NFL is seriously scripted

[reuben.ahmed]

(11-11-2018, 06:12 PM)Dill Wrote: Who decides which "storyline" and which teams to push?

That's an excellent question.

While we call these leagues "sports," they are in fact businesses. Their business is entertainment. The NFL, for one, has actually argued this fact before the Supreme Court as recently as 2010. Being "entertainment," the leagues are legally entitled to do what is needed to entertain their audience, such as the creation and promotion of certain "storylines." Despite arguments to the contrary, this makes the NFL on par with Roller Derby and Professional Wrestling.

http://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=4822872


Jeffrey Kessler, a lawyer for the NFL Players Association and several other professional sports unions, said afterward that NFL teams believe they should be allowed to "fix the prices of labor, that they could impose restrictions that would prevent good teams from getting better, or take any other conduct without the antitrust laws coming into play."