In recent months, sports fans everywhere have been inundated with newsletters, radio segments, and TV spots about the arcane Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961—the law that allows leagues, including the NFL, to bypass certain antitrust laws when selling media rights. The man behind this obscure legislation’s ascent into the cultural zeitgeist, of course, is Rupert Murdoch, the 95-year-old Fox Corp founder. Murdoch has watched for years as the streamers have become bigger players in the existential battle for NFL rights—a direct threat to the lucrative NFL portfolio that Fox has amassed over the past three decades. After his Wall Street Journal reported that he had personally lobbied President Trump on the issue, NFL officials have focused on Murdoch as the driving force behind Congress’s rising appetite to curtail the league’s exemption.