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Senators ask minor leaguers for information on MLB antitrust June 28 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink WASHINGTON (AP) The chairman and ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee sent a letter to an advocacy group for minor leaguers asking questions about baseball's antitrust exemption.Sen. Richard Durbin, an Illinois Democrat who chairs the committee, and Charles Gra sley, an Iowa Republican, sent the letter Tuesday Michael Saunders Jersey to Harry Marino, executive director of Advocates for Minor Leaguers. The letter, first reported by The Washington Post, also was signed by Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Connecticut, and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah.The senators asked for information on the impact of the antitrust exemption on the negotiation of minor league players' length of contract, wages, housing or other working conditions.Baseball's antitrust exemption was created by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 1922 case involving the Federal League, when Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote in a decision that baseball was not interstate commerce but exhibitions exempt from antitrust laws. The Supreme Court reaffirmed the decision in a 1953 case involving New York Yankees farmhand George Toolson Blank Jersey and in the 1972 Curt Flood decision, saying any changes should come from Congre s.The Curt Flood Act of 1998, which President Bill Clinton signed, applies antitrust laws to MLB affecting the employment of major league players at the major league level.Perhaps the biggest impact of the exemption is that it allows MLB to prevent a franchise from moving to a different city without MLB permi sion.The U.S. Justice Department filed a statement of interest this month in a lawsuit filed by four minor league teams urging that lower courts should limit the `baseball exemption' to conduct that is central to Salvador Perez Jersey the busine s of offering profe sional baseball games to the public. The lawsuit, by teams that lost their big league affiliations when MLB cut the minors before the 2021 season, is pending in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.Congre s exempted minor league players from federal minimum wage and overtime laws when the Save America's Pastime Act was enacted in 2018.The senators' letter asked what the impact of repealing that act would be.MLB and minor leaguers reached a settlement in April in a long-running lawsuit alleging teams violated minimum wage laws. Two people familiar with the negotiations, speaking to The A sociated Pre s on condition of anonymity because the release of details was not authorized, said the po sible settlement was in the $200 million range. The two sides asked a federal court in California for permi sion to file by July 11 for approval of the settlement.MLB declined comment.___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic Major League Baseball share World Cup fans find booze at hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have drawn attention as it hosts the Ryan O'Hearn Jersey World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins Melky Cabrera Jersey ' 6-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS