§ 1293. — Intercollegiate and interscholastic football contest limitations.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1293]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 32--TELECASTING OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CONTESTS
Sec. 1293. Intercollegiate and interscholastic football contest
limitations
The first sentence of section 1291 of this title shall not apply to
any joint agreement described in such section which permits the
telecasting of all or a substantial part of any professional football
game on any Friday after six o'clock postmeridian or on any Saturday
during the period beginning on the second Friday in September and ending
on the second Saturday in December in any year from any telecasting
station located within seventy-five miles of the game site of any
intercollegiate or interscholastic football contest scheduled to be
played on such a date if--
(1) such intercollegiate football contest is between
institutions of higher learning both of which confer degrees upon
students following completion of sufficient credit hours to equal a
four-year course, or
(2) in the case of an interscholastic football contest, such
contest is between secondary schools, both of which are accredited
or certified under the laws of the State or States in which they are
situated and offer courses continuing through the twelfth grade of
the standard school curriculum, or the equivalent, and
(3) such intercollegiate or interscholastic football contest and
such game site were announced through publication in a newspaper of
general circulation prior to August 1 of such year as being
regularly scheduled for such day and place.
(Pub. L. 87-331, Sec. 3, Sept. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 732; Pub. L. 89-800,
Sec. 6(b)(3), Nov. 8, 1966, 80 Stat. 1515.)
Amendments
1966--Pub. L. 89-800 substituted ``The first sentence of section
1291 of this title'' for ``Section 1291 of this title'' at beginning of
section, extended limitation granted for football contests on game sites
located within 75 miles of telecasting stations to include
interscholastic contests, redesignated cl. (2) as (3), added a new cl.
(2), and, in cl. (3) as so redesignated, substituted ``newspaper of
general circulation prior to August 1'' for ``daily newspaper of general
circulation prior to March 1'' as description of the type newspaper
required for the announcement of the game site of intercollegiate or
interscholastic football games.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 47 section 331.
