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The NFL got Congress to write them a specific exemption in the anti-trust laws, so it's very, very doubtful.
by rst 11y ago
The 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