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Antitrust And Baseball – A League Of Their Own, Y. Shukie Grossman

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Interpreting The Nfl Player Contract, Gary R. Roberts

Marquette Sports Law Review

No abstract provided.

Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: A Study Of Antitrust Jurisprudence In The Federal Circuit, Steven W. Heller

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Antitrust & Professional Sports' Eligibility Rules: The Past, The Present, And The Future, Cathy E. Shore

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

No abstract provided.

An Antitrust Analysis Of Sports League Contracts With Cable Networks, Stephen F. Ross

Faculty Scholarship

This Article discusses the proper antitrust treatment of package sales to cable. Part I considers whether the antitrust laws apply at all to such sales; it concludes that section one of the Sherman Act does apply and that neither the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 not baseball's historic exemption from the antitrust laws prevents antitrust scrutiny of these contracts. Part II explains why cable package sales should be analyzed under a rule of reason test focused on the effect of a sale on fan viewership. Finally, Part III responds to several possible objections to the rule of reason standard proposed …

Monopoly Sports Leagues, Stephen F. Ross

Faculty Scholarship

This Article argues that the government should break up both Major League Baseball and the NFL to provide for competing economic entities in each sport. Part I details the harm monopoly sports leagues cause in several different markets and explains why a competitive league structure can correct such harms. Part II discusses why regulatory solutions are poor substitutes for competition as a means of redressing these harms. Part III explains why neither baseball nor football is a "natural monopoly" and argues that no persuasive evidence suggests that rival leagues cannot exist in those sports. Part IV examines how the antitrust …

Cable Traffic And The First Amendment Must-Carry Under A Diversity Approach And Antitrust As Possible Alternative, Bruno Vandermeulen

LLM Theses and Essays

Recent technological progress in the field of telecommunications has greatly changed the competitive structure between broadcasters, cable operators, and telephone companies. The legal and economic environment for these media participants has shifted, and new problems have arisen. One major problem is the enhanced threat of concentration of media corporations, as corporate bigness becomes desirable and the number of diversified owners of media outlets continues to decrease. This paper analyzes broadcasting regulations and subsequent case law to show the concern by the legislature and regulatory agencies to preserve diversity in opinion and media-ownership through emphasis on “localism” and a “marketplace of …

The 1980'S Amendment To The Sherman Antitrust Act And The Revitalized Per Se Illegality Of Resale Price Maintenance, Nira Weisel

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

Professional Sports And Antitrust Law: The Groundrules Of Immunity, Exemption And Liability, Phillip J. Closius

All Faculty Scholarship

As professional sports leagues increased their wealth and national prominence, the federal judicial system became uncomfortable with its characterization of sports as something other than a business. The Supreme Court reflected this change in policy in the 1950s by refusing to extend baseball's antitrust exemption to other sports. The application of the Sherman Act to all nonbaseball sports established the foundation for the forceful imposition of antitrust constraints on team owners in the sports litigation of the 1970s. These "revolutionary" decisions substantially eliminated the status of sports as a game or amusement insulated from the legal obligations of profit-making industries. …

"Don't Talk Of Fairness": The Chicago School's Approach Toward Disciplining Professional Athletes, Robert H. Heidt

Indiana Law Journal

SYMPOSIUM: Antitrust Issues In Amateur Sports

Held at Indiana University School of Law - March 1985

A Pine Tar Gloss On Quasi-Legal Images, Christopher H. Clancy, Jonathan A. Weiss

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Moving Picture Anti-Trust Cases, Thomas F. Broden

Journal Articles

United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc., et al. involves a consideration by the Supreme Court of The United States of the guilt of a vast segment of the nation-wide movie industry of a district court conviction of re- straining and monopolizing interstate trade in the distribution and exhibition of films. Not only were the violations of the Sherman Act by the largest moving picture film distributors of the country in issue, but a more difficult problem, that of what to do about the violations, was presented to the Supreme Court for its consideration.

From a reading of the majority opinion …