The antitrust exemption has been around for decades and keeping it only allows for the further evolution of the game, using fans, agents, and certain laws to further how the game will be played in the future. First off, agents are being very influential in the decisions each player makes. They help make financial decisions for players to ensure their success in the league to stay preserved. They allow them to stay with the team the player may like for a little pay cut, to help fans keep the love they have for a player, due to the fact that he would be staying with the team the player is on for maybe his whole career. They would help make some of their decisions on salary for the fans, especially the young ones wanting to have a role model to
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(Achorn) Baseball’s antitrust exemption is not doing any harm to players around the league, and the league is not being affected immensely as a result of the exemption being intact. The exemption has been tried numerous times for different lies that people seem to place on the exemption, but it has an undefeated record in defense of the exemption. The efforts to get rid of it have to be viewed well and show that there is nothing wrong with the antitrust exemption. (Smith) Dating back to when the first time baseball was introduced in a major league format, they have done well by providing millions of dollars to the economy and providing jobs to millions of people across the country currently how baseball is set up with the exemption intact. All in all baseball has had this exemption intact for a long time, and the game of baseball has run smoothly with no major problems interfering in the game, to the point where the game has had to be shut. Fans continue to come to numerous games, and the little fans continue to enjoy and play the game, so maybe one day they can be just as good their favorite player was back …show more content…
It is like a business rather than a game, and like any industry, where the players are wanting to go where there is more money.” (Seib) This idea plagues the league now in that baseball only seeks money and is not available to any other suggestions. As long as they are making money they will not change their ways, and that is what is going to bring the league apart if this madness is not stopped. They are also making more money each year by slowly raising their ticket prices (See Figure 3). A man by the name of Jack Brooks stated the fact that, “the antitrust exemption may be the main cause of eight work stoppages that occurred in the MLB in the last 23 years.” These hearings will determine whether these stoppages really were caused by the antitrust exemption. Now revealed is the problem that the antitrust exemption has caused not only by money but also by work stoppages. (Smith) Some other solutions explained by Mr. Fehr that could help the league from including the fact that players without contracts would be protected against the arbitrary imposition of greatly reduced contracts if the owners tie the law with court challenges. Also, he explained that it would tie the law to future negotiations. These solutions to the problem would greatly affect players, allowing them for more rights in the league, and to get their fair share of
(Achorn) Baseball’s antitrust exemption is not doing any harm to players around the league, and the league is not being affected immensely as a result of the exemption being intact. The exemption has been tried numerous times for different lies that people seem to place on the exemption, but it has an undefeated record in defense of the exemption. The efforts to get rid of it have to be viewed well and show that there is nothing wrong with the antitrust exemption. (Smith) Dating back to when the first time baseball was introduced in a major league format, they have done well by providing millions of dollars to the economy and providing jobs to millions of people across the country currently how baseball is set up with the exemption intact. All in all baseball has had this exemption intact for a long time, and the game of baseball has run smoothly with no major problems interfering in the game, to the point where the game has had to be shut. Fans continue to come to numerous games, and the little fans continue to enjoy and play the game, so maybe one day they can be just as good their favorite player was back …show more content…
It is like a business rather than a game, and like any industry, where the players are wanting to go where there is more money.” (Seib) This idea plagues the league now in that baseball only seeks money and is not available to any other suggestions. As long as they are making money they will not change their ways, and that is what is going to bring the league apart if this madness is not stopped. They are also making more money each year by slowly raising their ticket prices (See Figure 3). A man by the name of Jack Brooks stated the fact that, “the antitrust exemption may be the main cause of eight work stoppages that occurred in the MLB in the last 23 years.” These hearings will determine whether these stoppages really were caused by the antitrust exemption. Now revealed is the problem that the antitrust exemption has caused not only by money but also by work stoppages. (Smith) Some other solutions explained by Mr. Fehr that could help the league from including the fact that players without contracts would be protected against the arbitrary imposition of greatly reduced contracts if the owners tie the law with court challenges. Also, he explained that it would tie the law to future negotiations. These solutions to the problem would greatly affect players, allowing them for more rights in the league, and to get their fair share of