Is the MLB a monopoly hindering competition?

vienna · 06-19-13, 12:31 PM

MLB is indeed a monopoly, but it is legally so; MLB has a special exemption to the antitrust statutes as bestowed on them by Congress. Interestingly, the NFL failed to ask for an antitrust exemption when it was formed and, as a result, had a lot of extreme legal problems involving teams moving from city to city, notably the Raiders and their Oakland-LA-Oakland moves. In response to their loss against the Raiders' move(s), the NFL actually sought to have an antitrust exemption passed, but they wanted it to be retroactive to a point prior to the Raiders' furst move and they lost in Congress...

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06-19-13, 12:31 PM	#4
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,712 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	MLB is indeed a monopoly, but it is legally so; MLB has a special exemption to the antitrust statutes as bestowed on them by Congress. Interestingly, the NFL failed to ask for an antitrust exemption when it was formed and, as a result, had a lot of extreme legal problems involving teams moving from city to city, notably the Raiders and their Oakland-LA-Oakland moves. In response to their loss against the Raiders' move(s), the NFL actually sought to have an antitrust exemption passed, but they wanted it to be retroactive to a point prior to the Raiders' furst move and they lost in Congress... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __