Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) today introduced the Home Team Act, legislation to require owners of professional sports teams to give local communities the chance to buy teams before relocating them.
Introduce and support legislation to require owners of professional sports teams to give local communities the chance to buy teams at a fair price before relocating them.
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U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Greg Casar (D-Texas) in introducing the Home Team Act, bicameral legislation to require owners of professional sports teams to give local communities the chance to buy teams before relocating them.
Evidence
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-Texas) introduced the Home Team Act, legislation to require owners of professional sports teams to give local communities the chance to buy teams before relocating them.
U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) joined U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Representative Greg Casar (D-Texas) in introducing the Home Team Act, bicameral legislation to require owners of professional sports teams to give local communities the chance to buy teams before relocating them.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) introduced legislation requiring professional sports team owners to give local governments and investors a chance to buy their teams before relocating.
The Home Team Act, introduced by Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, would require team owners looking to move to first offer the franchise to local buyers.
U.S. Rep. Greg Casar (D-Austin) and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) have introduced federal legislation that would require owners of ... .
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Greg Casar (D-Texas) have introduced legislation that would require owners of ... local communities a chance to buy the franchise before moving it.
US Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Greg Casar introduced a bill that would require owners of professional ... franchises who are considering relocating to give the communities in which they are located a chance to buy the teams first.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, introduced the Home Team Act, which would require team ownership to provide one year of notice before moving a team to a new location and give local communities the ability to purchase the team at a fair price.
Assessments
Multiple independent sources confirm that Senator Bernie Sanders introduced legislation—the Home Team Act—explicitly requiring owners of professional sports teams to give local communities the chance to purchase teams at a fair price before relocating them. This aligns directly with the campaign promise to introduce and support such legislation. All reported actions took place during the current term, and Sanders is named as a primary sponsor or co-sponsor, showing clear effort and fulfillment.
Multiple credible sources confirm that Senator Bernie Sanders introduced the Home Team Act during the relevant term, fulfilling his promise to introduce and support legislation requiring professional sports team owners to give local communities a chance to buy teams at a fair price before relocation. All evidence converges on clear legislative introduction and advocacy within the same term.