Curt Flood in the Media: Baseball, Race, And The Demise Of The Activist Athlete (Race, Rhetoric, and Media Series) - Hardcover

Khan, Abraham Iqbal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1617031380 ISBN 13: 9781617031380

Verlag: University Press of Mississippi, 2012

Über diesen Titel

Reseña del editor:

Curt Flood in the Media examines the public discourse surrounding Curt Flood (1938-1997), the star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals throughout the sixties. In 1969, Flood was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. At the time, all Major League Baseball players were subject to the reserve clause, which essentially bound a player to work in perpetuity for his original team, unless traded for another player or sold for cash, in which case he worked under the same reserve conditions for the next team.

Flood refused the trade on a matter of principle, arguing that Major League Baseball had violated both U.S. antitrust laws and the 13th Amendment's prohibition of involuntary servitude. In a defiant letter to Commissioner Bowie Kuhn asking for his contractual release, Flood infamously wrote, "after twelve years in the major leagues, I do not feel that I am a piece of property to be bought and sold irrespective of my wishes." Most significantly, Flood appeared on national television with Howard Cosell and described himself as a "well-paid slave." Explosive controversy ensued.

Khan examines the ways in which the media constructed the case and Flood's persona. By examining the mainstream press, the black press, and primary sources including Flood's autobiography, Khan exposes the complexities of what it means to be a prominent black American athlete-in 1969 and today.

Nota de la solapa:

How the interplay of media, race, and one player's defiance created free agency and changed baseball forever

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: University Press of Mississippi
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1617031380
• ISBN 13: 9781617031380
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 220