NASCAR vs. AT&T
The Sherman Antitrust Act according to Wikipedia:
"The Act was intended to prevent arrangements designed to, or which tend to, increase the cost of goods to the consumer. It was not specifically intended to prevent the dominance of an industry by a specific company, despite misconceptions to the contrary. According to Senator George Hoar, an author of the bill, any company that 'got the whole business because nobody could do it as well as he could' would not be in violation of the act. The law attempts to prevent the artificial raising of prices by restriction of trade or supply."
It has been questioned by none other than Alan Greenspan in that does it reward ineffiicent entities at expense of larger (and thus more efficient) ones -- thereby hurting consumers. While he was talking more about products,etc., that never saw the light of day, it will be interesting to see how AT&T's lawyers do the spin. Perhaps they can argue that cellphone,etc. consumers have been denied brand 'access' because they were unable to follow that logo at 200 mph.
In all seriousness, this is important in that the government is now the elephant with its trunk under the tent -- and we all know where that can lead.
So be very careful NASCAR, even the Hilton family loses now and again.
Michael