A tip of the hat to The Commissioner, who brought to my attention that today the Supreme Court, got one right. Specifically, they declined to hear without comment Major League Baseball’s appeal of a November ruling from the 8th Circuit stating that the 1st Amendment trumped baseball’s right to rob us.
From 1994 through the end of 2004, C.B.C. Distribution and Marketing Inc. (which runs this website) had a license from MLB to run a fantasy site. Following the expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement in 2005, the Player’s Association licensed to a shadowy organization called Major League Baseball Advanced Media, L.P. the exclusive right to use the player’s likenesses and stats “for exploitation via all interactive media.” Continue reading ‘CKBL 1, MLB 0.’
