Touching the nerve center of the National Football League's finances, Rep. Brian Higgins is asking Congress for hearings into whether the NFL's new agreement with the players union violates laws against monopolies.
The Buffalo Democrat's letter to the chairman of the House Government Reform Committee mirrors some of the financial problems Buffalo Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. recently cited.
Wilson, however, did not go near the hot-button word "antitrust" in his news conferences and interviews.
Higgins did.
Higgins said he fears the collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Players Association, a labor union, could have the "intended effects" of undermining competition among franchises and harming consumers by forcing small-market teams to raise ticket prices or move.
The Buffalo Democrat's letter to the chairman of the House Government Reform Committee mirrors some of the financial problems Buffalo Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. recently cited.
Wilson, however, did not go near the hot-button word "antitrust" in his news conferences and interviews.
Higgins did.
Higgins said he fears the collective bargaining agreement with the NFL Players Association, a labor union, could have the "intended effects" of undermining competition among franchises and harming consumers by forcing small-market teams to raise ticket prices or move.
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