A bill to amend the Clayton Act to prohibit any professional football league from imposing certain territorial restrictions on any club in the league.

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

27 July 1978

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Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summary

Amends the Clayton Act to prohibit any professional football league from granting to its member clubs an exclusive right to exhibit football games if such right includes a territorial limit and if a league rule would prohibit a home area that had a club from acquiring another club in the event the original club moves to a different site within the territorial limit.

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summary · EN · 27 July 1978
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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/13614
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