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<text id=90TT2451>
<title>
Sep. 17, 1990: Business Notes:Antitrust
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Sep. 17, 1990 The Rotting Of The Big Apple
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 66
Business Notes
ANTITRUST
Too Little of A Good Thing?
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<body>
<p> As the college football season gets under way, universities
are competing hard on the field. But the Federal Trade
Commission charged last week that 63 major schools represented
by the College Football Association have conspired with Capital
Cities/ABC to avoid competition in the marketplace. The
complaint alleged that a five-year, $300 million contract
between the C.F.A. and Capital Cities would illegally limit the
number of games on TV.
</p>
<p> Under the contract, ABC and its ESPN cable affiliate would
have sole broadcast rights to Saturday games between C.F.A.
opponents beginning next year. Other participating C.F.A.
schools may sell TV rights to local stations on other days.
Capital Cities/ABC and the C.F.A. denied the charges in the
complaint. Among other things, they noted that home games of
Notre Dame, a C.F.A. member, will be on NBC. An FTC judge in
Washington is to try the case.
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</body>
</article>
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