Playing second base, hitting lefty, throwing righty — it’s just what people who are named Chase Utley do.

It is not uncommon for parents to name their kids or pets after an athlete, but it is extremely uncommon to have the exact same first and last name as a professional athlete.

Chase Utley was born in Alabama 10 months after Philadelphia Phillies legend Chase Utley, helped lead the team to a World Series title in 2008.

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Chase Utley, left, poses for a photo on a baseball field in Mobile, Alabama, February 2026, and, right, Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies on Aug. 15, 2015. (Courtesy of the Utley family; John Konstantaras/Getty Images)

The older Chase Utley played 16 seasons in the big leagues, hitting lefty, throwing right-handed, and playing second base, and was just named to the Phillies Wall of Fame. The younger Chase Utley hopes his baseball career ends with similar recognition.

The younger Chase Utley’s parents, Brian and Amanda, came around to naming their son Chase in different ways.

For Brian, he is a big baseball fan and knew who Chase Utley was before naming his son Chase.

“I grew up a big baseball fan. Followed the game very closely, and I absolutely knew who Chase Utley was, of course, and have been following his career,” Brian told Fox News Digital in a recent interview. “To date it, our Chase was born in August of 2009, so that would have been (during) the second World Series run for the Phillies, so it was very top of mind. The name just kind of rolls off the tongue when your name’s already Utley. It was something that I wanted. I had to be sensitive to my wife’s desires for sure.”

Amanda Utley thought of the name Chase independently of the Phillies great. When she suggested the name to her husband, she was informed of the coincidence and was turned off by the name.

“I didn’t know there was a Chase Utley, and I just thought of the name Chase and thought it sounded great. I’ve always liked that name. And so, when I suggested it, (Brian) said, ‘Well, as a matter of fact,’ and he tells me all about Chase Utley. And so, I was like, ‘Oh, never mind then.’ You know, that’s weird. I don’t think we’re going to want to name him after somebody,” Amanda told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.

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Chase and Brian Utley pose for a photo on a baseball field in Mobile, Alabama, February 2026. (Courtesy of the Utley family)

However, as she went throughout the pregnancy, she vetted Brian about the person Chase Utley is.

“The more we kind of went through the pregnancy, I didn’t find another name I liked better. And, so then I kind of was like, ‘Well, is Chase Utley a good guy? Is he a good leader? Is he a jerk in the locker room?’ You know, all the things. He was like, ‘No, he’s an awesome guy and he would he’s a great role model. He’s probably going to be in the Hall of Fame one year.’ I said, ‘Well, then are we going to get made fun of if we do this?’ And he said, ‘No, I don’t think so.’ So, that’s where that’s where that came from for me. I just really liked the name,” Amanda said.

So, the couple settled on Chase.

The older Chase Utley said he has met a handful of kids named after him, but never someone with his exact same name.

“But honestly, the last name at least, I’ve never met another person named the last name Utley other than my family members. So, they put them both together is extremely unique. And the fact that a young baseball player plays the same position as we mentioned, I think it’s very cool and very unique,” the older Chase Utley told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.

The elder Chase Utley is no stranger to people naming their kids after him. He has been told families have named their pets after him.

“I actually met several kids or parents that mentioned that they named their son or their dog, or their cats, or their bird. There’s I think there was a fish was named after me,” Utley said.

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Former Phillies second baseman Chase Utley during a pregame ceremony against the Chicago White Sox at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia on Aug. 4, 2019. (Eric Hartline/USA Today Sports)

The younger Chase Utley thinks it is “super cool” to be named after the World Series champion.

“Well, obviously I was born kind of at the peak of his career. I was born in 2009 back whenever they were they went on that two World Series run. So it took me a minute to really just kind of understand that,” the younger Chase Utley told Fox News Digital.

“But when I kind of realized it and I got to really know and learn about the player that he is and the great leader and great competitor that he was, I mean, it’s super cool to be named after a player like that, especially a player that’s like fun to look up to and model a game, model my game after. It’s awesome to be named after him.”

The younger Chase Utley did not choose to bat lefty, throw right-handed and play second base solely because of his name. He also plays shortstop and is listed as a right-handed pitcher on Perfect Game’sbsite. Perfect Game is the largest and most comprehensive scouting organization in youth baseball.

The younger Utley said it all fell into place that way and credited his dad for molding him into the player he is.

“Well, from a young age, my dad’s been my coach and my dad’s been a great teacher and coach for me and he kind of molded me into the player that I am. He kind of stuck me on the tee on the left side whenever I started to hit and  obvious like I got a lot of athleticism from him and always have worked on being a great athlete with him,” the younger Chase Utley said.

“That sets me up good to be a good middle infielder. So yeah, it just kind of all fell into place to where I was a lefty bat and righty thrower playing both shortstop and second base and yeah, so yeah, it just kind of all fell into place and it’s great to even play the same position that he did.”

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Chase Utley in action at a baseball field in Mobile, Alabama, February 2026. (Courtesy of the Utley family)

Perfect Game’s vice president of scouting, Jered Goodwin, told Fox News Digital that the younger Utley is on the trajectory of being a Division I college baseball player. Goodwin praised his ability to hit and is looking forward to his maturation process.

Goodwin said the younger Utley’s athleticism caught his eye.

“One thing that caught my eye and through the conversations I’ve had and what I got to see last summer, he is athletic enough to be versatile, go out and have a role at a four-year school just because he can play multiple spots. He swings from the correct side of the plate, and he does hit,” Goodwin told Fox News Digital in a recent interview.

The younger Chase Utley is not just opening eyes with his play at baseball tournaments, but has also caused chaos at baseball tournaments for his name alone.

Umpires have approached Brian Utley at baseball tournaments, confusing him for the older Chase Utley.

“There was this one instance where I was playing and my dad was coaching and we had two games earlier in the day and then we left on a game break for lunch. We come back, and it might have been started by an umpire or a parent, but there was a buzz like a rumor going around the ballpark that Chase Utley was there and he was coaching his son while his son was playing as me and my dad is Chase Utley,” the younger Chase Utley said.

“And there’s been other instances where umpires have gone up to my dad thinking that he was Chase Utley and he was coaching his son and talking to him about his career and everything.”

The younger Chase Utley said he frequently gets asked throughout the baseball season by opponents if he is named after or related to the older Chase Utley.

Brian Utley said whenever his son is announced to hit, it causes a stir among the crowd.

“We had a game last night and uh as he comes up to bat, you hear it. Hey, now batting number four, Chase Utley. And I always recognize a little bit of a discussion or I always can see it in the stands every time he comes up for the first time, usually because the name is called out,” Brian said.

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Chase Utley in a dugout in Mobile, Alabama, February 2026. (Courtesy of the Utley family)

Brian Utley said he gets asked frequently if he intentionally named Chase after the older Chase Utley, which he affirms. Amanda Utley said she had a friend who had known their Chase for years and one day saw a baseball player on television named Chase Utley, and wondered if Brian and Amanda were aware of the other Chase Utley.

“Most of the time when people ask, ‘Do you know?’ the follow-up is, ‘Did you do that on purpose?’ And so it’s kind of, sort of,” Amanda said.

While Brian knew who Chase Utley was, he is not a Phillies fan. He grew up a Kansas City Royals fan in the 1980s, and the family’s favorite team is the Royals.

The family named their dog Slugger after the Royals mascot.

While the Royals are the Utleys’ favorite team, they do root for the Phillies. The younger Chase Utley called them their second-favorite team.

The older Chase Utley said he was at spring training in Clearwater, Florida, when a family came up to him and told him that they named their son after him.

The Utley family had not reached out to the older Chase to let him know they named their son after him.

“We haven’t had that kind of nerve,” Brian said with a laugh.

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Chase Utley of the Philadelphia Phillies stands on second base after being called out on second base in a pickoff play by the Brewers at Miller Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Aug. 15, 2015. (John Konstantaras/Getty Images)

While they haven’t yet met, there are plans to meet in the future. The elder Chase Utley said they will meet in person over the next several months, maybe after a Zoom for their initial introduction.

The ex-ballplayer said he is looking forward to meeting the younger Chase Utley.

“I’d love to shake his hand and have a good conversation. I, hopefully we can talk a little baseball and second base, and hopefully have some great questions that I can, hopefully I can provide some good answers for him. But yeah, just to meet someone, with your same exact name, that doesn’t happen very often, at least for me. So it’ll be a great experience,” the older Chase Utley said.

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I’ll let you in on a little secret: In the performing arts, the most annoying people are puppeteers. This is because they make you look at their absurd creation of papier-mâché and then make you pretend it’s the most important thing you have ever seen.

This is precisely what the “No Kings” protesters who take to American streets every few months represent. Even the ones holding insulting and crude signs instead of puppets demand to be taken seriously when they are anything but.

The very name of these protests is a farcical facade, a false mask of faux outrage, because President Donald Trump is not a king. It is an argument absurd on its face, because, trust me, if Trump were king, the GOP Senate would have broken the filibuster and passed the Save America Act by now.

A “No Kings” event in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, on Saturday, March 28. (Fox News Digital)

If Trump were king, every Immigration Customs and Enforcement civilian worker would have been paid over the last month, instead of pinching pennies.

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I also imagine King Donald would have gotten a few more of his judicial appointments approved.

The notion that Trump just does whatever he wants is ridiculous. The man can’t use the men’s room without some Obama-appointed federal judge trying to block his access.

Let’s take a look at some of the insane bloviations that the nation was treated to during Saturday’s cross-country protests.

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Here’s what Hollywood legend-turned old man yelling at clouds Robert De Niro had to say at the No Kings Day event in New York: “He can’t do all the f—ed-up things that he’s been doing without the collusion of Congress and the goons in his administration.”

Protesters gather in Washington, D.C., for the No Kings Day protest on Oct. 18, 2025. (Fox News Digital/Emma Woodhead)

That doesn’t sound like much of an almighty king to me.

How about the congresswoman from Somalia, I’m sorry, Minneapolis, Ilhan Omar? This was her oddball take: “I could have never imagined the day would come when we were staring down at this kind of creeping authoritarianism.”

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Once again, the nature of this so-called authoritarianism wasn’t explained.

And speaking of Somalis, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz chose to center them in his remarks, insisting, for some reason, that “we’ll never leave the side of Somali Minnesotans… your great-grandchildren will be here when that orange clown is in the dustbin of history.”

Robert De Niro cried on Nicolle Wallace’s “The Best People” podcast. (MS NOW YouTube channel)

This, of course, assumes that there is room in the dustbin of history next to Walz’s own political career, which was destroyed when he let his beloved Somali fraudsters steal billions from taxpayers.

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Let’s get back to this idea of puppets for a moment, because the No Kings protesters no longer just hold puppets, often of Trump doing something disgusting. They have literally now transformed into the puppets themselves.

The inflatable frog costume made fashionable in violent Portland anti-ICE riots, and a nod to the furry sexual fetish, have now become ubiquitous at No Kings rallies. The message of the costume is “How can something so silly and fun be dangerous?”

The rather obvious answer to that question is that when Democrats and the Left act like petulant children and refuse to fully fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement, innocent Americans like Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman are murdered by illegal immigrants.

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You never see any sad inflatable frogs at the funerals of our fallen.

In the end, everything about these No Kings protests is fake. Everything is a mask, everything is a puppet, because the central claim, that we are ruled by King Donald, isn’t just hyperbolic, it is divorced from reality.

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Sadly, notwithstanding the fictional nature of the central complaint of the No Kings protests, the Left does understand the value of big, in-person crowds, and they will continue to not just garner biased national media attention, but will also fire up the Democrats’ base.

This is why the news that the Republicans are moving closer to a midterm convention, with reports homing in on Dallas as a location, is welcome for conservatives.

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Though it is not in their nature, conservatives must have a greater footprint on the streets, and a convention is the perfect way to achieve that.

In the meantime, expect the inane puppetry of progressive protest to continue unabated, and for the puppets and the protesters to grow more and more angry and unhinged. Because as long as Donald Trump is president, crown, scepter and orb or not, these people will continue losing their minds.

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FIRST ON FOX: One of the nation’s most prominent railroad unions is facing new scrutiny after a watchdog report alleged its leadership is quietly working against the political views of its members who support President Donald Trump’s agenda.

The report, released by the American Accountability Foundation (AAF), claims the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), one of the nation’s oldest labor unions, is run by leaders who are endorsing and promoting Democratic policies and candidates despite a membership base that data suggests largely supports the president.

The report, which alleges the union “betrayed” its MAGA members, points to the union’s endorsement of the Harris-Walz ticket in the 2024 election cycle, as well as its ties to prominent Democrats including Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Sen. Sherrod Brown, who is running for Senate again.

While BLET has touted Republicans in recent years, including earlier this year when it applauded Vice President JD Vance and the bipartisan reintroduction of the Railway Safety Act (RSA), the report highlights repeated criticism of Trump-era policies, including transportation regulations, immigration enforcement, and the conservative-backed Project 2025 agenda, alongside praise for the policies of the Biden administration.

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President Donald Trump attends a ceremony in Florida to dedicate the renaming of a 4-mile stretch of Southern Boulevard in Palm Beach County to “President Donald J. Trump Boulevard” on Jan. 16, 2026. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP Photo)

A review of the union’s social media account by AAF shows numerous examples of the union opposing various moves by the first Trump administration during his presidential campaign against incumbent Joe Biden, which the report describes as evidence of “woke leadership.”

“In the lead-up to the 2024 election, BLET issued 14 tweets that criticized the actions of the first Trump administration while praising the Biden administration’s railroad policies,” the report says. “The messaging was clearly intended to skew union members toward the Democratic presidential ticket. In these tweets, they attacked nearly every major Trump-era rail policy decision while framing the Biden administration’s actions positively.”

The union’s public support of Democrats had a financial angle as well, as the report states that the organization spent more than $26 million on political activity in recent years, with the vast majority supporting Democratic candidates and causes to a degree that AAF referred to as “shocking.”

According to the report, 99% of the union’s party committee donations went to Democrats.

“For example, in the 2016 cycle, BLET donated $15,000 to the DNC when they were the nexus for GOTV for the Hillary Clinton campaign but never donated a dollar to the RNC,” the report says. “In 2024, long after it had become clear that industrial union membership was strongly behind President Trump, the BLET leadership still hadn’t gotten the message, making 24 different donations to Democrat party committees for a total of $53,400 and a mere two donations to Republican committees for a spare $2000.”

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According to the report, the divide reflects a broader shift in American politics, with blue-collar workers increasingly backing former President Donald Trump while union leadership remains entrenched in traditional left-leaning positions.

The report goes beyond the union’s spending on politics and delves into what it calls “waste and abuse” in the form of millions of dollars of member dues being shelled out for travel, hotels, and “swag.”

“While it’s bad enough that BLET spent over $5,000,000 on hotels and conferences, even more concerning is the fact that the union spent over $2,000,000 on casinos and resorts alone,” the report says. “The union appears more concerned with staying at entertaining destination resorts than they do being thrifty with their members’ dues.”

Recent polling shows that labor unions like BLET consist of a large number of workers who support Trump, including Teamsters polling that shows a 60/40 breakdown in favor of Trump and exit polling from the 2024 election that shows working-class voters without a college degree went 56% for Trump and 42% for Harris. 

The report also points to leadership compensation as part of the disconnect, noting multiple top officials earning over $200,000 annually, with the union president and vice president each making more than $300,000.

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Members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen BLET Union hold posters as they take part during a strike outside New Jersey Transit’s Headquarters on May 16, 2025, in Newark, New Jersey.  (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

“The men pulling America’s freight voted for President Trump because they believe in secure borders and putting American workers first,” AAF President Tom Jones said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“But their union bosses are busy living large on member dues and carrying water for the Left. They’ve turned a blue-collar brotherhood into a woke political machine that’s doing everything it can against the Trump-Vance agenda, and likewise, against everyday railroad workers. Every BLET member should be asking where their hard-earned dollars are really going.” 

In a statement to Fox News Digital, a BLET spokesperson said: “We do not comment on false press releases by dark money groups who have no accountability to the truth.”

Jet fuel prices in the U.S. have more than doubled in a matter of weeks as Middle East tensions squeeze supply, fueling concerns airlines could run short of fuel.

Prices jumped from about $2.17 to $4.57 per gallon by March 27, according to the Argus U.S. Jet Fuel Index. Airlines warn inventories could run dry within weeks, raising the risk of higher airfares and flight cancellations.

Airlines are already adjusting. United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said the carrier will cut about 5% of planned flights in the near term as fuel costs surge, warning that if prices persist, jet fuel alone could add $11 billion in annual expenses.

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United is also scaling back service during off-peak periods and suspending select international routes, including Israel and Dubai due to the conflict.

Meanwhile, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the jet fuel spike added as much as $400 million in costs in March alone. He said the airline is moving quickly to pass those higher costs on through fare increases.

American Airlines also expects fuel to add about $400 million to its first-quarter expenses. 

The impact is also spreading beyond U.S. carriers.

Airlines are starting to raise ticket prices and cancel some flight routes due to the surging fuel costs. (Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

European airline chiefs, including executives from Lufthansa and Air France-KLM, warned that a prolonged conflict in the Middle East will push fares higher and strain already tight fuel supplies, with some cautioning that jet fuel could run out if disruptions persist.

Airlines are already acting on those pressures. Air France-KLM plans to raise long-haul ticket prices, while Cathay Pacific and several Asian carriers are increasing fuel surcharges. SAS said it will cancel about 1,000 flights in April due to rising costs, while Qantas and Thai Airways are also adjusting fares and schedules.

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Much of the globe’s jet fuel supply moves through the Strait of Hormuz, where tanker traffic has slowed sharply amid rising regional tensions. (Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Jet fuel, one of airlines’ largest expenses, is especially volatile due to thin inventories, specialized storage and limited spot trading, which can amplify price swings when supply tightens.

The Middle East exports about 1.1 million barrels per day of jet fuel—roughly 15-17% of global consumption—according to Jaime Brito, executive director of refining and oil products at OPIS.

Much of that supply moves through the Strait of Hormuz, where tanker traffic has slowed sharply amid rising regional tensions.

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A satellite image shows the Strait of Hormuz, a key maritime passage connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman, vital for global energy supply. (Amanda Macias/Fox News Digital)

Just 21 miles wide at its narrowest, the waterway between Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Oman is a critical energy choke point.

The waterway carries roughly 20 million barrels of oil per day and about one-fifth of global liquefied natural gas, along with significant volumes of jet fuel.

Two scholars are advocating for forced abortions on minors with “restraint” as a last resort if needed. 

Kimberely Brownlee and Alyssa Izatt wrote a research paper titled “Justice for Girls: On the Provision of Abortion as Adequate Care,” that addressed the “critical moral questions about pregnancy in childhood.” The article is included in the University of Chicago Press’s April 2026 edition of its peer-reviewed journal, “Ethics.”

According to the scholars, “Providing care might then require sedation or physical restraint, which could be traumatizing, especially since this is a girl who most likely has already had her bodily integrity violated by someone.”

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The paper, titled “Justice for Girls: On the Provision of Abortion as Adequate Care,” addressed the “critical moral questions about pregnancy in childhood.” (Chandan Khanna/AFP)

“Compelling abortion care for an unwilling girl thus might seem to compound the harm she has already endured,” Izatt and Brownlee wrote in the paper.

The two added, “Here, it is worth considering that, while it may be distressing for parents, medical caregivers, and the patient herself, the use of restraint (chemical or physical) on children to provide lifesaving or life-altering treatment is used in other areas of medicine, including in procedures such as surgeries and cancer treatment, and is justified as a last resort when it is necessary to provide adequate care.” 

Brownlee is the Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political & Social Philosophy at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Izatt is a PhD student studying moral philosophy at UBC.

“Both opponents of abortion and liberal defenders of a woman’s right to control her own body make a mistake in relation to impregnated children,” the authors wrote.

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Charlie Camosy, who teaches moral theology and bioethics at Catholic University, slammed scholars advocating for forced abortions on minors with “restraint” if needed.

“As such, the adults responsible for her care should never pressure or compel her to continue a pregnancy. Nor should they confront her with the three ‘options’ of abortion, adoption, or mothering, as medical professionals are currently advised to do. Instead, her adult caregivers should view her impregnation as a malady and take steps to terminate it.”

“Mandating care is something that is done in other serious medical contexts, such as cancer treatment, when it’s necessary to save a child’s life or health, and we believe it should be done here too for the child’s safety,” Brownlee said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Friday.

“For a child, pregnancy is a life-or-death matter. Pregnancy-related complications are the second highest cause of death of teenage girls worldwide. The younger the child, the graver the risks. We believe that older teens may be able to decide against abortion care, but they should be informed of the risks they face.”

Charlie Camosy, who teaches moral theology and bioethics at Catholic University, slammed the authors’ arguments.

Secular Pro-Life, an organization that advances “secular arguments against abortion,” shared the University of Chicago Journal’s paper on abortion. ((Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, via Getty))

“Published in top tier journal. In order for an argument like this to pass muster, abortion has to thoroughly break the people involved in the process,” Camosy posted on X.

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Camosy shared Secular Pro-Life’s post. The organization advances “secular arguments against abortion.”

“Paper argues for forced abortions on minor girls – even if it requires chemically or physically restraining them – as the ethical position,” Secular Pro-Life wrote.

Izatt and the Journal did not respond to Fox News Digital‘s request for comment.

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Sports fans frustrated by the growing number of streaming platforms needed to follow live games are sounding off. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said Sunday on “Fox & Friends Weekend” that officials are reviewing thousands of comments on whether a significant share of sports should remain free on broadcast television.

Carr said the FCC is looking into whether sports leagues should continue to benefit from a special antitrust exemption, and that public comments solicited on the matter largely support keeping games more accessible.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said thousands of public comments support keeping major sports games free on broadcast TV amid streaming frustration. (Aaron M. Sprecher/Getty Images)

“We actually got thousands and thousands of comments. It was a big number for the FCC… The vast majority so far, based on an initial assessment, support keeping a significant portion of these sports games on free, over-the-air broadcast TV,” Carr said.

“So, we’ll be looking at it. There could be actions at other portions of the government, and Congress as well, if these sports leagues continue to push this issue.”

FCC CHAIRMAN QUESTIONS NFL’S ANTITRUST PROTECTION AS LEAGUE SHIFTS TO STREAMING SERVICES

Netflix obtained the rights to stream the NFL’s Christmas Day doubleheader in 2025, while Amazon Prime Video held the rights to the third game of the day. (Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images)

The FCC probe comes as a new Fox News poll indicates that 72% of sports fans think major sporting events should stay free on broadcast TV, amid reports that the NFL is considering allowing teams to sell the rights to preseason games to streaming services.

The special exemption in question was codified by the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act, which allows the NFL to negotiate league-wide TV deals without violating U.S. antitrust rules, provided it meets certain conditions, including protecting customer access. The stakes are high if the NFL’s antitrust exception goes away, particularly if individual franchises begin selling their TV rights separately.

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Carr made his feelings clear, stating he thinks the experience of finding a game to watch has become frustrating and costly.

“You effectively have to have a computer science degree to decipher this,” he said, adding that, historically, broadcast TV and sports leagues have had a mutually beneficial relationship that allowed leagues to grow while supporting local news.

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“We’re at a tipping point where these leagues can push it so far, putting games behind paywalls, that they undermine their ability to claim that antitrust exemption.”

Fox News Digital’s Chantz Martin contributed to this report.