DOJ, Minor League Owners & MLB - Lou Schiff visits
A MLB Fairy Tale - Exiled: Sea Unicorns, ValleyCats, Volcanoes & Yanks from the Isle of Staten.
These 4 have taken MLB to court. Now DOJ appears & is showing an interest.
Judge Lou Schiff walks us through this news.
- Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc. v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs (1922)
- Toulson Case
- Oakland A’s case
- Lower Court dismisses Minor League affiliates lawsuit against MLB
- DOJ intervenes as a "friend of the court"
- Testimony from legends Casey Stengel and Mickey Mantle before Congress
- William Shea and the Continental League
- Possibility of MLB settling the dispute
- Courts pointing back to Congress for responsibility
- The Save America's Pastime Act - Bad Idea
- Scott Brosius leading change for Minor Leaguers
- MLB deals with displaced Minor League Owners
- Joshua Schuab, Commissioner of American Association of Professional Baseball
- OSHA requirements and Colorado Rockies' moved handicapped seating
- Department of Justice involvement in baseball
- Possibility of MLB writing a check to resolve Minor League team issues
- Craig Calcaterra's thoughts on investing in a team or player
- World Baseball Classic (WBC)
- Mat Germain's views on the WBC becoming like the Soccer World Cup
- Miami WBC Pool and first-round games being sold out
- Ballplayers' pride in representing their country in the WBC.
Special Thanks to Lou Schiff for sharing his knowledge, stories and experience with the @TheBaseballBiz audience., Lou is daily on Twitter @BaseballandLaw
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Curt Flood & the fight for Free Agency
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125350/9873944
Federal Baseball Club of Baltimore, Inc. v. National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, 259 U.S. 200 (1922)
https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/259/200/
Colorado Cross-Disability Coalition v. Colorado Rockies Baseball Club, Ltd.
https://www.quimbee.com/cases/colorado-cross-disability-coalition-v-colorado-rockies-baseball-club-ltd
Craig Calcaterra, Rethinking Fandom
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125350/10262510