Word: agent
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...just can't figure it out; I mean I was figuring fifth, sixth, hell, I would have settled for seventh round. I was waiting by the phone Tuesday evening--no call. O.K., so the second day is no disgrace, take the bonus money and run--no call. Free agent then, I wanted the tryout, make the team, collect the play-off bonus money and renegotiate next year--no call...
...that all the work I put into getting ready for professional football has gone to waste. Way back, three or four weeks ago, I hit the weight rooms to "bulk up" and just two days ago I jogged a half-mile; I was ready. I had contracted an agent, Shep, who was ready to negotiate tooth and nail to win me a six figure contract. Now Shep wants his percentage, and I've got no money...
While the new free agent system does not threaten the very existence of organized baseball, "we have to run up some warning flags," baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn said Friday night at the Law School Forum...
...agreement between the team owners and the Players' Association emasculated the famed reserve clause by allowing a player to become a free agent by playing out one option year after the expiration of his contract...
Torrez, who signed for $2.5 million as a free agent after pitching the New York Yankees to the World Series championship last fall, allowed six hits and struck out four without issueing a walk in boosting his record...