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Message: [QUOTE="javadoc, post: 5624837, member: 338"] According to AI: "MLB's exemption comes from a 1922 Supreme Court ruling ([URL='https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Federal+Baseball+Club+v.+National+League&mstk=AUtExfCDoE_KQ1kKPBB-zsIQ8wJLRc1c1J3vwpaIABuzKYVo500LjAQ-EOo8_1nNv6jgE7kFMDo9-fTNnYqUt8Srb56uL8D6DglmS5dvif-Ls1AZxR3_e20Lf0967RuMwtGC8pRLv-GC1-c0Urdx1vY-irjaSkLEu0TG4qIrrLdGXzuz6rE&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwjI8ofZrfyRAxU4MtAFHRGEIjQQgK4QegQIARAB']Federal Baseball Club v. National League[/URL]) that deemed baseball a "purely state affair," not interstate commerce, while the NFL (and other leagues like NBA, NHL) gets a limited, statutory exemption for collective TV broadcasting deals via the [URL='https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Sports+Broadcasting+Act+of+1961&mstk=AUtExfCDoE_KQ1kKPBB-zsIQ8wJLRc1c1J3vwpaIABuzKYVo500LjAQ-EOo8_1nNv6jgE7kFMDo9-fTNnYqUt8Srb56uL8D6DglmS5dvif-Ls1AZxR3_e20Lf0967RuMwtGC8pRLv-GC1-c0Urdx1vY-irjaSkLEu0TG4qIrrLdGXzuz6rE&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwjI8ofZrfyRAxU4MtAFHRGEIjQQgK4QegQIARAC']Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961[/URL] (SBA). MLB's unique, long-standing exemption is broader, rooted in judicial precedent, but Congress narrowed it in 1998 ([URL='https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Curt+Flood+Act&mstk=AUtExfCDoE_KQ1kKPBB-zsIQ8wJLRc1c1J3vwpaIABuzKYVo500LjAQ-EOo8_1nNv6jgE7kFMDo9-fTNnYqUt8Srb56uL8D6DglmS5dvif-Ls1AZxR3_e20Lf0967RuMwtGC8pRLv-GC1-c0Urdx1vY-irjaSkLEu0TG4qIrrLdGXzuz6rE&csui=3&ved=2ahUKEwjI8ofZrfyRAxU4MtAFHRGEIjQQgK4QegQIARAD']Curt Flood Act[/URL]) to exclude player labor issues, leaving only non-labor actions (like franchise control) under the exemption, while the NFL's is strictly for pooling TV rights" It's the conferences fighting each other for TV money that has wrecked the sport in large part, so a legislative fix is needed for at least that issue. [/QUOTE]

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