From FoxNews.com…..
Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., authored new legislation Wednesday that would make Major League Baseball (MLB) pay up for the lost revenue Georgia businesses suffered by canceling the All-Star game in Atlanta.
Carter shared his “Community Protection in Sports Act” first with Fox News and explained that the MLB should be on the hook to pay localities, vendors and businesses in the aftermath of the “purely political” decision to move the game out of Georgia because of the state’s new controversial voting law.
“Major League Baseball, unfortunately, has set an awful precedent by moving the All Star game out of the state of Georgia — out of Atlanta — and costing the state hundreds of millions of dollars and more importantly impacting small businesses and minority small businesses,” Carter told Fox News.
Carter said the MLB “should be held responsible financially for the impact that they are having.”
