In June 1984, the Supreme Court ruled in NCAA v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma that the NCAA's broadcast rights policy violated the Sherman Antitrust Act, and that individual universities and athletic conferences were free to sell the broadcast rights to their games.
In June 1984, the Supreme Court decided in NCAA v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma that the NCAA's policies regarding broadcast rights for its events were against antitrust regulations, allowing individual universities and athletic conferences to handle the sale of their game broadcasts autonomously.