruz puts the NFL's broadcasting schedule on notice during streaming hearing

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, had pointed words for the NFL at the start of the Senate Commerce Committee’s "Field of Streams" hearing on Tuesday.

Cruz suggested the NFL has come close to breaking the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which was established to keep the professional league from infringing on the schedules of high school and college football games.

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The NFL is technically barred from broadcasting games on Friday night through Saturday, starting from the second weekend in September through the second weekend of December, according to Read Entire Article