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katakowsj · 1846 days ago · link · · parent · post: How Cincinnati Turned Baseball Into a National Sensation
Sounds similar to grumblings about paying modern day collegiate athletes, rather than continue to have them operate as, tuition aside, indentured servants for their schools.As the league’s first openly salaried club, the Red Stockings made professionalism – which had been previously frowned upon – acceptable to the American public.