H.R. 13614 (95th): A bill to amend the Clayton Act to prohibit any professional football league from imposing certain territorial restrictions on any club in the league.

Introduced:
Jul 27, 1978 (95th Congress, 1977–1978)
Sponsor:
Rep. Yvonne Burke [D-CA28]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:

H.R. 13665 (same title)
Referred to Committee — Aug 01, 1978

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7/27/1978--Introduced.
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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