I wasn’t aware the NFL had an anti-trust exemption. I thought only MLB had one?
I wondered the same thing. Most sports leagues do have a limited anti-trust exemption because the various teams do act in concert for rather obvious reasons, unlike oil companies, supermarkets and other competing companies. I presume this is what Congress wants to toy with.
Personally, I think government should stay out of this. It is noteworthy, too, that the NFL is the one trying to get government (at the state and federal level) to intervene. Usually, the one who goes crying to the government is the one with the weaker bargaining position.