Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Baseball, MLB, Strikes, Unions, Money
Subjects
Major League Baseball (Organization); Strikes and lockouts; Baseball Players; Labor Unions
Introduction
They called him The Old Roman. In 1919 Charles Comiskey, owner of the Chicago White Sox so angered his players with low salaries and his cheapskate ways that they turned on him and fixed the World Series. In 1996 White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf so angered his fellow owners by his high salaries and wild spending that they turned on him, reversed their vote of the previous three weeks, and approved the new baseball collective bargaining agreement. Maybe they should call Reinsdorf, the New Roman, or Roman Nouveau.
Publication Date
12-4-1996
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "Jerry Reinsdorf's Smoking Gun and Baseball Labor Settlement" (1996). On Sport and Society. 485.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/485
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