Source: New York Post
A bipartisan crowd of NYC Council members are crying foul over streaming services gobbling up Mets and Yankees games — and demanding the feds find a way to improve the availability of pro sports on free TV. Councilmen Frank Morano (R-Staten Island) and Harvey Epstein (D-Manhattan) introduced a non-binding resolution on June 11 calling on Congress to review MLB’s antitrust exemption — which allows it to essentially operate as a monopoly — and “promote the availability of professional sports programming on free, over-the-air broadcast television. ” The measure stems from growing frustration over the increasing number of games being placed behind streaming paywalls and spread across a confusing web of subscription services.
