Anti-Trust Violations

[WVUTOM]

Not an attorney, but it sure looks like the SEC is attempting to monopolize college football with predatory acquisitions. They have established a pattern with the acquisition of Texas A&M and Missouri 10 years ago to weaken the BigXII and now they are back to finish off the BigXII completion by adding Texas and Oklahoma.

Even if the BigXII somehow survives it will be crippled both financially and in recruiting in one the premier recruiting states. Might this just be a violation to one of the Anti-Trust laws? Anyone have a legal perspective on this being a potential violation?

I know they would argue that they are an educational institution and so forth, but we all know this is not about education, sportsmanship, fair play or anything else but money and control.

Just a thought, seeking a legal opinion.

 

[Tylerite]

Good question

 

[Cuyahoga Falls Eers_rivals]

A wise friend once told me: Everything is legal till proven otherwise in court. And that can take months and months or even years if one side wants to dodge the bullet with postponement requests. It's a dodgeball game in the legal profession.

 

[WVUTOM]

You right, but it could be fun listening to their justification under oath.

 

[topdecktiger]

It won't be a convincing argument. The other conferences have been doing the same thing. The worst case was actually the ACC raids into the Big East, which actually did kill the conference.

In this instance, the reporting suggests that it was Oklahoma and Texas, not the SEC, that initiated this.

 

[Mountain Man_rivals148431]

The left out P5 schools and all of the G5 FBS would have to file a class action anti trust suit against ESPN who is behind all of this. Not sure how much weight it will carry, but would be interesting to see what would happen. If ESPN is held liable they would obviously appeal it and who knows if the SC would take it?

The ACC raiding the BE would be hard to prove considering it was only regional 10/15 years ago.