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Judge rules MLB baseball statistics are public
8/9/2006 6:35 PM
A federal judge has handed the billion-dollar fantasy sports industry a shutout victory.....CHICAGO (Reuters) - ruling that the names and game statistics of Major League Baseball players are as public as the telephone book.
The league's licensing arm and players association said it would appeal Tuesday's ruling by U.S. District Judge Mary Ann Medler in St. Louis.
The loser in court was Major League Baseball Advanced Media L.P., which had argued along with the players' association that the fantasy leagues were stealing players' publicity rights.
"We continue to believe that the use of the players, without their consent, to create this type of commercial venture is improper," MLB Advanced Media and the MLB players' association said in a statement.
Of course the stat's are public. Why would Major League Baseball resist fantasy league access to them? I can't see how fantasy league activity could do anything but enhance interest in the real game of baseball.
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Re: Judge rules MLB baseball statistics are public
8/9/2006 10:24 PM
Unless MLB (or some close associates to MLB) are wanting to run their own fantasy game, and they want to be the only the only game in town, literally.