The Birth of Free Agency
Today’s superstar athletes reaping the benefits of free agency owe a debt to Curt Flood.
The Birth of Free Agency Retro Report on PBS
The drama of modern free agency has become as much a part of professional sports as the games themselves. But it wasn’t always that way. Today’s free agents owe a big debt of gratitude to St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood.
About the Program
Retro Report on PBS
Retro Report makes sense of the present by revealing the past. Join journalists Celeste Headlee and Masud Olufani as they connect the present to the past through four distinct and varied stories, and New Yorker humorist Andy Borowitz adds his signature wit.
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