THe UFL’s Biggest Barrier to Entry

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Published: July 22, 2009

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... on the leading characteristic of a monopoly, as taught to me by the greatest economics professor of all time, Vincent D’Andrea. A monopoly is characterized by its formidable barriers to entry, and maintenance of limited to zero competition.

In Layman’s terms: not only can you not compete with the NFL, you can’t even feasibly think about it.

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The NFL is the most watched sport in this country, and their marketing people are well aware of that. Despite being a multi-billion dollar business; the element of broadcasting the NFL still somehow appears to be a privilege.

In 2001, the NFL completely cut ties with NBC, after NBC agreed to be the flagship network of the XFL. It took NBC more than five years to get NFL programming back on their network.

In 2004 the NFL demanded that ESPN cancel their highest rated, and most critically acclaimed original show to this date, “Playmakers...

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