Again Challenged – Baseball’s Antitrust Exemption Lives On

By Dr Robert J. Romano, JD, LL.M, Senior Writer, St. John’s University The U.S. Supreme Court’s historic decision of Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, in what would be considered today as extremely dubious logic, held that Major League Baseball (MLB) has the right to conduct its business without fear of violating the Sherman Act and provided the game of professional baseball with a highly coveted, and what has turned out to be a longstan