Derek Silva
@derekcrim.bsky.social
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// prof & writer 🍉 // words in Time, LA Times, The Guardian, etc. // podcast @endofsportpod.bsky.social // new book link in bio @uncpress.bsky.social // hobby jogger 2:49 marathon https://uncpress.org/book/9781469683461/the-end-of-college-football/
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🚨 IT’S PUBLICATION DAY!!! 🚨

“The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American game” is now OFFICIALLY available. This brilliant 🧵 by @nkalamb.bsky.social is the go-to resource for the book and related work.

@uncpress.bsky.social

uncpress.org/book/9781469...
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ethnography911.bsky.social
Students just discussed first half of The End of College Football by @nkalamb.bsky.social and @derekcrim.bsky.social and they're like... "can it be this grim?" while also saying, "yeah, some of this happens to us too" or "I was told that [FB team] basically makes it possible for me to be here"
derekcrim.bsky.social
This was a brilliant and at times devastatingly harrowing discussion that everyone should listen to.
endofsportpod.bsky.social
New Episode: Kick Israel out of FIFA

Check out the entire conversation with @leylahamed.bsky.social, Abubaker Abed, Roger Waters, @scotsport4pal.bsky.social, @shireenahmed.bsky.social, @nkalamb.bsky.social and others on why Israel must be banned from global sport.

open.spotify.com/episode/1EZu...
Kick Israel out of FIFA poster
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endofsportpod.bsky.social
New Episode: Kick Israel out of FIFA

Check out the entire conversation with @leylahamed.bsky.social, Abubaker Abed, Roger Waters, @scotsport4pal.bsky.social, @shireenahmed.bsky.social, @nkalamb.bsky.social and others on why Israel must be banned from global sport.

open.spotify.com/episode/1EZu...
Kick Israel out of FIFA poster
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nkalamb.bsky.social
Leyla provides further confirmation.
More on this story: European sources CONFIRM several football associations are pushing for the vote to take place next week.

If it passes, Israel would most likely be KICKED OUT of all international football competitions.

Next week could change history.
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nkalamb.bsky.social
It appears that there is an increasingly high chance Israel will be banned next week from UEFA due to its genocide in Gaza, which would in turn effectively end its hopes of qualifying for the World Cup.

I have heard this independently confirmed from another source.

www.thetimes.com/article/11e9...
Uefa members in favour of banning Israel from European football next week
Pressure has ramped up on European football’s governing body after protests and the UN Commission’s declaration of genocide in Gaza
exclusive
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endofsportpod.bsky.social
Ep. 169: Exploitation and Care in College Football

@nkalamb.bsky.social and @derekcrim.bsky.social are joined by @traciecanada.bsky.social to discuss her new @ucpress.bsky.social book *Tackling the Everyday*.

open.spotify.com/episode/3NQ3...
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harbingermedia.bsky.social
On 🏈 @endofsportpod.bsky.social🏈 ep169 @nkalamb.bsky.social and @derekcrim.bsky.social sit down with Tracie Canada to discuss exploitation, care and her new book 'Tackling the Everyday: Race and Nation in Big-Time College Football'.

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e... 🔶
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traciecanada.bsky.social
Thanks so much to @nkalamb.bsky.social and @derekcrim.bsky.social at the @endofsportpod.bsky.social for having me on to talk about my book. This is a wide-ranging conversation that really gets at my main arguments, so I appreciate the time and space.

Give us a listen!
endofsportpod.bsky.social
Ep. 169: Exploitation and Care in College Football

@nkalamb.bsky.social and @derekcrim.bsky.social are joined by @traciecanada.bsky.social to discuss her new @ucpress.bsky.social book *Tackling the Everyday*.

open.spotify.com/episode/3NQ3...
derekcrim.bsky.social
Update: Harry Styles ran way faster than me.
derekcrim.bsky.social
Berlin Marathon done and dusted.
derekcrim.bsky.social
Berlin Marathon done and dusted.
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nkalamb.bsky.social
Former UN Special Rapporteur Dr. Michael Lynk is coming to
@unbresearch.bsky.social to talk about Academic Freedom and the Palestine Exception on October 1 at 5pm
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endofsportpod.bsky.social
Ep. 168 Canada is Trying to Deport a Future Olympian

@nkalamb.bsky.social talks to Aidan Simardone about Canada's dehumanizing immigration policies and how they are leading the country to try to deport a future Olympian.

open.spotify.com/episode/5be8...
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Surreal to see this in CNN. What a wild week.

I feel so awful for everyone on this site.

I’ve dealt with this on a smaller scale before, which means I take a lot of safety precautions in my daily life.

But most of those listed are private citizens just thrown to the wolves.

I’m so worried.
CNN Business piece reads:

“For example, Canadian independent journalist Rachel Gilmore posted that she is "terrified" about retaliation from Kirk's "far-right fans" after the shooting.
That post is the first listed on the anonymous website, including a part where Gilmore said she hoped Kirk survives. She said in a video online that she did not celebrate Kirk's death and said she hoped he survives in another post. She also said she received a
"tsunami" of threats and called the last 48 hours of her life "a living hell."”
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nkalamb.bsky.social
This is nothing more than a smear. The National Post and CIJA are collaborating to sportwash a genocidal state and they are defaming anti-violence protesters to do it.
Cartoon on cover of National Post showing a club with the word extremism breaking a tennis racket under the heading Davis Cup fracas
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Grateful @davidgilbert.bsky.social covered this.

I NEVER celebrated anyone’s murder.

I said I was terrified the far-right would use this as an excuse to retaliate, and they’re proving me right with every post.

These guys are out for blood. They don’t care whose.

This is really bad.
derekcrim.bsky.social
the terrifying reality of living in an age of misinformation is that it’s often more important to be the first to convey information than it is to convey accurate information
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stewartlfrench.bsky.social
First, unionize. Second, read your contract section on force reduction.
derekcrim.bsky.social
It’s incredible to see praxis in action, but more work is to be done.

CBC is sportswashing genocide by broadcasting this.

Tennis Canada is sportswashing genocide by hosting it.

CANCEL THE MATCH.
nkalamb.bsky.social
The Davis Cup tie between Canada and Israel is now going to take place behind closed doors per Mossad request.

However, thanks to the collaborationism of the CBC, it will still be available to view.

The CBC is just as culpable as Tennis Canada for this sportswashing depravity.
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nkalamb.bsky.social
Absolutely cowardly stuff and, frankly, an admission that holding the match is wrong.

www.tenniscanada.com/news/pro-ten...
Davis Cup Tie in Halifax to be Played in a Closed Venue Format
derekcrim.bsky.social
Genocide deniers seem to have no shame (and are incredibly sloppy).

This is defamatory, which is likely the least of the issues for organizers.
nkalamb.bsky.social
I did not sign this disgusting letter.
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nkalamb.bsky.social
I did not sign this disgusting letter.
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nkalamb.bsky.social
Please join @derekcrim.bsky.social and I this coming Monday at 10am ET for a discussion of how exploitation and harm saturate college football.

You can register here: go.osu.edu/cancel_cfb
Kalman-Lamb and Silva argue: Cancel College Football
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nkalamb.bsky.social
"The simple fact is that Moh Ahmed’s demands carry more weight than nearly every legal scholar combined. That’s the potential power of an athletic boycott."

Rebecca O'Keeffe and I argue we need to work with athletes to ban Israel from all international sports now, before it's too late.
OPINION - Ban Israel from global sports now, before it is too late
It is the collective responsibility of everyone who cares about athletics to work together to ban Israel from global sport before it is too late -- if it isn't already tion of infrastructure and the d...
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