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That seems extremely anti-competitive. I wonder if that rule could be challenged.
by scoofy 11y ago
That seems extremely anti-competitive. I wonder if that rule could be challenged.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoPrivate company, go start yer own football league if you don't like it, etc.
- michaelbuddy 11y agonon profit with tax breaks you mean
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoWhen it's convenient, yup, doing a public service, keeping kids off drugs, stuff like that.
- tamana 11y agoAny industry can form a similar nonprofit trade association. The members pay tax.
- rickycook 11y agothat's a pretty horrendous way to change what's morally wrong with the world
- TheGRS 11y agoThe alternative is to change a majority of people's minds that this is something morally wrong with the world, make cases to supreme court and/or lobby congress and eventually turn the tide in your favor. Not really sure which way is easier.
- fnordfnordfnord 11y agoI was mocking it not endorsing it.
- bluejekyll 11y agoXFL
- douche 11y agoIt's been tried a few times... Probably the best challenge was the USFL, but they couldn't make a go of it over the long term, and that was when the NFL media machine was much less entrenched. The ESPN 30 for 30 film "Small Potatoes: Who Killed The USFL?" is pretty interesting (especially given that Trump was a key player in that drama)[1] [1] http://espn.go.com/30for30/film?page=small-potatoes-who-killed-the-usfl http://espn.go.com/30for30/film?page=small-potatoes-who-kill...
- tamana 11y agoIt's a League. The entire reason for its existence is to be anticompetitive (in business).
- baddox 11y agoYes. Note the idiom "in league with."
- rst 11y agoThe NFL got Congress to write them a specific exemption in the anti-trust laws, so it's very, very doubtful.
- thaumasiotes 11y agoI've heard about an exemption for baseball, although that came from judicial corruption rather than being a legislative effort. Confirm that there's a specific legislative exemption for football too?
- jsprogrammer 11y ago[1] 15 U.S. Code § 1291 - Exemption from antitrust laws of agreements covering the telecasting of sports contests and the combining of professional football leagues [2] 26 U.S. Code § 501 - Exemption from tax on corporations, certain trusts, etc. [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1291 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/15/1291 [2] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/501 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/26/501 There are also a few more places the Code references football: https://www.law.cornell.edu/search/site/football?f[0]=bundle%3Ausc_node https://www.law.cornell.edu/search/site/football?f[0]=bundle...
- HelloMcFly 11y agoFootball and baseball are not equivalently exempt. Baseball enjoys far broader exemption. The NFL does have some conditional exemptions, but not in the same scope [1]. Recently, the US Supreme Court said exactly as much [2] in a very specific scenario. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_antitrust_law#Scope_of_antitrust_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_antitrust_law#Sc... [2] https://www.oyez.org/cases/2009/08-661 https://www.oyez.org/cases/2009/08-661
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- jonathankoren 11y agoThe Green Bay Packers are a non-profit corporation in a private sports league. Business competition within a league is prima facie absurd.