Derek Silva (derekcrim.bsky.social)
@Derekcrim
find me anywhere but here | @endofsportpod. words in @time @guardian @jacobin etc. new book w/ @nkalamb “the end of college football” coming @UNC_Press
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https://linktr.ee/Derekcrim 24-06-2010 02:32:24
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Every ounce of solidarity w/ TA/PD Union@ Western as they are in a legal strike position.
Graduate workers are THE backbone of our institutions yet remain among the most poorly treated on campus.
Fair wages, equitable working conditions, support to do their important work. NOW.
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'‘Cancel Olympics’ Cry Grows As LA Mayor Faces Over $1 Billion Cost To Organize 2028 Event,' writes Maleeha Wani for EssentiallySports. News recently broke that Olympic organizers in Los Angeles need another $1 billion to run (temporary) buses for the Games essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news…
We published some previews of the book recently, including this piece in The Daily Beast.
thedailybeast.com/pay-for-play-i…
'By laying bare the racialized exploitation of so-called 'student-athletes' in big-time college football, the authors' research makes a strong case that the college sport industrial complex may not be 'fixed' without the abolition of capitalism itself.'
- WorldClass 🍉 Reductionist
'A significant contribution that deepens our understanding of the political economy of US collegiate athletics.'
- WorldClass 🍉 Reductionist on *The End of College Football*
amazon.com/End-College-Fo…