A sports agent who represents many Major League Baseball players called on Congress to pass legislation that would give teams the power to penalize fans for directing racist remarks toward players, according to a Wednesday FoxSports.com report.

“I think we’d get unanimity among legislators to create a bill that would put teeth into what teams could do with the license they are given,” Scott Boras said in an interview with the sports site. “If you run on the field, that trespass gets you jail time and a criminal act. Why shouldn’t conduct of this nature get obviously a greater penalty, because it has worse damages?”

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