U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin is looking to stop professional sports leagues from blacking out games for fans, end the complicated web of streaming services, and cut costs for viewers across the country.
The For the Fans Act, introduced by Sen. Baldwin, comes as the evolving digital landscape has turned watching sports into a costly subscription nightmare, as the NY Times reports of fans paying thousands of dollars because streaming giants like Netflix and Amazon Prime buy up exclusive broadcasting rights and put big games behind their big paywalls.
Sen. Baldwin said of the bill, “Gigantic streaming services and big sports leagues have created a complicated and expensive maze of subscriptions that either stop fans from watching their teams altogether or gouge fans to simply watch the teams they love…It shouldn’t take ten different subscriptions and a second mortgage to watch sports.”
Senator Baldwin has worked to address this issue with her Go Pack Go Act.
