Robert Smith
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1,476 appearances
11 recordings
6 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 8 Jul
Robert Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And then in addition to those arguments, they make this new, really interesting argument that's going to prove to be quite important.
And that's this.
They point out that the players' union just a few years earlier had negotiated its first-ever collective bargaining agreement with the league, a union contract, and the union has agreed to the reserve clause in that contract.
In other words, if you don't like the reserve clause, don't file a lawsuit.
Don't take us to court.
Just have your union negotiate a different deal in the next union contract.
A few months later, the Supreme Court issues its ruling.
The justices point out that Congress has frequently considered passing legislation to apply antitrust law to baseball, but that Congress has never passed that legislation.
And according to the court, according to the opinion, this is proof that Congress does not want antitrust law to apply to professional baseball.
Baseball is weird.
This whole reserve clause thing is not our problem.
And it stays in place.
And it stays in place.
Curt Flood loses.
The reserve clause persists.
But...
But the story is not over yet.
Curt Flood has lost in the court of law.
But remember, we were talking about the court of public opinion.
And in the court of public opinion, Kurt Flood did pretty well.
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