Sports Answers

kenny_scarface asked:


I see Congress is now getting involved in the SpyGate scandal with the Patriots. With this and with the steroid witchhunt that Congress ran in baseball, it seems as though they’re devoting a lot of time to sports rather than focusing on the war in the Middle East or health care problems or the struggling economy. I’m truly hoping someone can come up with a legitimate reason for this, I’d be interested.

Armand

dbspiel529 asked:


I don’t understand why congress and the senate have the legal right to investigate sports such as the steroid scandal in MLB and the videotape issue in NFL. If anything, shouldn’t this be a judiciary issue and one that is handled by the courts? I don’t see why they have this declared right to investigate this random crisis when there are many other concerns in this country.
In response to inapropriatus- what does this anti-trust exemption mean and imply? I always thought congress made the rules and the courts enforced them (not to simplify things too much).

Clarence

dbspiel529 asked:


I don’t understand why congress and the senate have the legal right to investigate sports such as the steroid scandal in MLB and the videotape issue in NFL. If anything, shouldn’t this be a judiciary issue and one that is handled by the courts? I don’t see why they have this declared right to investigate this random crisis when there are many other concerns in this country.
In response to inapropriatus- what does this anti-trust exemption mean and imply? I always thought congress made the rules and the courts enforced them (not to simplify things too much).

Dewayne