Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) publicly criticized the Green Bay Packers' primetime game being carried on Netflix and introduced legislation to ensure free over-the-air access for residents to nationally televised games involving teams headquartered in their state. Her bill targets situations like the Packers' night-before-Thanksgiving matchup being exclusive to a streaming service, requiring those games also be available on local broadcast TV. The measure adds political pressure to ongoing scrutiny of NFL broadcast deals, which has drawn federal antitrust attention.
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