... expands to 16 teams—and I don't if they will—the powers to be might want to figure out if they will be in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.

The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first legislation passed by the United States Congress to deal with monopolies.

Would a 16 team college athletic conference fall under the term monopoly?  Probably not.  The Big East has 16 members in their basketball conference and nobody has compared it to a monopoly.

Would the expansion of the Big Ten Network throughout most of the Northeast make it a monopoly?  I don't know.  Maybe!

The Big Ten Network currently reaches 40 million households and is available to 73 million.  Add Rutgers, Sy...

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