Experts say case is arguably most worthy legal challenge in decades to the longstanding exemption. But MLB could pay to make it go away.
’s antitrust exemption is facing arguably its most worthy legal challenge in decades. But despite the relative strength of a case that could play out in the Supreme Court in a matter of months, the lawsuit could also soon fall by the wayside if the league opens its wallet wide enough.
In imploring the court to take the case, they argued that when MLB cut 40 teams, the states themselves had no recourse. “States are preempted from exercising their historic police powers and enforcing their own antitrust laws by a century-old, judge-made federal exemption …” read the brief. Ironically, the greater-good arguments relayed in the friend-of-the-court briefs might wind up primarily benefiting only the two plaintiffs.
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