EA Disparages Take-Two's MLB Deal 46
Gamespot has the news that EA's corporate communications vice president Jeff Brown sees the MLB deal as 'stupid money'. From the article: "As far as we're concerned, this looks like stupid money. They are paying an exclusive price for a nonexclusive agreement."
Re:Correct me if I am wrong (Score:2, Informative)
No, congress granted MLB exemption from antitrust laws. Not the same thing.
The St. Paul Saints are AFAIK the only minor league team not affiliated with a major league team. They made a big deal about this when they first started about 10 years ago, but I haven't heard much lately, so there might be more now.
I don't know how they can claim that. There have been independent teams, and entire independent leagues around for quite a while. More now, since MLB contracted its minor league affiliations 10-15 years ago, but IIRC there have always been ~some~ independent teams. The Frontier League, Independent League, Northern League are all (at least mostly) independent teams.