Oct 19, 2020
Baseball players' union to start annual Curt Flood Award
The baseball players’ association is starting an annual Curt Flood Award. Part of the annual Players Choice Awards, the Flood honour will be given to a player “who in the image of Flood demonstrated a selfless, longtime devotion to the players’ association and advancement of players’ rights.”
The Canadian Press
NEW YORK — The baseball players’ association is starting an annual Curt Flood Award.
Part of the annual Players Choice Awards, the Flood honour will be given to a player “who in the image of Flood demonstrated a selfless, longtime devotion to the players’ association and advancement of players’ rights.”
Flood died in 1997. He was a three-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion who unsuccessfully sued to strike down baseball’s reserve clause, a case he lost at the Supreme Court in a 5-3 vote in 1972. His case helped unite the union behind executive director Marvin Miller, and the reserve clause was struck down by arbitrator Peter Seitz in the Andy Messersmith-Dave McNally grievance in December 1975.
The inaugural Flood award will be announced Thursday.
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