Ted Cruz, Republican Senators Go to Bat Against Major League Baseball by Suggesting End to Antitrust

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: Law & Crime

Immunity

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Friday joined the fray in the GOP’s ongoing battle with Major League Baseball (MLB), suggesting that the league should be stripped of its immunity from federal antitrust regulations for its response to Georgia’s new voting measures.

MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred on Friday announced that because of the Republican-led effort to change voting laws in the Peach State, the league would be moving its annual all-star game out of Atlanta. The 98-page bill—which was signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp (R) Thursday—made sweeping changes to how the state will administer elections in the future, including a strict photo ID requirements for mail-in voting ballots, that many experts believe is aimed at suppressing turnout.

The MLB move was met with immediate backlash by GOP lawmakers, with several proposing retribution against the league.

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Hey Jeff Dunce the issue isn't voter ID and you know it.

[WHITT]

1. Suggesting End to Antitrust

Good luck with that.

The Repubs have NO leverage.

[Cha]

2. GFY Cancuncruz

[bucolic_frolic]

3. Punitive Republican capitalism. Cruz hasn't been this worried since he high-tailed it out of Cancun.

[BlueStater]

4. Can we just ignore Ted Cruz?

Seriously, why keep giving him the attention he so desperately craves?

[LiberalLovinLug]

29. Its like he is applying to be the new "Trump"

He sees that being the first and worst...to make outrageous accusations and threats, got Donald popular with the new Qpublican base. So if Donald doesn't run, or can't, in 2024, he is setting up to be Trump2.0

[no_hypocrisy]

5. You and what majority, Punk?

[rickyhall]

6. There they go with their majority fantasy again.

[sop]

7. So, now Republicans want to apply federal antitrust regulations? The party of big business and

monopolies?

[area51]

8. And again, the GQP cancel culture is trotted out. n/t

[comradebillyboy]

9. Aren't all of those team owners billionaires?

I'd bet most of them are Repukes too. Be a real shame if they found it in their best economic interest to support Democrats for a change.

[Baked Potato]

10. Hurting Baseball is Putin's work... clearly they are enemies of Democracy.

[thenelm1]

11. The MLB & NFL should never have been given anti-trust exemptions in the first place, but...

that's not really the issue is it?

The obvious issue is the Repub campaign to deny legal citizens their right to vote without having to jump through crazy hoops as defined by the Repubs. The issue is that elected officials are not supposed to be allowed to cherry pick their voters, not the other way around, where all eligible voters are supposed to be able select their representation. (And of course starting with the fact in Georgia, Kemp, as SOS, blatantly removed how many voters from the rolls to insure his own election to gov? Why has this fact so far received so little national attention?)

One would think that that should be an easy argument to make in any equitable court of law. Assuming of course, that those courts haven't already been corrupted by the same Repub rules. Their whole argument is so corrupt on its face.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

25. MLB's antitrust exemption has been in place since a 1922 Supreme Court decision ruled that ...

MLB Published April 2

Ted Cruz, Mike Lee call for revoking MLB’s antitrust status after All-Star Game pulled from Georgia

Major League Baseball should lose its decades-old antitrust exemption, two Republican U.S. senators said Friday night.

By Brie Stimson FOX Business

{snip}

MLB’s antitrust exemption has been in place since a 1922 Supreme Court decision ruled that the league is a sport and not a business. The National Football League, National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League don’t have the same exemption.

{snip}

Full disclosure: I had to look this up, because it's not my field. I would have guessed that the NFL was getting breaks too.

[malthaussen]

28. Not the Court's best decision. n/t

[NBachers]

12. Jeez, who whispered that into Teddy's shit-clogged ear?

[George II]

13. The politics of vindictiveness.

[Evolve Dammit]

14. It's akin to Laura Ingraham's "shut up and dribble" to LeBron for speaking truth. Same shit.

[Evolve Dammit]

15. Nazi Salute Laura Ingraham that is.....racist POS

[DallasNE]

16. What Real Difference Would Repeal Of Antitrust Immunity Make?

The NFL and NBA don't have immunity..

I don't know enough either way to make a judgement.

[Jon King]

17. Completely devoid of ideas on anything that matters.

Dems need to message every single day that Repugs have absolutely nothing to offer America. They literally have zero plans on any subject that truly matters.

[monkeyman1]

19. cruz is dumb as a log ! texas wasted it's money on this clod !

[greenjar_01]

20. Sorry, you're in the minority

I mean, feel free to draft all the insane shit you want, but none of it will see the House floor. Kindly fuck off, Jeff Duncan.

[Deminpenn]

21. Today, MLB is the only sports league with an anti-trust exemption

And, according to Baseball America, losing the anti-trust exemption would actually hurt minor league baseball more. That would enable the two Atl Braves affiliates to re-locate should they desire.

https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/why-baseballs-antitrust-exemption-isnt-a-strong-negotiating-tool-for-milb/#

But this might be a good thing for minor league players who, today, don't get paid much for playing minor league baseball as their rights would have to be part of MLB/MLBPA's collective bargaining agreement.

[twodogsbarking]

22. First they come for baseball

and then the hot dogs and apple pie.

[Old Crank]

23. I have supported this for years.

But just wait until they hear from the billionaire's who own the teams and give them money to run.

[bucolic_frolic]

24. GOP seeks to punish the American institution of Major League Baseball

Yeah, that will be popular.

[niyad]

26. Soooo. . The party of letting businesses do whatever they want whines when businesses don't do

what the oubbies want. Got it.

[malthaussen]

27. Great idea, wrong reasons.

The GOP's sudden willingness to support anti-trust legislation shows how supple they are.

-- Mal

[Martin68]

31. So Repubs haven't yet come to grips with the fact that they are now the minority party!

How do they think they are going to remove anti-trust protections for baseball without the support of Democrats? They are talking out their asses. Their cards are on the table and they ware still bluffing. Losers.

[James48]

32. Good.

MLB needs an anti-trust exemption because.... why?


Well, I have no problem yanking their exemption. Why not?

[marble falls]

33. Something Democrats would like to happen? Please GOP, kill the MLB antitrust exemption,

[prodigitalson]

34. The same people who destroyed the NFL.

[ShazamIam]

35. More of that cancel culture he was just whining about.

[Initech]

36. Brian Kemp is the one undermining America's election integrity laws.

MLB is showing that actions have consequences.

[nykym]

37. MLB can stop all funding to

repugs and even ask for money back.

[apnu]

38. Ah yes, the 'free market' Republicans have found their next quest

Good luck with that chowder heads.