scheduling format, then show me an example of a pro league whose teams will regularly play teams from another league and those games count in the overall standing like you currently see in college athletics now. You can't because it doesn't exist outside of external tournament competitions that don't count in a league's overall standing. The reason it is relevant is because it may determine whether college athletics ever receives the exemption or not. Even though poster on this board are only focused on DI athletics, it is very likely Congress can't limit the exemption to just the DI level for multiple reasons. Congress may not be able to limit it to just the NCAA schools (all 3 division levels) because the NCAA schools do play games, which count in the overall standings, against NAIA schools and even JUCO/community college schools in some cases. Hence why I focused on the pro leagues have a limited number of teams. Plus, the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 only gave the exemption to the NFL and not the other pro leagues that operate in the US. It may be accurate to say that MLB, NBA, NHL, MLS, and any other pro league you want to include follows the same scheduling philosophy as the NFL (aka play only games against other league members) without any sort of antitrust exemption. The only reason the NFL received it is because they wanted to negotiate the TV contract(s) for the entire league instead of letting each team negotiate their own TV contract (aka regional contract if you will). That right there may be the main reason why Congress may decide to not give college athletics the exemption because no conference or school will want to give up that power even if Congress is legally able to define who can or can't receive that exemption.