The four historical athletes I would put on my Mount Rushmore are Curt Flood, Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and . Curt Flood was a previous Major League Baseball (MLB) player who confronted the reserve clause issue. He made the Curt Flood Act as a way to ensure ball players received a livable wage. Society became outraged at the idea of major league players making more money when they already made so much. Curt Flood wanted to be a free agent to be able to stand up for the players, free of charge. Former MLB player Barry Bonds once said, “Nobody is complaining about the owners’ salaries. So don’t complain about us” . He gave the players a right to fight the reserve clause, access to free agents, and power to get more money from the owners of their team. Marvin Miller and Curt Flood made a significant point that players aren’t just property for the owners. The reserve clause made players feel like they were
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Since Muslims are passive people who don’t utilize, Ali fought against them being drafted into the military. “Once you’re signed to the army, you’re their slave forever” . Ali went as far to defend this religion enough to change his name from a white man’s name, Cassius Clay. He felt Christianity meant slavery due to his ancestors becoming slaves from white Christians gave his family the name Clay, so he changed to gain pride globally for Muslims and African Americans. White men believed Ali didn’t deserve to fight against white boxers and that he was too outspoken. To be considered honorable by whites, Ali decided to become clean cut, ultimately losing his followers that liked his roughness. While fighting for Muslim’s right, Ali would travel to black countries before he would visit European ones, whereas most athletes would visit European countries first. During the Olympics, Ali wore a black glove to symbolize he was proud to be African
Since Muslims are passive people who don’t utilize, Ali fought against them being drafted into the military. “Once you’re signed to the army, you’re their slave forever” . Ali went as far to defend this religion enough to change his name from a white man’s name, Cassius Clay. He felt Christianity meant slavery due to his ancestors becoming slaves from white Christians gave his family the name Clay, so he changed to gain pride globally for Muslims and African Americans. White men believed Ali didn’t deserve to fight against white boxers and that he was too outspoken. To be considered honorable by whites, Ali decided to become clean cut, ultimately losing his followers that liked his roughness. While fighting for Muslim’s right, Ali would travel to black countries before he would visit European ones, whereas most athletes would visit European countries first. During the Olympics, Ali wore a black glove to symbolize he was proud to be African