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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith
My understanding is, The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1291-95 (1961), gave professional baseball, football, hockey, and basketball statutorily exemption from US antitrust laws, for the purpose of collectively selling the rights to television broadcasters.
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Thanks mate - that makes complete sense. If that's the case, I guess that should someone have a crack at F1 on an anti-trust basis, then FOM could argue that precedent exists for treating pro sports differently due to broadcasting rights.
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Originally Posted by P38 in workshop
Slighting an American institution like GM won't be well received by politicians whose electors may well have connections with GM and limiting American participation is unlikely to be well received by this group
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Except that of course FOM in it's statement saying "no" to Andretti went out of its way to praise GM and say that in 2028 with a GM power plant, the application would be looked at very differently.