treatment, or any other form of public financial sup-
port;
(5) the adequacy of the stadium in which the
team played its home games in the previous season,
and the willingness of the stadium, arena authority,
or the local government to remedy any deficiencies
in such facility;
(6) whether the team has incurred net operat-
ing losses, exclusive of depreciation and amortiza-
tion, sufficient to threaten the continued financial vi-
ability of the team;
(7) whether any other team in the league is lo-
cated in the community in which the team is cur-
rently located;
(8) whether the team proposes to relocate to a
community in which no other team in the league is
located;
(9) whether the stadium authority, if public, is
not opposed to such relocation; and
(10) whether there is a bona fide investor offer-
ing fair market value for the professional sports
team and will retain the team in the current commu-
nity.
SEC. 7. ENFORCEMENT.
(a) PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY.—A league
that violates the requirement of section 5(a) by failing to
grant a new professional sports team franchise—
(1) is liable to the community in which the
team was previously located for damages equal to
three times the purchase price of the team; and
(2) is subject to the suspension for one season
of its antitrust exemption for pooling the broadcast-
ing rights to games under Public Law 87–331 (15
U.S.C. 1291 et seq.).
(b) ENFORCEMENT BY THE FEDERAL TRADE COM-
MISSION.—The provisions of this Act shall be enforced by
the Federal Trade Commission under the Federal Trade
Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.).
SEC. 8. INAPPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN MATTERS.
Nothing in this Act shall—
(1) alter, determine, or otherwise affect the ap-
plicability or inapplicability of the antitrust laws, the
labor laws, or any other provision of law to the
wages, hours, or other terms and conditions of em-
ployment of players in any professional sports
league, to any employment matter regarding players
in any such league or to any collective bargaining
rights and privilege of any player union in any such
league;
(2) alter or affect the applicability or inapplica-
bility of the antitrust laws or any applicable Federal
or State law regarding broadcasting or telecasting,
including those contained under section 1291 of title
15, United States Code, to any agreement between
any professional sports league or a professional
sports team that is a member of the league and any
person not affiliated with such a league for the
broadcasting or telecasting of the games of such
league or members of the league on any form of tele-
vision;
(3) affect any contract, or provision of a con-
tract, relating to the use of a stadium or arena be-
tween a professional sports team and the owner or
operator of any stadium or arena or any other per-
son;
(4) exempt from the antitrust laws any agree-
ment to fix the prices of admission to sports con-
tests;
(5) exempt from the antitrust laws any preda-
tory practice or other conduct with respect to com-
peting sports leagues which would otherwise be un-
lawful under the antitrust laws; or
(6) except as provided in this Act, alter, deter-
mine, or otherwise affect the applicability or inappli-
cability of the antitrust laws to any act, contract,
agreement, rule, course of conduct, or other activity
by, between, or among persons engaging in, conduct-
ing, or participating in professional football, basket-
ball, hockey, or baseball.
SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) ANTITRUST
LAWS.—The term ‘‘antitrust
laws’’—
(A) has the meaning giving it in subsection
(a) of the first section of the Clayton Act (15
U.S.C. 12(a)), except that such term includes
section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act
(15 U.S.C. 45) to the extent such section ap-
plies to unfair methods of competition; and
(B) includes any State law similar to the
laws referred to in subparagraph (A).
(2) 
COMMUNITY.—The 
term 
‘‘community’’
means a city, county, parish, town, township, village,
or any other general function governmental unit es-
tablished by State law.
(3) INVESTOR.—The term ‘‘investor’’ means
any person or group of persons, including a commu-
nity.
(4) LEAGUE.—The terms ‘‘league’’ and ‘‘profes-
sional sports league’’ mean an association composed
of two or more professional sports teams (which
have been engaged in competition in their sport for
more than seven years) which has adopted, accepted,
or put into effect rules for the conduct of profes-
sional sports teams which are members of that asso-
ciation and for the regulation of contests and exhibi-
tions in which such teams regularly engage. The
term includes—
(A) the National Football League;
(B) the National Hockey League;
(C) the National Basketball Association;
and
(D) Major League Baseball.
(5) LOCATED.—The term ‘‘located’’, with re-
spect to a professional sports team, means situated
in the stadium or arena in which the professional
sports team plays its home games.
(6) PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAM.—The term
‘‘professional sports team’’ means any group of pro-
fessional athletes organized to play major league
football, hockey, basketball, or baseball.