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[edit] Slavery

"In the 1960s, things began to change. Players, by now many of them members of minority groups, began to see the reserve clause as a virtual form of involuntary servitude—slavery."

Really? Isn't this is a bit of a leap? Was there really a conscious connection between the American civil rights movement and free agency? I really think this isn't NPoV but I'm not sure how. Wencer 20:35, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

I agree — it sounds at the very least like original research, and at best a vast oversimplification of the road that led to free agency. I've removed the offending sentence. —Cleared as filed. 20:44, 27 January 2006 (UTC)