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 112 STAT. 2826 PUBLIC LAW 105-297—OCT. 27, 1998 "(d)(1) As used in this section, 'person' means any entity, including an individual, partnership, corporation, trust or unincorporated association or any combination or association thereof. As used in this section, the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, its member leagues and the clubs of those leagues, are not *in the business of organized professional major league baseball'. "(2) In cases involving conduct, acts, practices, or agreements that directly relate to or affect both employment of major league baseball players to play baseball at the major league level and also relate to or affect any other aspect of organized professional baseball, including but not limited to employment to play baseball at the minor league level and the other areas set forth in subsection (b), only those components, portions or aspects of such conduct, acts, practices, or agreements that directly relate to or affect employment of major league players to play baseball at the major league level may be challenged under subsection (a) and then only to the extent that they directly relate to or affect employment of major league baseball players to play baseball at the major league level. "(3) As used in subsection (a), interpretation of the term 'directl}^ shall not be governed by any interpretation of section 151 et seq. of title 29, United States Code (as amended). "(4) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the application to organized professional baseball of the nonstatutory labor exemption from the antitrust laws. "(5) The scope of the conduct, acts, practices, or agreements covered by subsection (b) shall not be strictly or narrowly construed.". Approved October 27, 1998. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S. 53: SENATE REPORTS: No. 105-118 (Comm. on the Judiciary). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998): July 30, considered and passed Senate. Oct. 7, considered and passed House. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 34 (1998): Oct. 27, Presidential statement.

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