Interesting that about the same time as the story comes out reporting that baseball salaries are at an all-time high, we note the birthday of Curt Flood, who was responsible for the situation, for better or worse.
For better obviously would have been for the players to make a decent wage and extricate themselves from under the thumbs the the owners who treated them, as Flood would say, like chattel. For wore because things have gotten way out of hand. Complaints are always registered that these athletes should not be paid more than police officers, fire fighters, or teachers, who really contribute to society.
The Amazon Report:
A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood’s Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
Stepping Up: The Story of All-Star Curt Flood and His Fight for Baseball Players’ Rights
The Curt Flood Story: The Man Behind the Myth (Sports and American Culture Series)
Flood told his own story shortly after his retirement from the game in The Way It Is
is available on Amazon.com,
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