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15 U.S.C. § 1293 — Intercollegiate and interscholastic football contest limitations

submitted 65 years ago by Pub. L. 87-331 to r/title-15-COMMERCE-AND-TRADE · 214 words · no verdicts yet

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This section creates an exception for certain Friday and Saturday professional-football broadcasts near scheduled college or high-school football contests.

The first sentence of section 1291 does not apply to a covered joint agreement allowing all or a substantial part of a professional football game to be shown on a Friday after 6 p.m. or a Saturday between the second Friday in September and the second Saturday in December, from a station within 75 miles of the site of a scheduled intercollegiate or interscholastic contest, if: (1) the college contest is between four-year degree-granting institutions; (2) the school contest is between accredited or State-certified secondary schools offering courses through grade 12 or its equivalent; and (3) the contest and site were announced in a newspaper of general circulation before August 1 as regularly scheduled for that date and place.
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The first sentence of section 1291 of this title shall not apply to any joint agreement described in such section which permits the telecasting of all or a substantial part of any professional football game on any Friday after six o’clock postmeridian or on any Saturday during the period beginning on the second Friday in September and ending on the second Saturday in December in any year from any telecasting station located within seventy-five miles of the game site of any intercollegiate or interscholastic football contest scheduled to be played on such a date if—

(1)

such intercollegiate football contest is between institutions of higher learning both of which confer degrees upon students following completion of sufficient credit hours to equal a four-year course, or

(2)

in the case of an interscholastic football contest, such contest is between secondary schools, both of which are accredited or certified under the laws of the State or States in which they are situated and offer courses continuing through the twelfth grade of the standard school curriculum, or the equivalent, and

(3)

such intercollegiate or interscholastic football contest and such game site were announced through publication in a newspaper of general circulation prior to August 1 of such year as being regularly scheduled for such day and place.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 87–331, § 3, Sept. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 732; Pub. L. 89–800, § 6(b)(3), Nov. 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 1515.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1961Enacted · Pub. L. 87-331 · 75 Stat. 732
  • 1966Amended · Pub. L. 89-800 · 80 Stat. 1515

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 87-331 on 1961-09-30.

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