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Author Garvey, Ed, 1940-2017, author.

Title Never ask "why" : football players' fight for freedom in the NFL / Ed Garvey ; edited by Chuck Cascio ; with a foreword by Judge Alan Page and a historical introduction by Dr. Sarah K. Fields
Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2023
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 207 pages) : illustrations
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 23, 2023)
Subject Garvey, Ed, 1940-2017.
SUBJECT Garvey, Ed, 1940-2017 fast
Subject National Football League. Players Association -- History
National Football League -- Management
SUBJECT National Football League fast
National Football League. Players Association fast
Subject Labor unions -- United States -- Officials and employees -- Biography
Collective bargaining -- Football -- United States
Collective labor agreements -- Football players -- United States
Collective bargaining -- Football
Collective labor agreements -- Football players
Labor unions -- Officials and employees
Management
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
Author Cascio, Chuck, editor.
Page, Alan, 1945- writer of foreword.
Fields, Sarah K., 1968- writer of introduction.
LC no. 2022012187
ISBN 9781439923177
1439923175
Other Titles Football players' fight for freedom in the NFL