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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asked to testify to Congress about league’s broadcast deals

Nypost · · 420 words · By Ariel Zilber
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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell asked to testify to Congress about league’s broadcast deals See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The New York Post on GoogleNFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was asked Monday to testify before Congress about his league’s broadcast deals, the latest step in Washington to bring more scrutiny to the skyrocketing costs of watching a game.

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, asked Goodell to answer questions about the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 at a hearing scheduled for June 10.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, asked Goodell to answer questions about the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 at a hearing scheduled for June 10.”
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Web search results specifically mention the House Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for June 10 and the request for Goodell to testify about broadcast contracts.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Arctic Frost investigation, widely reported as the fake-elector investigation at the time, was a joint federal investigation opened in April 2022 involving the FBI, DOJ Office of Inspector General…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Frost_investigation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Luman Smith (born June 5, 1969) is an American attorney who has served in the United States Department of Justice as an assistant U.S. attorney, acting U.S. attorney, and head of the department's…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Smith_(lawyer)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States House Committee on the Judiciary, also called the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is charged with overseeing the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_…
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Claim 2: “That act currently protects the NFL and other leagues from antitrust action, with teams allowed to pool their media rights together into massive TV packages.”
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Wikipedia directly confirms that the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 is a U.S. federal statute that allows professional sports leagues to pool broadcasting rights and provides an antitrust exemption.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Broadcasting Act 1996 (c. 55) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act, among other things, amended the Broadcasting Act 1990, and made provision for the Ofcom Code on Sports and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcasting_Act_1996
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Media cross-ownership is the common ownership of multiple media sources by a single person or corporate entity. Media sources include radio, broadcast television, specialty and pay television, cable, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_cross-ownership_in_the_U…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 (SBA); (codified 15 U.S.C. §§ 1291–1295) is a U.S. federal statute that amended antitrust laws to allow professional sports leagues to pool the broadcasting rights …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports_Broadcasting_Act_of_196…
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Claim 3: “In April, the Justice Department launched an antitrust probe into the NFL”
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Three independent web search results from April 9, 2026, confirm that the Justice Department launched an antitrust investigation into the NFL's television contracts.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 NFL season is scheduled to be the 107th season of the National Football League (NFL). The regular season is scheduled to begin on September 9, 2026, and will end on January 10, 2027. The play…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_NFL_season
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Beth Ann Wilkinson (born September 19, 1962) is an American lawyer based in Washington, D.C. She is a founding partner of Wilkinson Stekloff, a specialty trial and litigation law firm. Formerly, she w…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eric Scott Turner (born February 26, 1972) is an American politician and former professional football player who is serving as the 19th United States secretary of housing and urban development since F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Turner_(politician)
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Claim 4: “Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr has warned the NFL could lose its antitrust exemptions if it sticks too many live games behind paywalls.”
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Multiple web search results from March 27, 2026, confirm that FCC Chair Brendan Carr warned the NFL could lose antitrust exemptions if too many games are placed behind paywalls.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show, which was broadcast live on February 1, 2004, from Houston, Texas, on the CBS television network, is notable for a moment in which Janet Jackson's right breast an…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From September 17 through September 22, 2025, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and its corporate parent, the Walt Disney Company, suspended production of the late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel L…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Television is one of the major mass media outlets in the United States. In 2011, 96.7% of households owned television sets; about 114,200,000 American households owned at least one television set each…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_in_the_United_State…
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Claim 5: “A February FCC filing noted NFL games aired last year on Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Netflix, YouTube and six other streamers”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding addresses in Moscow, Russia. No evidence regarding an FCC filing or specific streaming platforms was found in the provided results.
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web search NEUTRAL — Москва, улица Раменки, 29, индекс 119607 — посмотреть входы, панорамы и построить маршрут до адреса в Яндекс Картах. Найти места рядом, проверить организации внутри и обслуживающие организации.
https://yandex.ru/maps/213/moscow/house/ulitsa_ramenki_29/Z0…
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web search NEUTRAL — Раменки, 29, этаж 1.
https://yandex.ru/maps/213/moscow/house/ulitsa_ramenki_29/Z0…
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web search NEUTRAL — Все адреса Москвы. Информация о доме, расположенном по адресу 119607, г.Москва, улица Раменки, дом 29
http://address.mosopen.ru/22865-105560
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Claim 6: “potentially costing an estimated $1,500 to watch every pro football game.”
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Different sources provide wildly different estimates for the cost of watching every game. One source mentions a total of $544.65, another mentions $328 for the regular season plus $74 for playoffs. None of the provided evidence supports the specific $1,500 figure.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 15, 2025 ... To watch every NFL game in the 2025 season you would need at least a half a dozen streaming services and YouTube TV if you do not have traditional cable.
https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/nfl-streaming-games-cost…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 14, 2025 ... This season's all-in streaming bill comes to $328 for the regular season and $74 for the playoffs. Add YouTube's Sunday Ticket for out-of- ...
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web search NEUTRAL — May 14, 2026 ... Each streaming service ranges from $8.99 to $29.99 per month. The total cost for five months is $544.65, not including cable.
https://www.wmtv15news.com/2026/05/15/heres-cost-watch-all-n…
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Claim 7: “NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was asked Monday to testify before Congress about his league’s broadcast deals”
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Multiple independent web search results from June 2026 confirm that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was summoned/invited to testify before Congress regarding the league's broadcast deals.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Charles Ellsworth Goodell Jr. (March 16, 1926 – January 21, 1987) was an American politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1968 and the United Sta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Goodell
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The commissioner of the National Football League is the chief executive officer of the National Football League (NFL). The position was created in 1941. The current commissioner is Roger Goodell, who …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioner_of_the_NFL
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Spygate scandal was a National Football League (NFL) controversy during the 2007 season, in which it was discovered that the New England Patriots were videotaping opposing coaches' signals during …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spygate_(NFL)
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