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  • 30 for 30 Year of the Scab (Season 3, Episode 22)
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    TV Episode | 78 min | Documentary, Biography, History

30 for 30

Year of the Scab (Season 3, Episode 22)
TV-G
TV Episode | 78 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Two weeks into the 1987 season, the NFL's players went on strike. For the first time in the history of professional sports in the United States, replacement players would take the field. Crossing the picket line to play in the NFL changed ...See moreTwo weeks into the 1987 season, the NFL's players went on strike. For the first time in the history of professional sports in the United States, replacement players would take the field. Crossing the picket line to play in the NFL changed their lives, but not in the way they'd expected or hoped. The moment they crossed the picket line, they were no longer athletes; they were scabs. By the end of the strike, Washington stood alone as the only replacement team to go undefeated- ultimately setting up returning strikers for a triumphant run at a Super Bowl. For those replacements, the experience of 1987 should have been a badge of honor. Instead, it became a scab that never healed. See less
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Anthony Allen
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Doug Allen
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Bobby Beathard
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Bill Bell
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Glenn Bodnar
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Jeff Bostic
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Jack Kent Cooke
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Tim Cowlishaw
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Jack Donlan
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Tony Dorsett
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Joe Gibbs
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Russ Grimm
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Mike Holovak
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Tom Landry
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Babe Laufenberg
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Rich Milot
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Joe Montana
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Neal Olkewicz
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Mike Richman
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Joe Robbie
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Pete Rozelle
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Tex Schramm
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Gene Stallings
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Lawrence Taylor
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Gene Upshaw
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Rick 'Doc' Walker
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Danny White
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Wayne Wilson
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