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Excited to share the first fruits of my college football research project w/ Derek Silva (OA!): "‘Play’ing College Football: Campus Athletic Worker Experiences of Exploitation"

TL;DR: campus athletic workers know they are exploited.

https://journals.sagepub.c...
09:27 AM - Oct 30, 2023
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We conducted semi-structured interviews with 25 former college football players about their experiences in the sport. What they described to us is an experience of vicious exploitation and profound alienation.

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09:44 AM - Oct 30, 2023
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"Every day felt like it was a slog . . . like ‘why am I coming into the building?’"

"I’m way more of an employee than a football player and the coaches are my fucking boss."

Former CFB players explain why the 'sport' is *work*, not 'play.'
10:07 AM - Oct 30, 2023
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"They get their hooks in you, psychologically, to where you’re constantly thinking about the program. . . They made these t-shirts called ‘team over me’ and our joke was on the team is that ‘yeah, fuck me. The team over me’."

- former CFB player
10:07 AM - Oct 30, 2023
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