(97.1 FM TALK) - Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley and others are targeting "Big Tech" and Major League Baseball with new antitrust legislation expected to be announced on Tuesday. It's in direct response to MLB moving this year's All-Star Game out of Atlanta over Georgia's new voting law.
Monday, Hawley filed the "Trust-Busting For The 21st Century Act," in partnership with Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee from Utah. The bill would change an antitrust exemption – which dates back to 1922 – that is the only one of its kind for a sports league. Its elimination would weaken MLB's ability to fight antitrust litigation and reduce competition from other baseball leagues.
Hawley tweeted out video of his appearance on Fox News saying, "We need a new trust busting agenda, from MLB to #BigTech"
"It ought to be about promoting competition," Hawley says "Freedom is protecting when there's competition, not when there's monopolies."
At noon Tuesday, he's expected to make the announcement with Cruz and Lee.
Last week, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced that the sport is moving both the 2021 All-Star Game and the MLB Draft out of Atlanta because of the passage of a new Georgia voting law last week that's perceived to be aimed at suppressing votes from minorities and/or the working class in the state.
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