GOP Rep. Jeff Duncan (SC-R) announced that he ordered his staff to introduce legislation to strip them of their antitrust exception.
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With a Dem legislature and President, this won’t go very far.
Maybe, maybe not. A lot of Dems were threatening MLB about its cannibalization of the minor leagues.
The GOP is always ready to propose good legislation when they have no power.
Maybe it’ll drift off in 2021, but with the mid-term in 2022...this might be one of a dozen political topics for the election, and MLB’s punishment comes up as number one to accomplish in 2023.