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Never Ask Why : Football Players' Fight for Freedom in the NFL / edited by Ed Garvey [and three others].

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Garvey, Ed, 1940-2017, editor.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Labor unions--United States--Officials and employees--Biography.
Labor unions.
Collective bargaining--Football--United States.
Collective bargaining.
Collective labor agreements--Football players--United States.
Collective labor agreements.
National Football League. Players Association--History.
National Football League.
Garvey, Ed, 1940-2017.
Garvey, Ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (230 pages)
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, [2023]
Summary:
"In this autobiography, the founder and first executive director of the NFL Players Association recalls the early years of the union's establishment, empowerment, and negotiations with the league and commissioner"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
In Appreciation / Betty Garvey
Foreword / Judge Alan Page
Historical Introduction / Dr. Sarah K. Fields
Note on Language
Dedication / Ed Garvey
Introduction
Chapter 1: All About Control
Chapter 2: Accumulation of Power
Chapter 3: The Opposition Emerges
Chapter 4: No Freedom, No Football - 1974
Chapter 5: The 1974 Season: Can We Survive? Damn Right We Can!
Chapter 6: We Finally Get Them Into Court
Chapter 7: The Year of the Patriots - 1975
Chapter 8: In Good Faith
Chapter 9: The Future.
Notes:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
Description based on print version record.
Other Format:
Print version: Garvey, Ed Never Ask Why
ISBN:
9781439923177
1439923175

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