The NFL defended its shift to streaming during a meeting with FCC officials, amid questions whether the league has made watching games too challenging and costly. The league's top media exec, Hans Schroeder, argued that allowing the league's 32 teams to negotiate their own media rights deals would exacerbate confusion and costs. The FCC Chair, Brendan Carr, warned that the NFL could lose its antitrust exemption if it moves too many games behind streaming service paywalls. The Department of Justice is also investigating the NFL for violating the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which allows teams to pool their media rights together into massive TV packages. Despite this, Schroeder argued that most of NFL games are still available through free broadcast television.