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fashawks8 · 12-13-2004, 11:52 PM

So, the "relevant market" here could be said to be "football video games in general" or, say, "NFL football video games including NFLPA licensing." If the market is defined as the latter, obviously, an exclusive licensing agreement would face much greater scrutiny. If you define the market narrowly enough, EA's actions exclude ESPN completely from the "relevant market."

This would seem to be legal grounds for some kind of challenge. However, EA already did this with Nascar and that obviously went through. Were there any kind of legal challenges with that monopoly?

12-13-2004, 11:52 PM	#2
fashawks8 Rookie OVR: 1 Join Date: Feb 2003	Re: There is a concept in antitrust law So, the "relevant market" here could be said to be "football video games in general" or, say, "NFL football video games including NFLPA licensing." If the market is defined as the latter, obviously, an exclusive licensing agreement would face much greater scrutiny. If you define the market narrowly enough, EA's actions exclude ESPN completely from the "relevant market." This would seem to be legal grounds for some kind of challenge. However, EA already did this with Nascar and that obviously went through. Were there any kind of legal challenges with that monopoly?