LEADER 04225nam 2200613 450 001 9910827391903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-252-09712-2 035 $a(CKB)3710000000371554 035 $a(EBL)3414436 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001439841 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11832310 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001439841 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11382736 035 $a(PQKB)10874483 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414436 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001042950 035 $a(OCoLC)904398521 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse45846 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414436 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11030090 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL741167 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000371554 100 $a20150319h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe big leagues go to Washington $eCongress and sports antitrust, 1951-1989 /$fDavid George Surdam 210 1$aUrbana, Illinois ;$aChicago, Illinois ;$aSpringfield, Illinois :$cUniversity of Illinois Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (344 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-252-03914-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aA Brief History of Professional Team Sports -- Economics of Antitrust -- An Overview of the Hearings -- Player Rights (1951 and 1957) -- Closing the Last Vestige of a "Free Market" In Labor (1964) -- Should Antitrust Apply to Sports? (1957 and 1958) -- We Want More Baseball and Football (1959 and 1960) -- Damn Yankees and Relocations (1964 and 1965) -- Professional Sports Team Community Protection Acts (1982 and 1984-1985) -- Professional Sports Teams Grapple with Radio and Television -- Baseball and Broadcasting (1953) -- The NFL's Big Television Score (1961) -- Television Blackout Hearings (1972-1977) -- The Future Arrives Via Cable Television (1989) -- Can't We All Get Along? (1966) -- The Proposed NBA/ABA Merger (1971-1972) -- Conclusion : A Look Back at the Hearings 330 $a"Between 1951 and 1976 the U. S. Congress held a series of hearings to investigate antitrust aspects of professional sports leagues. Congress was concerned about their cartel-like behavior, which included territorial protection, controlling ownership of players, restricting new franchises, and preventing the formation of competitive leagues. Surdam chronicles the key issues in the major hearings and discusses the direct and indirect consequences of them, sometimes through legislation and more often through public airing of the worst practices. The hearings brought into view the conflicting interests of owners, players, labor and property laws, and major and minor league teams, whose locations and success mattered to members of Congress. The hearings led to relocation of ailing franchises, as legislators from the West and South pressed the league into bringing teams into their states. Other hearings affected broadcasting rights and black-outs, the role of leagues versus their individual franchises, player drafts, player unions, league mergers, and the dominance of the New York Yankees. Surdam pays special attention to the economic issues that arose in each case. The success and survival of the major league teams depended in large part of their ability to avoid congressional interference, and adapting to it when necessary"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aProfessional sports$xLaw and legislation$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aAntitrust law$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aProfessional sports$xEconomic aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 615 0$aProfessional sports$xLaw and legislation$xHistory 615 0$aAntitrust law$xHistory 615 0$aProfessional sports$xEconomic aspects$xHistory 676 $a344.73/099 686 $aLAW005000$aSPO019000$2bisacsh 700 $aSurdam$b David G$g(David George),$0923547 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910827391903321 996 $aThe big leagues go to Washington$94043478 997 $aUNINA