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HR 2687 100th Congress House Commerce Antitrust law Antitrust policy Baseball Cable television Communications and Broadcasting Professional sports Sports and Athletics Television Television broadcasting of sports

A bill to make the antitrust laws applicable for a 2-year period to any professional baseball team that unfairly deprives its supporters of the opportunity to receive regular over-the-air television broadcasts of games in a season.

Introduced: June 15, 1987 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 17, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.
Jun 15, 1987
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Jun 15, 1987
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Makes it unlawful for a major league professional baseball team to enter into or perform any contract that provides exclusive carriage for a one-year period of more than 50 percent of its televised games by any cable television system. Sets forth an exception to such prohibition if: (1) more than 75 percent of the residences in the home city of that team are located within an area served by a cable television system that carries more than 50 percent of the televised games of such team; or (2) such team has not had more than 65 percent of its televised games carried by an over-the-air broadcasting station during the preceding two-year period. Subjects a professional baseball team to the antitrust laws for a two-year period for violations of this Act.

What's happening now June 17, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.

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