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The "Big O", Basketball Hall of Famer, head of NBA Players Union 1965-74
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Biography
NBA History: Oscar Robertson Bio
Articles
Locker-Room Liberty: Athletes who helped shape our times and the economic freedom that enabled them, by Matt Welch, Reason, May 2005
Related Topics: Athletes, Joe Namath
"As head of the Players Union ... Robertson challenged the legality of the option clause, arguing that it represented a conspiracy to restrain competition for labor. The NBA finally settled in 1976, two years after Robertson retired, eliminating the option clause and creating free agency."
Books Authored
The Big O: My Life, My Times, My Game, 2003
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