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Greg Casar: “The bill would say that before any team wants to leave their…”

Featuring: Greg Casar, Democratic | U.S. House, Texas, District 35

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Greg Casar Proposes Giving Locals First Dibs To Buy Pro Sports Teams Before They Move

Published | Video Starts at 05:58

And then it could stay in the hands of these limited partners. Partners and the owners that are usually very rich families. If here's how the bill works. The bill would say that before any team wants to leave their home state or their home city, they've got to give one year's notice and basically a right of first refusal to local governments, local community partnerships, local business people that are willing to keep the team in the home community. And as you point out, the a flaw in this could be if the team said, oh, that they're worth tons more than they're really worth. (05:58–06:19)

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Asserts that the bill requires a one-year notice and right of first refusal for local entities.

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