Posted on 04/03/2021 8:23:46 PM PDT by bitt
Yesterday, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced they were moving the All-Star game out of Atlanta.
They didn’t like the election integrity laws passed in Georgia.
Biden supported this move.
Now, GOP lawmakers are threatening MLB’s antitrust exemption.
GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC-R) announced that he ordered his staff to introduce legislation to strip them of their antitrust exception.
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GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC-R) announced that he ordered his staff to introduce legislation to strip them of their antitrust exception.
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With a Dem legislature and President, this won’t go very far.
To paraphrase The Bard, an act “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”
Sounds like someone is actually going to start playing “hardball”.
Sorry, I just had to say that, if I did get it in first.
Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) in the House, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) in the Senate.
Call your Member at (202) 224-3121 and demand his or her support for this. Mention the destruction of the minor leagues as well.
Then call the district offices and email.
“GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC-R) announced that he ordered his staff to introduce legislation to strip them of their antitrust exception.”
Maybe, maybe not. A lot of Dems were threatening MLB about its cannibalization of the minor leagues.
Just in general terms, I don’t understand why baseball would do this.
I read an article, which said 14 of the 30 major league teams are in states with voter ID laws. Voter ID is a key objection of the liberals to this Georgia law.
It really makes one wonder, what are the criteria for a replacement site for the All Star Game? Must it be held in a state with no voter ID law, with the most lenient early voting law, or what exactly is baseball trying to accomplish with their political statement?
If they hold the game in a state which has less early voting than Georgia, and/or a voter ID law, Rob Manfred will look like an idiot. And their political statement will look stupid.
While we’re at it, repeal the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1962. That will hit all professional sports leagues in the pocketbook.
they don’t understand baseball if thats their view
the minors are where they get many future mlb prospects from, thats their function
its not cannibalization, its talent rising through the ranks
They do it because they are under the thumb of China (CCP).
I think on a state by state basis to pull tax breaks for stadiums has a better chance
The GOP is always ready to propose good legislation when they have no power.
found out that I could do without football and pretty sure that the most boring sport of baseball will not be missed
Strip them of their citizenship and send them to China. On a leaky boat.
This is a project for rational and decent people who have the real power of the purse. If they do not watch on TV or buy tickets to the games then and only then will MLB Commissioner Manfred realize that he is a woke fool. Would also love to know if he, an attorney, actually read the law before he took such dreadful action to hurt MLB and the people of Georgia.
I agree pulling the tax breaks the owners have for these stadiums is really playing hard ball with Rob Manfred and his communists
We will learn too, if he has the support of the team owners on this.
The Braves released a statement in which they indicated this was not their decision, and they disagree with the decision to rescind the All Star Game from them.
If this becomes a firestorm, and Manfred did this without the support of his owners, he could be out of a job.
Seems more a matter for courts.
Granting a monopoly, as a matter of large scale use of limited public resources, obligates use independent of unrelated topics. Should the grantee fail to fulfill reasonable use of those resources, monopoly contract is broken and up for grabs.
Goodbye MLB, anyone want exclusive use of Georgia’s baseball stadiums?
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