,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #chcc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ad1    
#bjbb,mr4 ,sanders introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to end the      
antitrust safe harbor for baseball      
cartels4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,save ,american     
,baseball ,act4  #b4 ,findings ,congress
 finds the following3 7#a7 ,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 pastime4     
7#b7 ,recently1 ,major ,league ,baseball
 has exploited its monopoly control over
 ,america's pastime and hurt players1   
families1 and communities to increase   
their already high level of profits4    
7#c7 ,in ,december #bjba1 ,major ,league
 ,baseball locked players out and       
refused to bargain in good faith in an  

attempt to break the players' union4    
7#d7 ,in ,march #bjbb1 ,major ,league   
,baseball threatened players with a     
delay of the #bjbb baseball season to   
force them into an unfair contract deal4
  7#e7 ,the actions of ,major ,league   
,baseball have not only threatened      
players1 but also the livelihood of     
thousands of stadium workers and        
communities across the ,united ,states4 
7#f7 ,in #bjba1 ,major ,league ,baseball
 revoked the affiliation of more than   
#dj ,minor ,league ,baseball teams1     
causing needless economic pain and      
suffering and breaking the hearts of    
fans in small- and mid-sized towns all  
over the ,united ,states4  7#g7 ,rising 
,major ,league ,baseball ticket prices  
are increasingly unaffordable for       
working class families4  7#h7 ,the      
anticompetitive grip of ,major ,league  
,baseball on the sport1 its players1 its
 workers1 and its communities must end4 
#c4 ,definition ,in this ,act1 the term 
antitrust laws-- 7#a7 has the meaning   

given the term in subsection 7a7 of the 
first section of the ,clayton ,act 7#ae 
,u4,s4,c4 #ab72 and  7#b7 includes      
section #e of the ,federal ,trade       
,commission ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #de7 to 
the extent that such section applies to 
unfair methods of competition4  #d4     
,professional baseball subject to       
antitrust laws  7a7 ,removal of         
exemption ,persons in the business of   
organized professional baseball shall   
not be exempt from the antitrust laws4  
7b7 ,repeal ,section #bg of the ,clayton
 ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #bf;b7 is repealed4