Evans Case OK to Move to 'Discovery Phase' .....

[Thunderheads]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2013/04/07/antitrust-lawsuit-against-minor-league-baseball-heads-into-discovery-phase/

[gnhbua93]

Very happy for Jim, Jason and Sarge.

[johnnyg08]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2013/04/07/antitrust-lawsuit-against-minor-league-baseball-heads-into-discovery-phase/

[Thunderheads]

http://www.forbes.com/sites/darrenheitner/2013/04/07/antitrust-lawsuit-against-minor-league-baseball-heads-into-discovery-phase/

I can't see this on my phone but is there an update to the article?

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[Umpire in Chief]

I merged 2 similar threads

[johnnyg08]

Nope, I didn't see the other thread.  Thanks for merging.

[grayhawk]

If Evans does win and is again a source of students for PBUC evaluation, I would hope those students would get an equal chance to be placed into MiLB jobs as those from Wendelstedt and TUS.

[johnnyg08]

PBUC still decides who goes to the minors.  

 

But I know what you're saying.

[Replacematt]

He won't. In the limited amount I've seen on this case, I think his legal team is trying to reverse the premises behind the scrutiny of exclusive dealings. They are scrutinized because of the relative economic power a vendor generally has over a consumer. However, in this case, he is the vendor, so the proscriptions of the Clayton Act don't apply (at least, historically.) I could be wrong and they are examining another anti-trust issue, but I think the signs are pointing to this argument, that if the consumer has the relative economic power, then scrutiny of exclusive dealings attaches to them.

 

In the end, a consumer (PBUC/MiLB) still can choose its vendors, but a vendor cannot dictate that a consumer choose its product.