Re: monopoly definition

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 00:44:00 -0400 "A. Joseph Ross"
<lawyer@attorneyross.com> writes:
> On 15 Oct 2002 at 13:05, Dave Faneuf wrote:
> 
> > There are markets in MLB with more than one team, owned by 
> different
> > entities so why would they be protected under an anti-trust 
> exemption
> > since there is not a monopoly in that particular city?  
> 
> There may be more than one team in the market, and they may have 
> different owners, but 
> they all belong to the same cartel, namely Major-League Baseball.  
> Teams can't be sold or 
> move without MLB approval, and they all follow the same set of 
> rules.

That's true today, but as Don point out when the exemption was granted
there were 16 teams, 11 of which shared the same 5 cities and they could
apparently move without approval as he indicated with the Braves moving
out of Boston without league approval.
This is a bit of a stretch, but even in broadcasting the sale of a
station or group needs approval by the FCC.
df