Major league baseball may have shot themselves in the foot. After they announced that they were pulling the All Star game out of Atlanta, Rep Jeff Duncan announced that he has ordered his staff to draft legislation to do away with their antitrust exemption. MLB is the only sport with such an exception. I love sports and I love politics but I can’t stand it when the two are combined.
The antitrust exemption was first established in 1922 and was reaffirmed in the Curt Flood Act in 1998 that was passed by congress. Duncan’s bill will eliminate the exemption and could cost major league baseball an arm and a league and would make them give up a lot of control on how the league is run. The Ted Cruz hashtag #GowokeGobroke.” says it all. If MLB wants to be political, they must be made to pay a price. And a hefty price it could be.
GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan (S.C.) said:
“An overwhelming bipartisan majority of Americans support requiring an ID to vote, and any organization that abuses its power to oppose secure elections deserves increased scrutiny under the law.”
Sen Bill Lee added:
“Why does @MLB still have antitrust immunity?”
“It’s time for the federal government to stop granting special privileges to specific, favored corporations—especially those that punish their political opponents.”
Popular teams such as the Yankees and the LA Dodgers would be able to control the movement of their franchises and would also allow them to negotiate their own television and radio contracts dealing with nationally televised games and could eventually change how free agency works and to their detriment at that.
These are MLB’s corporate sponsors, who pressured to pull the All Star game out of Atlanta.
Do all of them oppose voter ID?
Are all of them willing to be the woke enforcers of the corrupt Democratic Party?
And do all hate the 75m who voted for Trump? https://t.co/cuOXYFO9Gv
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) April 3, 2021
MLB earlier Friday announced its decision to pull the All-Star Game out of the Peach State amid mounting calls to boycott businesses and events in Georgia that failed to condemn the state’s newly enacted voting measures. The law requires voters to have a photo ID to submit an absentee ballot and limits the number of ballot drop box locations, among other provisions.
Democrats and voting rights activists have condemned the law, arguing it will disproportionately make it harder for voters of color to make their voices heard in elections.
MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred defended the league’s decision to move the game, writing in a statement that it is “the best way to demonstrate our values as a sport.”
“Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box,” he added.
