3.0.0 2974 2023-01-11T13:25:05Z 2023-01-11T13:25:05Z Senate S S 2014-12-04 113 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2014-12-04T15:08:23Z 2014-12-04 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2014-12-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT N Commerce Advisory bodies Competition and antitrust Government studies and investigations Higher education Legislative rules and procedure Professional sports School athletics Television and film Commerce 00 2014-12-04 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-16T19:13:52Z Sustained Promotion of Responsibility in Team Sports Act or the SPORTS Act - Amends the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 to repeal the existing antitrust exemption for agreements covering the telecasting of sports contests and the combining of professional football leagues with respect to professional football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. Removes specific mention of these four sports and applies the antitrust exemption to agreements for the telecasting of any professional sports contests. Delays the effective date of this repeal until one year after enactment.

Applies antitrust laws to any league of clubs participating in professional baseball in connection with any agreement relating to the sponsored telecasting of baseball games.

Establishes the Advisory Commission on Sports and the Public Interest.

Sets forth procedures for expedited consideration every five years of a joint resolution to extend the antitrust exemption for professional sports teams.

]]> SPORTS Act Display Title SPORTS Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide for a review of, and repeal of, the antitrust exemptions for professional sports. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced SPORTS Act Short Titles as Introduced Sustained Promotion of Responsibility in Team Sports Act Introduced in Senate 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113s2974is/xml/BILLS-113s2974is.xml 2014-12-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.