A bill to modify the application of the antitrust laws to protect the public interest in stable relationships between communities and professional sports teams and leagues and in the successful operation of such teams in communities throughout the Nation, and for other purposes.
Major League Sports Community Protection Act of 1985 - Prohibits any person or State from suing under the Clayton Act for any injury resulting from the enforcement of a professional sports league rule which: (1) authorizes league members to bar a member club from relocating; (2) provides for the division of league or member club revenues; or (3) establishes a procedure or standard for the selection or termination of member club ownership. Declares that such prohibition shall not apply to any suit brought by a professional sports league.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Referred to Subcommittee on Monopolies and Commercial Law.
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