Baseball Players Union Supports End to MLB Antitrust Exemption

The Major League Baseball Players Association is backing an effort to eliminate Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption in an amicus brief filed with the US Supreme Court.

The MLBPA, which represents professional baseball players signed to a collective bargaining contract with MLB and its 30 clubs, said the Supreme Court should grant a petition filed by a group of baseball teams that were booted out of the minor leagues by the MLB. The teams include Tri-City ValleyCats in upstate New York.

MLBPA said the Supreme Court should overrule its prior decisions and eliminate the baseball exemption.

MLB is famously exempt ...