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Man, this would be the greatest! I got this from following a link from gribblenation (they give the map showing what local TV stations show what games [drats! SoCal getting the Oakland/KC game!! ], and it led to this little nugget from ESPN's Tuesday Morning Quarterback, page 2

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2...erbrook/061114

"Today the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on whether the DirecTV monopoly on Sunday Ticket is anti-consumer and constitutes restraint of trade. Finally, Congress has noticed this issue! TMQ's prediction: The NFL, which seriously does not want Congress rethinking the antitrust exemption granted to the league in 1961 over its television contracts, better move pronto to make Sunday Ticket available to all cable carriers. The 1961 agreement with Congress specifies that in exchange for an antitrust exemption, the NFL will make its broadcasts available to everyone. Instead, the Sunday Ticket broadcast operates under a monopoly structure. Congress is already in a foul mood about the NCAA's tax-exempt status for profitable D-I football. The new Congress will want to differentiate itself from the last by being pro-consumer. The NFL's television contracts are worth nearly $4 billion a year; the league would be foolish to run any risk with that sum. Roger Goodell, change your deal with DirecTV before Congress changes it for you."

Maybe we, the cable ready, money holdin', willing to pay a premium to watch Saints for a season, constituents, won't have to wait 'till 2010 for us to be rid of this whole DirectTV mess!

Thanks Senate Judiciary Committee!