Pigs get fat. Hogs get slaughtered.
The NFL — which looks and subsequently acts like the Hogzilla of all Hogzillas — undoubtedly brushes such an old adage aside. After all, it is selling football to Americans (and now even international fans). How could it ever not succeed?
It may not be wrong, but how about expressing a modicum of respect for the desperate, dare we say football-addicted customers that the league continues to wring for every last dollar?
A jury in Los Angeles ruled last week that the NFL violated federal antitrust laws by selling its “Sunday Ticket” package of out-of-market games exclusively on DirectTV at an inflated price in an effort to protect the local broadcast of games on Fox and CBS.