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100 1  Garvey, Ed,|d1940-2017,|eauthor. 
245 10 Never ask "why" :|bfootball players' fight for freedom in 
       the NFL /|cby Ed Garvey ; edited by Chuck Cascio ; with a 
       foreword by Judge Alan Page and a historical introduction 
       by Dr. Sarah K. Fields. 
246 3  Never ask "why" :|bfootball players' fight for freedom in 
       the National Football League 
264  1 Philadelphia :|bTemple University Press,|c2023. 
264  4 |c©2023 
300    207 pages :|billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
336    still image|bsti|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
505 00 |tIn Appreciation /|rBetty Garvey --|tForeword /|rJudge 
       Alan Page --|tHistorical Introduction /|rDr. Sarah K. 
       Fields --|tNote on Language --|tDedication /|rEd Garvey --
       |tIntroduction --|tChapter 1: All About Control --
       |tChapter 2: Accumulation of Power --|tChapter 3: The 
       Opposition Emerges --|tChapter 4: No Freedom, No Football 
       --|t1974 --|tChapter 5: The 1974 Season: Can We Survive? 
       Damn Right We Can! --|tChapter 6: We Finally Get Them Into
       Court --|tChapter 7: The Year of the Patriots --|t1975 --
       |tChapter 8: In Good Faith --|tChapter 9: The Future. 
520    "When pro football players formed a union to stand up 
       against the NFL for their own interests, they chose lawyer
       Ed Garvey as their Executive Director. The NFL Players 
       Association (NFLPA), would take on the NFL over player 
       contracts, collective bargaining agreements, and antitrust
       suits. It lobbied for players' free agency, contract 
       rights, and impartial arbitration of disciplinary 
       disputes. Garvey navigated strikes, lockouts, scabs, 
       stooges, lies, as well as the sports media complex--to 
       maintain players' dignity. According to the league, the 
       players were to take what they were given and "never ask 
       why." In Never Ask "Why," journalist Chuck Cascio presents
       the late Garvey's rich account of the early years of the 
       NFLPA, taking readers among the players as they held the 
       league accountable to play fair. Learning from their 
       mistakes, the NFLPA would succeed in curbing commissioner 
       Pete Rozelle's disciplinary power and striking down the 
       Rozelle Rule's absolute control over free agency. Garvey 
       tells the intimate stories of how pro football players, 
       rivals on the field, rallied together to stand up for 
       themselves. He worked tirelessly to change a system that 
       exploited players and even controlled the media. In the 
       end, Garvey shows how the NFLPA transformed the state of 
       pro sports leagues today and how, even still, they work to
       keep down the players on whose backs they profit."--
       Amazon.com. 
600 10 Garvey, Ed,|d1940-2017. 
610 20 National Football League.|bPlayers Association|xHistory. 
610 20 National Football League|xManagement. 
650  0 Labor unions|zUnited States|xOfficials and employees
       |vBiography. 
650  0 Collective bargaining|xFootball|zUnited States. 
650  0 Collective labor agreements|xFootball players|zUnited 
       States. 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft 
700 1  Cascio, Chuck,|eeditor. 
700 1  Page, Alan,|d1945-|ewriter of foreword. 
700 1  Fields, Sarah K.,|d1968-|ewriter of introduction. 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aGarvey, Ed, 1940-2017.|tNever ask "why"
       |dPhiladelphia : Temple University Press, 2023
       |z9781439923177|w(DLC)  2022012187 
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