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This paper examines the impact of the antitrust exemption on Major League Baseball in the United States and what might likely happen if that exemption is lifted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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the National Football League (NFL) are run pretty much like businesses. They have to earn a profit to survive, to pay salaries, and to pay maintenance. If they dont earn
enough money to survive, they go out of business - or in the case of professional leagues, they change towns. There is not a year that doesnt go by during
which some team in the above-mentioned leagues talks about moving to a different city. Baseball, however, is different. Major League Baseball (MLB)
has for years benefited from exemption from the Sherman Antitrust Act, which means that the league can pretty much run teams the way it chooses. However, removal of this act,
which is what many in Congress are pushing for, probably wont change the way Baseball conducts its business now - all it might do is ensure that teams move from
city to city more often. The issue of labor is pretty much non-existent, as players are no longer required to stay with teams for life.
All sports leagues, whether they are exempt from anti-trust or not, are pretty much run the same way. The league sets policy and negotiates contracts for
things such as television rights and licensing fees, while each individual team is responsible for marketing games to consumers. If an owner chooses to move his or her team to
another location in the country, he/she can do this, pretty much without having to go through the league. Baseball is no different - many decisions made - including where a
team should be based - is made by the league, rather than market forces. All of this changed, however, during late 2001,
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