Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2020
OCLC FAST subject heading
Antitrust law
Abstract
For nearly a century, Major League Baseball (MLB) has enjoyed antitrust immunity. No other sports league or organization is similarly exempt. Shielded by precedent from antitrust prosecution, MLB clubs are free to exploit both monopolistic and monopsonistic power. In this paper, we call for a repeal of MLB’s antitrust exemption. In doing so, we examine some recent antitrust challenges to MLB conduct, the current interest of the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission in labor market issues, the welfare consequences of the exemption, and a policy recommendation for legislative action.
Recommended Citation
Roger D. Blair & Wenche Wang, Rethinking Major League Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption, 30 J. of Legal Aspects of Sport (2020)