Deprecate Sports Monopolies and Invest in Semi-Pro Regional Leagues

Basketball Competitive Markets Act (Legislative Proposal)

  1. Title I — Basketball Broadcast Competition Act Repeal of the 1961 Basketball Broadcast Pooling Exemption to the Sherman anti-Trust act
  2. Title II — Franchise Ownership Structure Reform Act: Require reform of NBA constitution to permit Municipal, county, and State ownership, non-profit/shareholder corp ownership, and for-profit shareholder corp ownership.
  3. Title III — Alternate League Non-Interference Act: Prohibition on exclusionary conduct against rival basketball leagues, such as group boycott or co-ordinated pressure campaign by the leauge or its member clubs, against players, owners, sponsors, broadcasters, venues, etc for participating in or forming alternate league.
  4. Title IV — Entry-Level Player Market Competition Act

Research

  • Is the NBA a monopoly? The NBA functions as a legal monopoly in the market for elite professional basketball entertainment and a monopsony (single buyer) in the labor market for players, through the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961, which is codified at 15 U.S.C. §§ 1291–1295.
  • Public ownership Research summarization oof municipal, county, state, and true community (non-government) ownership of sports franchises.
  • Portland: the Moda Center's corrected ownership timeline How the arena's land, building, and team ended up under three different owners, and what actually changed hands in 2024 vs. what's on the table in the 2026 term sheet.

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