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Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2020, 3(1); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2020.030104.

A Basic Anti-Monopoly Law Position for Professional Sports

Author(s)

Sicheng Huang

Corresponding Author:
Sicheng Huang
Affiliation(s)

Doctoral Candidate of Law School, China University of Political Science and Law, 25 xitucheng road, haidian district, Beijing, China,100088
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Abstract

Anti-monopoly law is closely related to sports with the development of professional sports. Anti-monopoly law and exemption system become main focus of sports law. Exemption system in sports means anti-monopoly law cannot be applied to sport league. In recent two hundred years, more than six kinds of exemptions were established and made a lasting impact. However, an effort has been under way to amend them. Most exemptions are fading away. This diversion doesn’t get noticed by Chinese mainland scholars, and toleration policy still is the dominant view in Chinese sports law circle even though there are two monopoly cases focusing on exclusive authorization already. In fact, exclusive authorization was abandoned in the west. Therefore, it’s necessary to review the relationship between anti-monopoly law and sports law, the exemptions in sports and recent amendments to them, in order to find the right and basic anti-monopoly law position of professional sports.

Keywords

sports law, anti-monopoly law, exemption, exclusive authorization, basic position

Cite This Paper

Sicheng Huang. A Basic Anti-Monopoly Law Position for Professional Sports. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2020) Vol. 3, Issue 1: 26-38. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2020.030104.

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