Re: ESPN and Microsoft, must unite and fight the NFL and EA!!!
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Originally Posted by NCHelix
Well as I understand it, the NFL and NFLPA were shopping the exclusive rights around, and had bidders earlier this year (most likely VC, EA and possibly 989) and they just recently wrapped up negotiations and EA offered the most money. Neither the process or the action itself can be considered illegal in this case, and even if the deal was simply the NFL and NFLPA speaking only to EA, upon VC's and 989's contracts expiring, there would be no illegal action in that either, because of the NFL being completely private.