Fair Pay, Fair Play, and the NCAA
The passage of California's Fair Pay to Play Act and the widespread adoption of similar legislation in other states…
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Austin McDougall
A Political Fumble: The NFL’s Opportunistic Change of Tune on Colin Kaepernick and…
The manner in which Colin Kaepernick has been treated is symbolic of the NFL’s relationship with Black athletes…
Underpaid Fighting Championship? The Uphill Battle for a UFC Union
The principal debate in the labor politics of the UFC is whether fighters are independent contractors, which would…
One Team, One Dream: The Current State of College Football
A major US industry has recently reached the billion-dollar-a-year threshold, thanks to the widespread popularity…
A Team for a Price: Relocation in the NFL
For some decades now, professional sports leagues have been an integral part of the culture of American cities,…
On PEDs, Politics and Pyeongchang
The recent ban on Russian athletes competing in the upcoming 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics has been interpreted…
The Sound of Shattered Glass: Contextualizing Jacinda Ardern’s Victory
Just about two years after gender parity at the Cabinet level was first achieved in Canadian federal politics, a…