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Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961
Other short titles
Act of September 30, 1961
Long title
An Act to amend the antitrust laws to authorize leagues of professional football, baseball, basketball, and hockey teams to enter into certain television contracts, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)
SBA
Enacted by
the 87th United States Congress
Citations
Public law
Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 87–331
Statutes at Large
75 Stat. 732
Codification
Acts amended
Sherman Antitrust Act
Titles amended
15
U.S.C. sections created
15 U.S.C. §§ 1291–1295
Legislative history
Introduced in the House as H.R. 9096 by Emanuel Celler D‑NY on September 7, 1961
Committee consideration by Judiciary
Passed the House on September 18, 1961
Passed the Senate on September 21, 1961
Signed into law by President Kennedy on September 30, 1961
The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 affects Title 15 of the United States Code, Chapter 32 "Telecasting of Professional Sports Contest" (§§ 1291-1295)[1] The act amended antitrust laws to allow, among others, sports leagues to pool the broadcasting rights by all their teams and sign league-wide exclusive contracts with national networks.
^"15 U.S. Code Chapter 32 - TELECASTING OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CONTESTS | LII / Legal Information Institute". .law.cornell.edu. 2012-01-03. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
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