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End of College Football : On the Human Cost of an All-American Game by Derek Silva and Nathan Kalman-Lamb (2024, Trade Paperback)

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By illuminating the plantation dynamics that make this a particularly racialized form of exploitation, th makes legible the forms of physical sacrifice that are required, the ultimate cost in health and well-being, and the coercion that drives players into the sport and compels them to endure such abusive conditions.".

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PublisherUniversity of North Carolina Press

ISBN-101469683466

ISBN-139781469683461

eBay Product ID (ePID)4066535740

Product Key Features

Number of Pages272 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameEnd of College Football : on the Human Cost of an All-American Game

Publication Year2024

SubjectSociology of Sports, General, History, Football

TypeTextbook

AuthorDerek Silva, Nathan Kalman-Lamb

Subject AreaSports & Recreation

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight14.8 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2024-020850

Reviews"A must read . . . . The genuinely critical and radical sociology that oozes throughout The End of College Football is desperately needed to shake up the status-quo of performance focused capitalist sport, and all the grotesqueness that comes with it."-- Critical Sociology, "Bracing . . . . its catalog of injustices might make even diehard fans question their complicity in a commodity spectacle that risks the health of young men--about half of whom are Black, according to recent reports -- and earns coaches, more than three-quarters of whom are white, massive paydays."--San Francisco Chronicle "[A] compelling indictment of American collegiate football . . . . a serious examination of a sport that's long avoided accountability."--Booklist, Starred review "A must read . . . . The genuinely critical and radical sociology that oozes throughout The End of College Football is desperately needed to shake up the status-quo of performance focused capitalist sport, and all the grotesqueness that comes with it."--Critical Sociology "Via raw and disturbing testimonies from former players, anonymised because these schools have a long and powerful reach, Kalman-Lamb and Silva have pieced together a compelling argument that college gridiron is not a sport but a brutal industry where young, mostly black men are chewed up and spat out . . . . this book teems with evidence that for most participants it remains a form of indentured servitude where mere lip service is paid to delivering any sort of proper education."--The Irish Times, This sobering account, largely centered on the voices and experiences of the athletes themselves, exposes the exploitative and structurally coercive nature of big-time college football. It is an urgently important book that should have fans, players, and leaders in higher education questioning the moral sustainability of college football.--Adia Benton, Northwestern University, Kalman-Lamb and Silva tap into the best traditions of ethnography and provide a powerful yet accessible indictment of the wider system of NCAA football. A must read for the thinking sports fan.--Jules Boykoff, Pacific University, Bracing . . . . its catalog of injustices might make even diehard fans question their complicity in a commodity spectacle that risks the health of young men--about half of whom are Black, according to recent reports -- and earns coaches, more than three-quarters of whom are white, massive paydays.-- San Francisco Chronicle|9781469683461|, "Via raw and disturbing testimonies from former players, anonymised because these schools have a long and powerful reach, Kalman-Lamb and Silva have pieced together a compelling argument that college gridiron is not a sport but a brutal industry where young, mostly black men are chewed up and spat out . . . . this book teems with evidence that for most participants it remains a form of indentured servitude where mere lip service is paid to delivering any sort of proper education."-- Irish Times, The End of College Football is a necessary provocation of the collegiate athletic system and exploitative sport systems in general. Implications from this book will be realized for years to come; however, it is critically relevant to the current environment regarding college football.-- Sociology of Sport Journal, Via raw and disturbing testimonies from former players, anonymised because these schools have a long and powerful reach, Kalman-Lamb and Silva have pieced together a compelling argument that college gridiron is not a sport but a brutal industry where young, mostly black men are chewed up and spat out . . . . this book teems with evidence that for most participants it remains a form of indentured servitude where mere lip service is paid to delivering any sort of proper education.-- Irish Times, A significant contribution that deepens our understanding of the political economy of US collegiate athletics. 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.--Chen Chen, University of Connecticut, A compelling indictment of American collegiate football . . . . a serious examination of a sport that's long avoided accountability.-- Booklist , Starred review, "Bracing . . . . its catalog of injustices might make even diehard fans question their complicity in a commodity spectacle that risks the health of young men--about half of whom are Black, according to recent reports -- and earns coaches, more than three-quarters of whom are white, massive paydays."-- San Francisco Chronicle, "Via raw and disturbing testimonies from former players, anonymised because these schools have a long and powerful reach, Kalman-Lamb and Silva have pieced together a compelling argument that college gridiron is not a sport but a brutal industry where young, mostly black men are chewed up and spat out . . . . this book teems with evidence that for most participants it remains a form of indentured servitude where mere lip service is paid to delivering any sort of proper education."-- The Irish Times, Via raw and disturbing testimonies from former players, anonymised because these schools have a long and powerful reach, Kalman-Lamb and Silva have pieced together a compelling argument that college gridiron is not a sport but a brutal industry where young, mostly black men are chewed up and spat out. Even after the recent introduction of Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) rules, allowing the best players to earn endorsement income, this book teems with evidence that for most participants it remains a form of indentured servitude where mere lip service is paid to delivering any sort of proper education."-- The Irish Times, A must read . . . . The genuinely critical and radical sociology that oozes throughout The End of College Football is desperately needed to shake up the status-quo of performance focused capitalist sport, and all the grotesqueness that comes with it.-- Critical Sociology, The End of College Football , like a great game, hooks you early and doesn't let up. Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva take us behind the scenes of one of America's favorite pastimes, showing how athletes are exploited and abused by a system that purports to elevate and revere them. Knowing the toll this sport takes, I will never see a tackle the same way. Every college football fan should read this searing exposé.--Victor Ray, author of On Critical Race Theory: Why It Matters and Why You Should Care, [A] compelling indictment of American collegiate football . . . . a serious examination of a sport that's long avoided accountability."-- Booklist , Starred review, "[A] compelling indictment of American collegiate football . . . . a serious examination of a sport that's long avoided accountability."-- Booklist , Starred review, A must read . . . . The genuinely critical and radical sociology that oozes throughout The End of College Football is desperately needed to shake up the status-quo of performance focused capitalist sport, and all the grotesqueness that comes with it."-- Critical Sociology, "A compelling indictment of American collegiate football . . . . a serious examination of a sport that's long avoided accountability."-- Booklist , Starred review, Via raw and disturbing testimonies from former players, anonymised because these schools have a long and powerful reach, Kalman-Lamb and Silva have pieced together a compelling argument that college gridiron is not a sport but a brutal industry where young, mostly black men are chewed up and spat out . . . . this book teems with evidence that for most participants it remains a form of indentured servitude where mere lip service is paid to delivering any sort of proper education."-- The Irish Times

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal796.33263

SynopsisIn this book, Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva offer an existential challenge to one of America's favorite pastimes: college football. Drawing on twenty-five in-depth interviews with former players from some of the country's most prominent college football teams, Kalman-Lamb and Silva explore how football is both predicated on a foundation of coercion and suffused with racialized harm and exploitation. Through the stories of those who lived it, the authors examine the ways in which college football must be understood as a site of harm, revealing how players are systematically denied the economic value they produce for universities and offered only a devalued education in return.By illuminating the plantation dynamics that make college football a particularly racialized form of exploitation, the book makes legible the forms of physical sacrifice that are required, the ultimate cost in health and well-being, and the coercion that drives players into the sport and compels them to endure such abusive conditions., In this book, Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva offer an existential challenge to one of America's favorite pastimes: college football. Drawing on twenty-five in-depth interviews with former players from some of the country's most prominent college football teams, Kalman-Lamb and Silva explore how football is both predicated on a foundation of coercion and suffused with racialized harm and exploitation. Through the stories of those who lived it, the authors examine the ways in which college football must be understood as a site of harm, revealing how players are systematically denied the economic value they produce for universities and offered only a devalued education in return. By illuminating the plantation dynamics that make college football a particularly racialized form of exploitation, the book makes legible the forms of physical sacrifice that are required, the ultimate cost in health and well-being, and the coercion that drives players into the sport and compels them to endure such abusive conditions., In this book, Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva offer an existential challenge to one of America's favorite pastimes: college football. Drawing on twenty-five in-depth interviews with former players at some of the country's most prominent college football schools, Kalman-Lamb and Silva explore how football is both predicated on a foundation of coercion and suffused with racialized harm and exploitation. Through the stories of those who lived it, the authors examine the ways in which college football must be understood as a site of harm, revealing how players are systematically denied the economic value they produce for universities and offered only a devalued education in return. By illuminating the plantation dynamics that make this a particularly racialized form of exploitation, the book makes legible the forms of physical sacrifice that are required, the ultimate cost in health and well-being, and the coercion that drives players into the sport and compels them to endure such abusive conditions., In this book, Nathan Kalman-Lamb and Derek Silva offer an existential challenge to one of America's favorite pastimes: college football. Drawing on twenty-five in-depth interviews with former players at some of the country's most prominent college football schools, Kalman-Lamb and Silva explore how football is both predicated on a foundation of ......

LC Classification NumberGV956.4.K35 2024