Labeled by The New York Times as "instrumental in helping change the
face of major professional sports," attorney Jim Quinn has influenced
modern sports business for decades. Beginning back in the 1970's with
the landmark Oscar Robertson basketball free agency case, Quinn battled
owners in all four major leagues to make sure the players got their fair
share. In the early 1990's, he faced the goliath National Football
League and won the right to free agency for players, Quinn has spent a
lifetime dealing in the gritty sports business to make fair agreements
for players. Quinn shares significant cases and legal proceedings across
major American sports and tells stories of the courtroom battles he
fought on behalf of players and labor leaders seeking economic justice
in their workplace. He sheds light on known and unknown figures who
committed to larger causes than themselves and that modern sports owes a
debt to the leaders of the past who risked their careers. Through
Quinn's lengthy career he has helped to empower athletes to speak and
act in the best interest of the sports community and overcome some of
the toxic figures who sought to drag down league success for their own
ego and greed. In Don't Be Afraid to Win, Quinn provides a unique point
of view of someone who was personally involved in making changes happen
in the business. His is a masterful examination of how sports has grown
dramatically over the decades, how it benefited from the rise of sports
unions and free agency, and how there is still fairness to be gained
across the leagues.
