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Originally Posted by pgardn
1. Baseball's antitrust status which congress could easily take away if federal laws are being broken. They enjoy a special business privilege (possibly unfair), go back and look at these debates.
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It is funny that this is mentioned but it really isnt that important anymore. First off Congress would have to overturn 3 seperate Supreme Court decisions all in favor of granting baseball an excemption because they have never felt that it violates the Sherman Act and does not deem baseball as interstate commerce as defined by the Sherman Act.
The truth is that anyone is free to start a baseball league to compete with MLB and as shown by the USFL vs NFL case the courts will not hold the leagues responsible if any such leagues are attempted and fail.