Includes index

"In this autobiography, the founder and first executive director of the NFL Players Association recalls the early years of the union's establishment, empowerment, and negotiations with the league and commissioner"--

In Appreciation / Betty Garvey -- Foreword / Judge Alan Page -- Historical Introduction / Dr. Sarah K. Fields -- Note on Language -- Dedication / Ed Garvey -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: All About Control -- Chapter 2: Accumulation of Power -- Chapter 3: The Opposition Emerges -- Chapter 4: No Freedom, No Football -- 1974 -- Chapter 5: The 1974 Season: Can We Survive? Damn Right We Can! -- Chapter 6: We Finally Get Them Into Court -- Chapter 7: The Year of the Patriots -- 1975 -- Chapter 8: In Good Faith -- Chapter 9: The Future