Baseball's Con Game How did America's pastime get anti-trust

Baseball's Con Game How did America's pastime get anti-trust

12th Grade

13 Qs

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Baseball's Con Game How did America's pastime get anti-trust

Baseball's Con Game How did America's pastime get anti-trust

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the main reason baseball has an antitrust exemption?

Baseball is considered a commercial enterprise.

Baseball is seen as merely an amusement.

Baseball players are highly paid.

Baseball teams are part of the government.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what year did the American and National Leagues unite to form Major League Baseball?

1903

1914

1922

1930

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the Federal League's main argument against Major League Baseball in 1915?

MLB was paying players too much.

MLB was violating the Sherman Antitrust Act.

MLB was not popular enough.

MLB was not following federal regulations.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who wrote the 1922 decision in Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore v. National League?

Bud Selig

Kennesaw Mountain Landis

Oliver Wendell Holmes

David Greenberg

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did the 1922 Supreme Court ruling state about baseball?

It is a subject of commerce.

It is not a subject of commerce.

It is a federal enterprise.

It is a state-regulated sport.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In what year did the Supreme Court have a chance to revisit its decision regarding baseball's antitrust exemption?

1953

1969

1972

1998

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who was the star outfielder traded by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1969?

Curt Flood

George Toolson

Jackie Robinson

Peter Seitz

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