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Jackpots and Paydays
As Curt Flood pursued his lawsuit, Marvin Miller, head of the players' union, won the players the right to arbitration in settling contract disputes. When an arbitrator ruled in 1975 that the reserve clause could not control players for life, the momentous decision soon opened the Floodgates, as it were, to free agency. Multi-million-dollar contracts became routine, but even the most jaded observers were shocked in 2000 when the Texas Rangers offered Alex RodrÃguez, shown here, a ten-year, $252 million deal. |