LEADER 04406cam 2200517 i 4500001 ssj0001439841 003 WaSeSS 005 20190313051101.0 006 m d 007 cr n 008 141125s2015 ilu sb 001 0 eng d 010 2014034696 020 9780252039140 (hbk. : alk. paper) 020 |z9780252097126 (e-book) 035 (WaSeSS)ssj0001439841 040 DLC |beng |cDLC |dWaSeSS 042 pcc 043 n-us--- 049 EREENEHH 050 00 KF3989 |b.S87 2015 082 00 344.73/099 |223 084 LAW005000SPO019000 |2bisacsh 100 1 Surdam, David G. |q(David George) |=^A491423 245 14 The big leagues go to Washington |h[electronic resource] : |bCongress and sports antitrust, 1951-1989 / |cDavid George Surdam. 260 Urbana, Illinois : |bUniversity of Illinois Press, |c[2015] 300 viii, 314 pages ; |c25 cm 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-300) and index. 505 0 A 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 506 Available only to authorized users. 520 "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. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web 650 0 Professional sports |xLaw and legislation |zUnited States |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A1241650 650 0 Antitrust law |zUnited States |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A990116 650 0 Professional sports |xEconomic aspects |zUnited States |xHistory |y20th century. |=^A1013687 650 7 LAW / Antitrust. |2bisacsh 650 7 SPORTS & RECREATION / History. |2bisacsh 655 0 Electronic books. |=^A491897 856 40 |zFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/eastcarolina/detail.action?docID=3414436 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJOYNER188 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hHSL77 949 CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS |wASIS |hJMUSIC60 596 1 3 4 998 4540430