In an era when professional athletes have become increasingly outspoken on social issues—especially those with racial implications—there's a figure who has not gotten the credit he deserves for putting today's players in a financial position to voice their opinions.
That figure is Curt Flood, a star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1960s. Nearly 50 years ago, on December 24, 1969, Flood wrote Bowie Kuhn, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, a letter that forever changed professional sports by altering the power team owners exercise over their players.
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