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Cowboys’ Jerry Jones Stands by NFL’s Broadcast Model at Trial
- Team owner in 1995 suit called the NFL a ‘price-fixing cartel’
- League is fighting multibillion-dollar suit over Sunday Ticket
Jerry Jones
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Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told a jury that the NFL’s broadcast revenue-sharing model encourages competition — three decades after he called the league a “price-fixing cartel.”
Teams such as the Cowboys — the league’s most valuable franchise — would win constantly if revenue from media rights wasn’t split evenly, because they’d have more funds to stack their teams with top players, Jones said.