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<blockquote data-quote="jaybadger82" data-source="post: 499802" data-attributes="member: 6211"><p>Sure. It just seems like that overlooks the harm suffered by an individuals that are denied the best price the market can deliver for their goods and services due to the collusion of other market actors. But I understand how an "essential product" such as gasoline has greater significance for the public as a whole.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'georgia'">There's no inconsistency here. The Sherman Act outlaws two types of conduct: (1) actual monopoly and (2) attempted monopoly (or, from the text of the law, "...attempts to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several states...") Nobody ever wins on the first type of conduct, (1). Virtually all antitrust litigation turns on whether there has been an attempt to monopolize, (2). In the USFL case, the plaintiffs "won" on (2) but the jury refused to award them the actual damages.</span></p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Maybe. In a television market where NFL games are so prized by broadcasters (FOX, ABC/ESPN, NBC, and CBS), we can only speculate as to what pressure the NFL exerts on broadcasters <em>NOT</em> to air content from competitors such as the UFL, CFL, and AFL. Could be express pressure, could be implied. But my time in business makes me fairly confident that such pressure exists and that this pressure contributes to the difficulty these other leagues experience when trying to gain traction in the consumer market...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jaybadger82, post: 499802, member: 6211"] Sure. It just seems like that overlooks the harm suffered by an individuals that are denied the best price the market can deliver for their goods and services due to the collusion of other market actors. But I understand how an "essential product" such as gasoline has greater significance for the public as a whole. [FONT=georgia]There's no inconsistency here. The Sherman Act outlaws two types of conduct: (1) actual monopoly and (2) attempted monopoly (or, from the text of the law, "...attempts to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several states...") Nobody ever wins on the first type of conduct, (1). Virtually all antitrust litigation turns on whether there has been an attempt to monopolize, (2). In the USFL case, the plaintiffs "won" on (2) but the jury refused to award them the actual damages.[/FONT] Maybe. In a television market where NFL games are so prized by broadcasters (FOX, ABC/ESPN, NBC, and CBS), we can only speculate as to what pressure the NFL exerts on broadcasters [I]NOT[/I] to air content from competitors such as the UFL, CFL, and AFL. Could be express pressure, could be implied. But my time in business makes me fairly confident that such pressure exists and that this pressure contributes to the difficulty these other leagues experience when trying to gain traction in the consumer market... [/QUOTE]
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