Regulating the National Pastime

Baseball and Antitrust

Jerold J. Duquette

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Praeger Publishers Inc
30 November 1999

History: specific events & topics; Sociology: sport & leisure; Central government policies; Licensing, gaming & club law; Baseball

Major League Baseball, alone among industries of its size in the United States, operates as an unregulated monopoly. This 20th-century regulatory anomaly has become known as the baseball anomaly. Major League Baseball developed into a major commercial enterprise without being subject to antitrust liability. Long after the interstate commercial character of baseball had been established and even recognized by the Supreme Court, baseball's monopoly remained free from federal regulation. Duquette explains the baseball anomaly by connecting baseball's regulatory status to the larger political environment, tracing the game's fate through four different regulatory regimes. The constellation of institutional, ideological, and political factors within each regulatory regime provides the context for the survival of the baseball anomaly.

Duquette shows baseball's unregulated monopoly persists because of the confluence of institutional, ideological, and political factors which have prevented the repeal of baseball's antitrust exemption to date. However, both the institutional and ideological factors are fading fast. Baseball's owners can no longer claim special cultural significance in defense of their exemption. Nor can they credibly claim that the commissioner system approximates government regulation effectively. Both of these strategies have been discredited by the labor unrest of the 1980s and 1990s. Duquette provides a unique perspective on American regulatory politics, and by explaining a complicated story in comprehensive prose, he has given researchers, policy makers, and fans a fascinating look at the business of baseball.

By: Jerold J. Duquette
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 12mm
Weight: 438g
ISBN: 9780275965358
ISBN 10: 027596535X
Pages: 184
Publication Date: 30 November 1999
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

JEROLD J. DUQUETTE is Assistant Professor of Government and Politics at George Mason University./e Professor Duquette has worked as a congressional staffer on Capitol Hill as well as in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Reviews for Regulating the National Pastime: Baseball and Antitrust

?Graduate students in sports or political science should read this volume slowly and carefully, as it is loaded with facts and references to specific legal cases. This book intelligently and carefully analyzes the baseball anomaly --that is, its exemption from federal antitrust law. ...Excellent bibliography, notes, and index.?-Choice ?The book is well written and very readable. The author effectively and accurately provides a summary description of baseball's legal and political history, and he offers an insightful analysis of recent legislative events related to baseball....Duquette presents a persuasive argument...Duquette provides a well-crafted argument that offers insight into the historical status of baseball.?-American Politics Book Reviews Graduate students in sports or political science should read this volume slowly and carefully, as it is loaded with facts and references to specific legal cases. This book intelligently and carefully analyzes the baseball anomaly --that is, its exemption from federal antitrust law. ...Excellent bibliography, notes, and index. -Choice The book is well written and very readable. The author effectively and accurately provides a summary description of baseball's legal and political history, and he offers an insightful analysis of recent legislative events related to baseball....Duquette presents a persuasive argument...Duquette provides a well-crafted argument that offers insight into the historical status of baseball. -American Politics Book Reviews