When Did Athletes Start Getting Rich?

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  1. 3. Marvin Miller negotiated the first _____ with baseball team owners in 1968
  2. 6. $80 million in total earnings in 2014
  3. 10. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE: West Warwick golf course that was originally a dairy farm.
  4. 11. Baseball club owners working together to avoid competitive bidding for players as a means of forcing down player salaries
  5. 12. Professional athletes among the best paid athletes in the 1920's
  6. 14. Most MLB players in the 1920's were paid an average of $5,000, and supplementing their income with off-season jobs, like selling _____
  7. 15. Iconic baseball superstar who was paid $80,000 per year in the 1920's
  8. 17. Dodgers pitcher who negotiated a $125,000 contract after helping the team win the 1965 World Series
  9. 18. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE: Official state appetizer of Rhode Island
  10. 19. $72.3 million in total earnings in 2014
  11. 20. Golfers Gene Sarazen and _____ each received between $25,000 and $30,000 a year.
Down
  1. 1. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE: The 3 towns on Aquidneck Island are Newport, Middletown, & _____
  2. 2. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE: Before Wakefield Hills was built, kids living near Wakefield Street attended _____ Elementary School
  3. 4. Signed Alex Rodriguez to a 10-year contract worth $252 million
  4. 5. LOCAL KNOWLEDGE: County West Warwick is located in
  5. 7. The 1970’s saw the first _____ sporting contract signed
  6. 8. First athlete to earn $1 billion dollars in prize money and endorsements
  7. 9. First professional athlete to earn $1 million per year.
  8. 13. The greatest basketball player of all time, earned just $2-3 million a season for most of his career
  9. 16. Broadcasting deals in this new medium made athletes significantly wealthier in the 1960's