Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961

Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961
Long title	An Act to amend the antitrust laws to authorize leagues of professional football, baseball, basketball, and hockey teams to enter into certain television contracts, and for other purposes.
Acronyms (colloquial)	SBA
Enacted by	the 87th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 87–331
Statutes at Large	75 Stat. 732
Codification
Acts amended	Sherman Antitrust Act
Titles amended	Title 15—Commerce and Trade
U.S.C. sections created	15 U.S.C. §§ 1291–1295
Legislative history
	Introduced in the House as H.R. 9096 by Emanuel Celler (D–NY) on September 7, 1961; Committee consideration by House Judiciary; Passed the House on September 18, 1961 ; Passed the Senate on September 21, 1961 ; Signed into law by President John F. Kennedy on September 30, 1961;

The Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961 affects Title 15 of the United States Code, Chapter 32 "Telecasting of Professional Sports Contest" (§§ 1291-1295) The act amended antitrust laws to allow, among others, sports leagues to pool the broadcasting rights by all their teams and sign league-wide exclusive contracts with national networks.