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Major League Baseball and the NFL are government sanctioned and enforced monopolies because breaking up the talent into competing leagues would be be ad for the
by wmeredith 14y ago
Major League Baseball and the NFL are government sanctioned and enforced monopolies because breaking up the talent into competing leagues would be be ad for the sport.
- maxerickson 14y agoOver the years, MLB has been exempted from antitrust enforcement. The government does nothing to enforce monopolies in the sports world (remember the XFL? It failed because not enough people watched. Also, there are pro/semipro baseball teams not affiliated with MLB. A somewhat local to me example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traverse_City_Beach_Bums http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traverse_City_Beach_Bums).
- wmeredith 14y agoI was misinformed, apparently. Thanks for clearing that up.