Dylan Mabin, Cornerback for the Raiders.
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Andre Collins, Former NFL player (Washington Redskins) and Executive Director, Professional Athletes Foundation, National Football League Players Association (NFLPA).Don Fehr, Former Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) Executive Director and current National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) Executive Director.Chris Capuano, former Major League Baseball (MLB) player and Director of Operations, MLBPA.Xavier James, Chief Operating Officer, MLBPA.It has also been endorsed by UNITE HERE, a labor union that represents 300,000 working people across Canada and the United States in the hotel, gaming, food service, manufacturing, textile, distribution, laundry, transportation, and airport industries. The effort has been endorsed by the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), the National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA), and the Major League Soccer Players Association (MLSPA).
The letter currently has more than 100 signatures. William Lacy Clay (D-MO) and Ann Wagner (R-MO), the Members announced that they will send a letter to the Chair of the Board of the National Baseball Hall of Fame urging the induction of Curt Flood. Led by Representative David Trone (D-MD), Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO), and Reps. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Flood’s courageous challenge to Major League Baseball’s (MLB) reserve system, which helped create free agency within the MLB and transformed professional sports. WASHINGTON, DC – Today, a bipartisan and bicameral coalition of Members of Congress called for All-Star baseball player Curt Flood’s induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Hannah Muldavin (Trone), Boyd (Blunt), Engelhardt (Clay), Bryant (Wagner), Dahl (MLBPA), During Black History Month, Members of Congress and Professional Athletes Call for All-Star Baseball Player Curt Flood’s Induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame This year marks the 50th anniversary of Flood’s pioneering efforts for workers’ rights in professional sports
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