If all other professional sports leagues, organizations, and governing bodies are subject to the federal antitrust laws, why should baseball continue to have a broad common law antitrust immunity? Support your answer with facts and information from the cases and the text.

Antitrust laws are laws in the sports fraternity whose aim is to encourage competition while regulating it.

Step-by-step explanation

Baseball is immune to these federal antitrust laws even after many battles in court to change this

In 1922 a court of appeal ruled that Major League Baseball is a state centered business which was not subject to federal commerce laws granting it immunity against antitrust laws.

Baseball is considered just as a sport for fun and not intended to churn money. Both legislative houses have been reluctant to change this notion.

The Federal league has made interventions to bait players with higher salaries in order to change baseball as a commercial sport and not just a mere sport for fun which has failed miserably.

Major league football is a monopoly with exclusive rights over their playing ground and city in which they play. This exempts them from the antitrust law unlike other sports