Reporter Jeff Passan writes on Lawsuit targeting MLB’s blackout policy to proceed in today’s Yahoo Sports. The antitrust lawsuit aimed at blowing up Major League Baseball’s lucrative television-rights territories and forcing the league to abandon its antiquated blackout policy will proceed after a federal judge Wednesday affirmed the claims that MLB’s media structure is anti-competitive, writes Passan. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin said MLB’s policy, which includes offering out-of-market games only in a package and blacking out in-market games, raises prices, reduces competition among teams and used “monopoly power” to restrict fans’ ability to watch games.
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