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Trust and Antitrust: The Failure of the First National Hockey League Players' Association, 1957-1958

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Trust and Antitrust: The Failure of the First National Hockey League Players' Association, 1957-1958
Abstract
Based on National Hockey League club and league correspondence, congressional transcripts, newspapers, and government documents, this essay examines the first attempt to organize a National Hockey League Players' Association. For just over a year, the NHLPA struggled to overcome the resistance of NHL owners, the uncertainty of its own members, and the confusing legal environment created by overlapping transnational, interstate, and inter-provincial jurisdictions. These issues make the NHLPA a compelling case study of the way in which the borders between business and sport began to shift in the 1950s, a time when new forces-technological (television), legal (congressional investigation and judicial decisions), and social (player activism)-were preparing the way for the struggle for free agency.
Publication
Business History Conference Online
Volume
8
Pages
1-14
Date
2010
Language
English
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3/17/20, 3:12 AM
Citation
Ross, J. A. (2010). Trust and Antitrust: The Failure of the First National Hockey League Players’ Association, 1957-1958. Business History Conference Online, 8, 1–14. https://thebhc.org/trust-and-antitrust-failure-first-national-hockey-league-players-association-1957-1958-0