A Well-Paid Slave by Associate Of Law Brad Snyder
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.At the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Brad Snyder teaches constitutional law, civil procedure, twentieth-century American legal history, and sports law. He has published essays to Slate and the Washington Post, and has written two critically acclaimed baseball books, including A Well-Paid Slave: Curt Flood's Battle for Free Agency in Professional Sports. He's also appeared in HBO and New York Times documentaries, as well as on ESPN and C-SPAN. He resided two streets away from the House of Truth in Washington, DC, for many years, and he and his family still live there.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780670037940 |
| ISBN 10 | 067003794X |
| Title | A Well-Paid Slave |
| Author | Associate Of Law Brad Snyder |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Viking Books |
| Year published | 2006-10-05 |
| Number of pages | 472 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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