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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Princeton's 34. Or at least everyone at the time thought that Yale had pulled one of the biggest upsets of the indoor season. Then Princeton track coach, Pete Morgan, read in the Sunday Trenton Times that one of his weight men, Tim McCann, had signed a professional football contract with the New York Giants...

Author: By Peter D. Lennon, | Title: A Little Bit of Lip | 3/24/1969 | See Source »

...Matter of Honor. The row was started by a contract offer that included wage increases averaging 81%, holiday bonuses and a guaranteed annual wage in return for no wildcat strikes. Leaders from all 16 Ford unions approved, and the committee's chairman called the deal "bold and imaginative." Similar sentiments were voiced by Barbara Castle, Minister of Employment and Productivity, who has been pressing for a major labor reform, chiefly through sharp restrictions on wildcat strikes (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: The Wildcat Has Nine Lives | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...would have tackled him in the end zone, if necessary. The stakes are worth it; today a superstar like Simpson is not merely an athlete but a corporation. Last month, Barnes opened negotiations with the Buffalo Bills, the team that drafted Simpson, by demanding a three-year $600,000 contract, plus "a very substantial fringe benefit"-most probably a cut of the team's profits. Barnes, cried Bills Owner Ralph Wilson, "wants more money for Simpson than Buffalo netted in its last three years of operation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Playing the Money Game | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...organized the United Athletic Association to represent black athletes. Among his first clients was Leroy Kelly, who succeeded Brown at Cleveland as the league's leading ground gainer. At the time, Kelly was making $21,000 a year; last year Brown's firm negotiated a new contract that will pay the running back $320,000 over four years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Playing the Money Game | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...baseball team will have to repeat last Spring's performance without the help of its ace pitcher, Ray Peters. Peters signed a professional contract with the new expansion team, the Seattle Pilots. To offset the loss of Peters, the varsity will have to draw from last year's freshman team, the best since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Twelfth In Baseball Poll | 3/20/1969 | See Source »

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