,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eefa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bd1
 #bjbf,mr4 ,sheehy 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,sullivan7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a 
,,bill  ,to protect the exclusive       
broadcast window of the ,army-,navy     
college football game4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,protect
 ,america's ,game ,act4  #b4 ,protection
 of ,army-,navy game ,the ,act of       
,september #cj1 #aifa 7commonly known as
 the ,sports ,broadcasting ,act of      
#aifa7 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #abia et seq47 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #g4 ,protection of          
,army-,navy game  7a7 ,exemption of     
certain college sports agreements from  
antitrust laws ,the antitrust laws1 as  
defined in the first sentence of section
 #a of this ,act1 shall not apply to any
 joint agreement1 by or among           
institutions of higher education 7as    

defined in section #aja of the ,higher  
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajja77 engaging in or conducting       
organized intercollegiate sports1 or    
conferences that have such institutions 
as members1 to form and operate an      
entity that sells or otherwise transfers
 to a third party all or any part of the
 rights of the institutions or          
conferences in the sponsored telecasting
 of the intercollegiate athletic        
competitions engaged in or conducted by 
the institutions or conferences4  7b7   
,prohibition on broadcasts that overlap 
with ,army-,navy game  7#a7 ,in general 
,subsection 7a7 shall not apply to any  
joint agreement described in that       
subsection that permits any person to   
sponsor1 telecast1 or authorize the     
telecast of any postseason              
intercollegiate football contest        
involving an institution participating  
in the ,football ,bowl ,subdivision     
during the protected ,army-,navy ,game  
broadcast window4  7#b7 ,definition ,for

 purposes of this subsection1 the term  
protected ,army-,navy ,game broadcast   
window means the period beginning #a    
hour before scheduled kickoff and ending
 #cj minutes after the official         
conclusion of the telecast of the annual
 football game between the ,united      
,states ,military ,academy and the      
,united ,states ,naval ,academy         
occurring on the second ,saturday in    
,december in any year4  4