Gearing up for the culmination of the 2009-2010 season, the NFL is also getting ready for another battle, but it’s not the issue about the uncapped season. The NFL is trying to lobby Congress to pass a bill that would bring (via satellite) network signals to rural areas that are blacked out or don’t receive programming from their local station. While the bill is awaiting action by the Senate, this has huge ramifications. The league has paid out exorbitant amounts of money in the last years to lobbyists. And we’re not talking thousands, we’re talking millions. Not many businesses can shell out millions of dollars to Congressional lobbyists.
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