Findings

Congress finds the following:(1)Major League Baseball is an organization controlled by a number of billionaires who are more concerned with increasing their wealth and profits than with strengthening our national pastime.(2)Recently, Major League Baseball has exploited its monopoly control over America’s pastime and hurt players, families, and communities to increase their already high level of profits.(3)In December 2021, Major League Baseball locked players out and refused to bargain in good faith in an attempt to break the players’ union.(4)In March 2022, Major League Baseball threatened players with a delay of the 2022 baseball season to force them into an unfair contract deal.(5)The actions of Major League Baseball have not only threatened players, but also the livelihood of thousands of stadium workers and communities across the United States.(6)In 2021, Major League Baseball revoked the affiliation of more than 40 Minor League Baseball teams, causing needless economic pain and suffering and breaking the hearts of fans in small- and mid-sized towns all over the United States.(7)Rising Major League Baseball ticket prices are increasingly unaffordable for working class families.(8)The anticompetitive grip of Major League Baseball on the sport, its players, its workers, and its communities must end.

Definition

In this Act, the term antitrust laws—(1)has the meaning given the term in subsection (a) of the first section of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 12); and(2)includes section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to the extent that such section applies to unfair methods of competition.