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The post What NFL Fans Need To Know About The DOJ’s Investigation Of The League appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – OCTOBER 05: A detailed view of a NFL football is seen with the NFL logo during the NFL 2025 game between Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens at M&T Bank Stadium on October 05, 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) Getty Images The federal government is concerned that fans of the NFL are being priced out of watching America’s most popular sport. This is a bipartisan issue that escalated in April when it was confirmed that the Department of Justice has opened a formal investigation. The probe is focused on whether the NFL engaged in alleged anti-competitive practices when securing its television deals, which includes putting some games behind pay-walled streaming platforms. While the nature and scope of the investigation is unknown, reportedly the league’s antitrust exemptions granted through the Sports Broadcasting Act co

Dapper Labs said it has signed a new licensing agreement with the NFL as it discontinues the release of NFTs on its All Day platform.

The post Netflix Expands Relationship With The NFL, Adds New Games appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – DECEMBER 01: NFL Christmas Gameday signage advertising the NFL’s two Christmas Day marquee games streaming live on Netflix. (Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images) Getty Images Netflix executives have long argued that while the company loves sports programming, it can’t justify spending the money necessary in order to win live sports rights for an entire season of any major league. So instead, it has opted for a series of sports-centric documentaries, as well as a select number of specific live “events.” During its upfront presentation to advertisers on Wednesday, Netflix a number of new projects, including several new NFL live broadcasts that will begin streaming this fall. Under Netflix and the NFL’s four-year partnership extension through the 2029-2030 season, Netflix will stream a week one game, a Thanksgiving Eve match-up, one Christmas Day game, a wee

The post NFL’s ‘Rooney Rule’ Targeted In Florida DEI Crackdown appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Topline Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier issued a subpoena to the National Football League on Wednesday targeting the league’s decades-old “Rooney Rule,” suggesting it violates Florida law by promoting racial or gender diversity in hiring coaches. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier alleged the NFL’s “Rooney Rule” violates state law. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) Getty Images Key Facts Uthmeier said in a letter to the NFL, which he posted on X on Wednesday, the NFL’s “inclusive hiring” policies “raise significant concerns under Florida law,” further accusing the league of a “history of open discrimination.” Uthmeier cited the NFL’s “Rooney Rule,” which was implemented in 2003 and requires teams to interview at least two people of color or women for head coach and general manager positions, and to interview at least one person of color or woman for quarterback coach