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Congress targets NFL's $110B broadcast model as Jim Jordan requests Goodell testify at June 10 hearing
The House Judiciary Committee on Monday requested NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell testify at a hearing that will examine whether the Sports Broadcast Act of 1961 has been used by sports leagues "to harm consumers," according to a letter obtained by Fox News and OutKick. The letter, from Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R, Ohio), requests Goodell testify on June 10.This is not a subpoena , so Goodell can opt to testify or not. He is instructed to let the Committee know his intentions by June...
Scathing House Judiciary Committee report accuses NFL of stretching law's limited antitrust exemption
A scathing report released on Monday by the House Judiciary Committee and its chairman Jim Jordan, takes the NFL to task, arguing that America's most popular sports league has ignored the narrow guardrails of the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act and its antitrust exemption while on a journey to becoming a lucrative sports empire. All while limiting consumer choices and inflating prices for viewing games. The report, obtained by Fox News, includes the central argument on pages 8–9 that Congress...
Congress asks Goodell to testify about TV deals
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has been summoned by Congress to testify about the league's broadcast contracts and whether they are harming American consumers, according to a letter obtained by ESPN. Rep. Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote to Goodell on Monday to invite the commissioner to take part in a committee hearing June 10. The committee plans to discuss whether updated laws are needed to regulate how pro sports leagues negotiate their TV deals.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will not testify before Congress amid scrutiny of past testimonies
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, invited earlier this week to testify before the House Judiciary Committee in a hearing that will examine whether the Sports Broadcasting Act has been used "to harm consumers," is declining the invitation. And that's probably a wise choice by the commissioner given his past history testifying before Congress. ROGER GOODELL ASKED TO TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS ON NFL ANTITRUST EXEMPTIONGoodell declined the invitation to appear at the June 10 hearing "due to ongoing...
Ohio State University reaches $100 million settlement in sex abuse lawsuits
Ohio State University has agreed to pay $100 million in damages to 279 former students who said a campus doctor sexually assaulted them decades ago. Just one of the former students who were part of five active federal lawsuits against Ohio State did not sign on to the agreement, the university and the lawyers for the accusers said in a statement. Details of the settlement were being finalized, the joint statement said.
Chief of indicted SPLC faces House grilling over alleged secret payments to KKK members
The embattled leader of a left-wing nonprofit accused of secretly funneling money to members of extremist groups while publicly committing to "confronting hate" is headed for the hot seat on Capitol Hill. Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) interim CEO and President Bryan Fair will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday as a congressional probe into the civil rights group’s now-defunct informant practices heats up. Fair’s anticipated testimony comes as federal prosecutors...
Indicted SPLC chief faces House grilling over alleged secret payments to KKK members
The embattled leader of a left-wing nonprofit accused of secretly funneling money to members of extremist groups while publicly committing to "confronting hate" is headed for the hot seat on Capitol Hill. Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) interim CEO and President Bryan Fair will testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday as a congressional probe into the civil rights group’s now-defunct informant practices heats up. Fair’s anticipated testimony comes as federal prosecutors...
FIRST ON FOX: SPLC's tax-exempt status under threat after fiery Capitol Hill hearing
A left-wing nonprofit accused by the Department of Justice of secretly funding the extremism it claims to combat is facing a new threat from Capitol Hill. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, introduced legislation Wednesday that would revoke the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) tax-exempt status, ramping up pressure on the civil rights nonprofit organization amid a federal probe into alleged financial crimes. The measure’s introduction comes after Roy vowed Tuesday to target the law center’s...
FIRST ON FOX: SPLC's tax-exempt status under threat after fiery Capitol Hill hearing
A left-wing nonprofit accused by the Department of Justice of secretly funding the extremism it claims to combat is facing a new threat from Capitol Hill. Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, introduced legislation Wednesday that would revoke the Southern Poverty Law Center's (SPLC) tax-exempt status, ramping up pressure on the civil rights nonprofit organization amid a federal probe into alleged financial crimes. The measure’s introduction comes after Roy vowed Tuesday to target the law center’s...
FIRST ON FOX: ActBlue board members in hot seat as GOP probes 'serious' misconduct allegations
Congressional investigators are expanding their probe into Democratic fundraising giant ActBlue, seeking interviews with board members as scrutiny intensifies over the platform's handling of foreign donations. The GOP chairs of three House committees are requesting that five members of ActBlue’s board sit for transcribed interviews and produce a slew of documents related to their involvement in the payment processor’s response to allegations of donor fraud. The board members have until June...