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How are the sports leagues government granted monopolies?
by fastball 5y ago
How are the sports leagues government granted monopolies?
- arrosenberg 5y agoMLB has a de jure antitrust exception granted in 1922. The other sports leagues have consolidated and the government has failed to break them up, ergo, a de facto monopoly.
- EpicEng 5y agoWow I had no idea about this. Apparently there's a challenge happening right now https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/01/08/mlb-antitrust-lawsuit/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/01/08/mlb-antitru...
- maxwell 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Baseball_Club_v._National_League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Baseball_Club_v._Natio...