y ▁with ▁respect ▁to ▁television ▁broadcast ing ▁rights , ▁and ▁in ▁some ▁cases , ▁on ▁access ▁to ▁stad ium ▁ven ues . ▁ ▁The ▁case ▁was ▁first ▁heard ▁by ▁Judge ▁Peter ▁K . ▁Le is ure . ▁The ▁US FL ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁NFL ▁had ▁bul lied ▁ABC , ▁CBS ▁and ▁N BC ▁into ▁not ▁televis ing ▁US FL ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁fall . ▁It ▁also ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁NFL ▁had ▁a ▁specific ▁plan ▁to ▁eliminate ▁the ▁US FL , ▁the ▁" P orter ▁Pres entation ." ▁In ▁particular , ▁the ▁US FL ▁claimed ▁the ▁NFL ▁consp ired ▁to ▁ru in ▁the ▁Inv aders ▁and ▁Gener als . ▁The ▁US FL ▁sought ▁dam ages ▁of ▁$ 5 6 7 ▁million , ▁which ▁would ▁have ▁been ▁triple d ▁to ▁$ 1 . 7 ▁billion ▁under ▁ant it rust ▁law . ▁It ▁hoped ▁to ▁void ▁the ▁NFL ' s ▁contract s ▁with ▁the ▁three ▁major ▁networks . ▁The ▁US FL ▁proposed ▁two ▁rem ed ies : ▁either ▁force ▁the ▁NFL ▁to ▁negoti ate ▁new ▁television ▁contract s ▁with ▁only ▁two ▁networks , ▁or ▁force ▁the ▁NFL ▁to ▁split ▁into ▁two ▁compet ing ▁ 1 4 - team ▁le agues , ▁each ▁limited ▁to ▁a ▁contract ▁with ▁one ▁major ▁network . ▁ ▁The ▁lawyer ▁for ▁the ▁US FL , ▁Har vey ▁My erson , ▁had ▁what ▁he ▁felt ▁were ▁three ▁" sm oking ▁guns ". ▁▁ ▁A ▁mem o ▁from ▁March ▁ 1 9 7 3 ▁to ▁NFL ▁broadcast ing ▁director ▁Robert ▁C och ran ,