15 USC § 1294 - Antitrust laws unaffected as regards to other activities of professional sports contests
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identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s1294"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "15 USC § 1294 - Antitrust laws unaffected as regards to other activities of professional sports contests"
title_number: 15
title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
section_number: "1294"
section_name: "Antitrust laws unaffected as regards to other activities of professional sports contests"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "TELECASTING OF PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CONTESTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–331, § 4, Sept. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 732.)"
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# § 1294. Antitrust laws unaffected as regards to other activities of professional sports contests
section 1291 of this title
Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to change, determine, or otherwise affect the applicability or nonapplicability of the antitrust laws to any act, contract, agreement, rule, course of conduct, or other activity by, between, or among persons engaging in, conducting, or participating in the organized professional team sports of football, baseball, basketball, or hockey, except the agreements to which shall apply.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–331, § 4, Sept. 30, 1961, 75 Stat. 732.)