“Get woke, go broke” has become an anthem for critics of Major League Baseball’s decision Friday to pull its All-Star Game and 2021 draft from Atlanta in protest of Georgia’s new election integrity law.
But perhaps the most condemning response to the organization’s decision is coming not from fans but from Congress.
Rep. Jeff Duncan, a Republican from South Carolina, said Friday that he plans to introduce legislation that will remove MLB’s antitrust exemption after Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the Georgia move in response to the passage of state Senate Bill 202
Manfred’s decision came after many on the left depicted the Georgia law — which, among other things, requires voter ID for absentee ballots — as “voter suppression.” President Joe Biden described the law as “Jim Crow in the 21st Century” and “an atrocity.”.
So what would revoking antitrust exemptions mean for Major League Baseball?
According to Fox Business, “MLB’s antitrust exemption has been in place since a 1922 Supreme Court decision ruled that the league is a sport and not a business.”
Antitrust laws encourage competition by “limiting the market power of any particular firm,” meaning exemptions from these laws effectively eliminate industry competition for the league.
If this exemption were to be revoked, it could promote competition in the “business” of baseball, putting an end to MLB’s monopolization.
That would be fantastic. It would save dollars for the US tax payer and make them pay more taxes, since all their tax breaks would be eliminated.. Also they would have to build their own stadiums and pay higher rent to the STATE and LOCAL governments if they continue to use the TAX PAYER funded built stadiums, because they will / have broken their contracts with STATE and LOCAL government
More money for SENIORS and SSI
It is obviously a for profit business.
Done with all professional sports and really I don’t miss it