Word: draft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...state laws limiting working hours or the amount of weight a female worker can lift, may be broadened to extend to men or be dropped altogether. Alimony laws could be written in terms of marital contribution and ability to pay, rather than the sex of the spouse. If the draft is reinstated, men or women will be able to challenge men-only conscription laws...
Rozelle Rule. In an antitrust suit brought against the league and the New England Patriots by ex-Quarterback Joe Kapp, Judge Sweigert declared that the so-called Rozelle rule and part of the league's draft procedure are "patently unreasonable" and therefore illegal...
Until now, the N.F.L.'s rules have granted teams exclusive rights to negotiate with players they pick in the annual draft. If they do not agree on a contract, and the team does not trade those negotiating rights, the player is frozen out of employment. Sweigert's ruling upheld the basic structure of the draft, but said that there must be a time limit on exclusive negotiating rights...
...Washington, the Players' Association Executive Director Ed Garvey was euphoric. The league and Rozelle were less enthralled. They will almost certainly appeal the ruling, which at the very least will cast a cloud over this month's draft. The league could solve that problem simply by imposing a time limit on negotiations, something major league baseball already does...
...campaign of Barry Goldwater, is still giving speeches around the country as head of a group called Stop ERA. The John Birch Society has its nationwide staff of 90 men churning out arguments against the amendment. Sample headline for a Birch pamphlet: LOOK OUT! THEY'RE PLANNING TO DRAFT YOUR DAUGHTER! Says Birch Society Official Wallis Wood: "It's a very emotional issue-almost like sex education was five years...