Be Wary of Legislative 'Fixes' for Sports Content: Scholar
Litigation such as FuboTV's challenge of the now-defunct Venu sports streaming platform points to sports being must-have content, International Center for Law & Economics senior scholar Eric Fruits wrote Friday. Companies under competitive pressure will likely try legislative solutions as…
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well to try to forestall any changes in how sports content gets delivered, he said. But price controls or mandates to unbundle sports content could lead to unintended consequences such as reduced investment in sports programming or stifled innovation, he said. "Media regulations are often implemented with an eye on the rear-view mirror, rather than out the front windshield, inviting the likelihood they will be obsolete soon after they are enacted."