U.S. Antitrust Law in Sports Industry Perspectives

Authors

  • Pedithep Youyuenyong Faculty of Law, Chiang Mai University

Keywords:

Antitrust Law, Competition, United States, Perspectives, Sports Industry

Abstract

The purpose of antitrust laws is to enhance the limiting the market power of any big business and industrial competitors through the promotion of fair competition and provision for consumer protection. In the United States (U.S), antitrust laws is in place to limiting anti-competitive behaviour, ensuring that a single business or group of businesses that unreasonably restrains competition by acquiring or maintaining monopoly power. These laws, in principle, prohibit unfair business practices that unreasonably distort and exploit consumers in the modern competitive market. However, the requirements for ruling activities and competitions in global sports to include in their administrative and judicial decisions as to the extent to which U.S. sports leagues (An association of U.S. sports teams) are carrying out sports and commercial activities in the U.S. sports industry context that have been exempted from an unlawful monopoly or an attempt to monopolize the U.S. sports industry defined under the U.S. antitrust laws. The paper provides an analysis of unique business model of the U.S. professional sports league. It explains why there is a need for controlling mergers and unfair business practices that would reduce a sports market's competition. It also sets out the main obstacles for using U.S. antitrust laws to prevent anti-competitive behaviour in in the U.S. sports business. It conclusively illustrates that business and commercial practitioners in the U.S. sports Industry would benefit from the U.S. antitrust laws.

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2023-08-28

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Youyuenyong, P. (2023). U.S. Antitrust Law in Sports Industry Perspectives . Journal for Strategy and Enterprise Competitiveness, 2(5), 1–13. Retrieved from https://so07.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/STECOJournal/article/view/2562

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