Re: monopoly definition

[Dave Faneuf <tklaundry@juno.com>]

On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 14:24:58 -0400 "A. Joseph Ross"
<lawyer@attorneyross.com> writes:
> On 16 Oct 2002 at 12:22, Dave Faneuf wrote:
> 
> > 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
> 
Atty Ross writes: 
> I don't know whether the Braves needed or got league approval to 
> move.  In the 1920s, 
> though, no team in either league had moved for some time.  The 
> National League was static 
> from 1899 until the Braves move in 1953.  

Dave writes:
I don't know either, I am basing my comments on my reading of Don's post
and I got the impression they didn't get anyone's approval,  but my
analogy is that when the anti-trust exemption was granted to baseball it
was at a time when there was competition in most of baseball.  I'm taking
that fact and comparing it to major market corporate radio today and
asking if it's a monopoly for baseball in the 20's why isn't it a
monopoly for corporate radio today?
df