NFL, Fanatics Face New Antitrust Claims over Licensed Merchandise Sales

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Yes, that's the whole point of the company. They sell shitty, overpriced-except-branding stuff. It's worthless except dor the brand. I'm not sure I'd pay $5 for their shirts but their branding is worth the $90 premium to some people.

Personally, I think the answer is to invest in alternative sports an alternative brands - there's plenty of things that could replace them in cultural consciousness.

> there's plenty of things that could replace them in cultural consciousness.

Can you give a few examples of this?

There are more sports than football and baseball and soccer. Two weekends ago I was out watching StarCraft and CS: https://dreamhack.com/atlanta Even if you limit it to more physical sport, there's tons of options - Rugby, UFC, Ultimate Frisbee, or even offshoot football leagues - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/XFL_(2020)

Can they replace it? Probably not short term, but Football exists in a space that was long belonging to Baseball. It can change again.

(2022)

It looks like an updated complaint was filed today in the Southern District of New York: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/nf...

I don't know what's different from the complaint file last year but the list of plaintiffs is numbered differently

Can someone explain like I’m 5? They sold merch which made it harder for other people to sell merch? (Serious question)

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