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

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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Timeline

1. 1 August 1978

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 1 August 1978

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 1 August 1978

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 1 August 1978

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Sponsors

• Rep. Burke, Yvonne B. [D-CA-28] · D · Sponsor
• Rep. Burton, John [D-CA-5] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Edwards, Don [D-CA-10] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hannaford, Mark W. [D-CA-34] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Hawkins, Augustus F. [D-CA-29] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Johnson, Harold T. [D-CA-1] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Krebs, John H. [D-CA-17] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Moss, John E. [D-CA-3] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Sisk, B. F. [D-CA-15] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Van Deerlin, Lionel [D-CA-42] · D · Cosponsor
• Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-24] · D · Cosponsor
• · hsju00 · Standing

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