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NFL, Fanatics, TikTok face US antitrust claims over sports memorabilia

( October 20, 2025, 22:31 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The National Football League, Fanatics, and TikTok have been accused in US court of illegally conspiring to monopolize the sports memorabilia market, suppress competition, and destroy small business sellers known in the industry as “breakers.” The complaint claims that Fanatics consolidated control of digital sales channels and developed its own live-commerce platform, Fanatics Live, while orchestrating restrictive distribution and reporting rules for hobby shops and breakers. TikTok then acted in concert with Fanatics and the NFL by suppressing or banning breakers who sold non-Fanatics memorabilia on the platform.See attached file. ...

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