Why is congress involved with MLB's problem with steroids?

[ttown]

What's the deal?

Why are they involved?

 

[Modeps]

don't they have anything better to do?

nope

 

[BudAshes]

exactly what i was thinking.

 

[PingSpike]

Its a good way to kill time while avoiding the more pressing but harder to solve problems.

 

[Vic]

MLB is a government-sanctioned monopoly, with antitrust exemptions, as the Supreme Court has ruled it a "national institution". As such, Congress has the right to interfere in its affairs when it sees the need to. This is the price that MLB has paid in order to have government protection from competition.

 

[azazyel]

Originally posted by: Vic
MLB is a government-sanctioned monopoly, with antitrust exemptions, as the Supreme Court has ruled it a "national institution". As such, Congress has the right to interfere in its affairs when it sees the need to. This is the price that MLB has paid in order to have government protection from competition.

crap, I wasn't expecting to see a real answer to this one. I just was thinking that Congress panders to public opinion and coorporate sponsors so they would take on this in order to gain votes. I mean these are the same people who invented "freedom toast".

 

[ttown]

Originally posted by: Vic
MLB is a government-sanctioned monopoly, with antitrust exemptions, as the Supreme Court has ruled it a "national institution". As such, Congress has the right to interfere in its affairs when it sees the need to. This is the price that MLB has paid in order to have government protection from competition.

I had no idea....
googled for "mlb monopoly" and found THIS interesting article

thanks for the answer

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: Vic
MLB is a government-sanctioned monopoly, with antitrust exemptions, as the Supreme Court has ruled it a "national institution". As such, Congress has the right to interfere in its affairs when it sees the need to. This is the price that MLB has paid in order to have government protection from competition.

/thread.

 

[UbiSunt]

Originally posted by: Phoenix86

Originally posted by: Vic
MLB is a government-sanctioned monopoly, with antitrust exemptions, as the Supreme Court has ruled it a "national institution". As such, Congress has the right to interfere in its affairs when it sees the need to. This is the price that MLB has paid in order to have government protection from competition.

Plus they want the money from fines from violations to be paid by the multi-millionare roid-heads.

 

[fs5]

Vic, spittin' knowledge like it was yesterday's bad tuna.