![]() ![]() ![]() of Floods subsequent role in the arrival of free agency for baseball players. Paperback (September 25th, 2007): $17. Curt Flood was a vital cog in the 1964 Cardinals world championship run.he sent shock waves throughout professional baseball that ultimately. Ethnic Studies - American - African American & Black Studies When Curt Flood, all-star center fielder for the St.He died on January 20, 1997, two days after his 59th. ![]() The Players Associating, urged by former legal counsel Dick Moss, paid his medical bills. But by challenging the system, he created an atmosphere in which, just three years later, free agency became a reality.įlood'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. Early in 1995, he was diagnosed with throat cancer. Free agency, that is the right to look for work with more 2. His case reached the Supreme Court, where Flood ultimately lost. the issue of 'free agency' is settled for Major League Baseball, or be-cause they question the utility of the antitrust laws in the labor context following the recently decided Supreme Court case of Brown v. Louis and influenced by the civil rights movement, Flood chose to sue Major League Baseball for his freedom. When a player was traded, he had to report to his new team or retire. At the time there were no free agents, no no-trade clauses. 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. Scopri A Well-paid Slave: Curt Floods Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports di Snyder, Brad: spedizione gratuita per i clienti Prime e per ordini a partire da 29 spediti da Amazon. ![]()
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