The NFL Holdout That Caused A Homicide (Justifiable, The Jury Said)
by Asher Price from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#4MCYP)
In the 1981 offseason, feeling underpaid and unhappy about Oilers owner Bud Adams's treatment of former coach Bum Phillips, Earl Campbell asked for a raise. Only a year earlier, at the close of Campbell's second season, the normally tightfisted Oilers had agreed to restructure Campbell's rookie contract, adding"