NFL Games Copyright

[justice44]

What is the legal justification of the NFL refusing to share its old games in entirety with sport channel? If they don't want to that is fine, but I thought there is a law against sharing 80-70s NFL classics taped on vHS. I don't see how this hurts the NFL if people want to offer this to the public.

[M'sta Mikey]

The legal justification is that if it's their copyrighted material, they have a legal say in how it's distributed, if at all.

It might not 'hurt' to share it, but it's their right not to without their written consent.