▁The ▁j ury ▁declared ▁the ▁NFL ▁a ▁" d uly ▁adj ud ic ated ▁illegal ▁mon opol y ", ▁and ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁NFL ▁had ▁will fully ▁acquired ▁and ▁maintained ▁mon opol y ▁status ▁in ▁professional ▁football ▁through ▁pre dat ory ▁tact ics . ▁ ▁However , ▁it ▁rejected ▁the ▁US FL ' s ▁other ▁claims . ▁The ▁j ury ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁US FL ▁had ▁changed ▁its ▁strategy ▁to ▁a ▁more ▁ris ky ▁goal ▁of ▁forcing ▁a ▁mer ger ▁with ▁the ▁NFL . ▁Furthermore , ▁the ▁switch ▁to ▁a ▁fall ▁schedule ▁caused ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁several ▁major ▁mark ets ▁( Ph il adel phia , ▁Den ver , ▁Houston , ▁Pitts burgh , ▁Detroit , ▁Miami , ▁the ▁Bay ▁Area ). ▁The ▁j ury ▁also ▁made ▁note ▁of ▁a ▁mem o ▁T ad ▁Ta ube ▁wrote ▁about ▁the ▁dispute , ▁which ▁quoted ▁the ▁com ic ▁strip ▁P ogo : ▁" we ▁have ▁met ▁the ▁enemy ▁and ▁he ▁is ▁us ." ▁ ▁Most ▁important ly , ▁the ▁j ury ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁NFL ▁did ▁not ▁attempt ▁to ▁force ▁the ▁US FL ▁off ▁television . ▁( Ind eed , ▁ESP N ▁remained ▁willing ▁to ▁carry ▁US FL ▁games ▁in ▁the ▁fall , ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁league ' s ▁teams ▁also ▁had ▁local ▁broadcast ▁contract s , ▁and ▁ 1 9 8 6 ▁also ▁happened ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁inaug ural ▁season ▁of ▁the ▁Fox ▁Broadcast ing ▁Company , ▁a ▁network ▁that ▁would ▁eventually ▁become ▁the ▁fourth ▁major ▁broadcast ▁network .) ▁In ▁ess ence , ▁the