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A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports

A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports

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A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports

by Snyder, Brad

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9780670037940
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Viking, 2006. Very good hardcover with very good dust jacket.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Synopsis

After the 1969 season, the St. Louis Cardinals traded their star center fielder, Curt Flood, to the Philadelphia Phillies, setting off a chain of events that would change professional sports forever. At the time there were no free agents, no no-trade clauses. When a player was traded, he had to report to his new team or retire. Unwilling to leave St. Louis and influenced by the civil rights movement, Flood chose to sue Major League Baseball for his freedom. His case reached the Supreme Court, where Flood ultimately lost. But by challenging the system, he created an atmosphere in which, just three years later, free agency became a reality. Flood’s decision cost him his career, but as this dramatic chronicle makes clear, his influence on sports history puts him in a league with Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali.

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Bookseller
The Book House - St. Louis US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
221206-RD18
Title
A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
Author
Snyder, Brad
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
Very Good
Quantity Available
1
ISBN 10
067003794X
ISBN 13
9780670037940
Publisher
Viking
Place of Publication
New York, NY
Date Published
2006
Keywords
Baseball, Sports, Labor, Law, Major League Baseball, MLB
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