Legal tackle? Florida AG opens ‘antitrust investigation’ into college football playoff

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody has announced that she has opened an official antitrust investigation into undefeated Florida State being left out of the College Football Playoff behind 12-1 Alabama and Texas. It is just the latest in a string of politicians getting involved in college athletics. Florida governor Ron DeSantis last week stated that he was budgeting $1 million for “litigation expenses” that will result out of the Florida State decision. On the antitrust investigation, Moody is looking for “possible contracts, conspiracies in restraint of trade or monopolization of trade an