# ![@nkalamb Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::432581911.png) @nkalamb Nathan Kalman-Lamb

Nathan Kalman-Lamb posts on X about israel, college football, canada, this is the most. They currently have [------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Top Social Posts
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"And here I was thinking this was amateur athletics. 🤷♂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1371581697297420289)  2021-03-15T21:58Z 11.9K followers, [--] engagements


"Abilene Christian University earned $200 million in advertising from this tournament run. That will not show up in any balance sheet as revenue but it is value produced by uncompensated athletic labor. Exploitation occurs beyond the Power Five. https://alumniassociation.acu.edu/controls/email_marketing/view_in_browser.aspxsid=1565&gid=1&sendId=2315555&ecatid=28&puid=ed4e0ffc-510b-4583-90ab-828754689cc8 https://alumniassociation.acu.edu/controls/email_marketing/view_in_browser.aspxsid=1565&gid=1&sendId=2315555&ecatid=28&puid=ed4e0ffc-510b-4583-90ab-828754689cc8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1375472859263426568)  2021-03-26T15:40Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Because of the coercive dynamics of college sport the fact that players rely on the patronage of coaches during and after careers as social capital you simply never hear them speaking this candidly in public about how they actually feel about coaches. This piece is 🤯 Part of the problem in college sport is coaches are empowered to frame an employment relationship as a "family" relationship. Affective dynamics become currency in place of. currency. Yet the coach has a monopoly on how to distribute and withhold that affect: status coercion. https://t.co/9YNt7h3vZC Part of the problem in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1407443746485157893)  2021-06-22T21:01Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements


"not sure if its the not aware of research or I didnt even say all unions are bad for me"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1450787919258603528)  2021-10-20T11:36Z 11.3K followers, [---] engagements


"gambling edition A full day of College Football action gets even better with $7500 risk-free bets if your first wager loses on SI Sportsbook 💰 https://t.co/5CvEpOJb9v https://t.co/tqLnPZbY60 A full day of College Football action gets even better with $7500 risk-free bets if your first wager loses on SI Sportsbook 💰 https://t.co/5CvEpOJb9v https://t.co/tqLnPZbY60"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1451891255470919685)  2021-10-23T12:40Z 12.5K followers, [--] engagements


"This means that more than [--] players have been infected. On the bright side the coach is earning $7.5M. @SInow In all TAMU is down to [--] scholarship players (4 are kickers) - [--] below the SECs [----] minimum to play a game. There is rhetoric about Quit testing asymptomatic people Bjork tells @SINow. No one has said it is a common cold yet. Were not there yet. @SInow In all TAMU is down to [--] scholarship players (4 are kickers) - [--] below the SECs [----] minimum to play a game. There is rhetoric about Quit testing asymptomatic people Bjork tells @SINow. No one has said it is a common cold yet."  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1473741036937691146)  2021-12-22T19:43Z 11.3K followers, [--] engagements


"But also its not true. Speaking as an old white male I might point out to Mark Lawrenson that we only got so many breaks decades ago 'cos of how we looked. If we now have to be twice as good twice as interesting twice as hard-working well then welcome to what everyone else had to do for centuries. Speaking as an old white male I might point out to Mark Lawrenson that we only got so many breaks decades ago 'cos of how we looked. If we now have to be twice as good twice as interesting twice as hard-working well then welcome to what everyone else had to do for centuries"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1574441758800453633)  2022-09-26T16:52Z 11.3K followers, [--] engagements


"This is really devastating news for the community here in Fredericton UNB and our department in particular. Nick Hardy will be dearly missed. My heart goes out to his family. https://mcadamsfh.com/tribute/details/1287/Nicholas-Hardy/obituary.html#tribute-start https://mcadamsfh.com/tribute/details/1287/Nicholas-Hardy/obituary.html#tribute-start"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1630948031565635584)  2023-03-01T15:08Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"I'm sorry Ross Atkins wants us to believe that Anthony Bass is genuinely apologetic about distributing a post referring to LGBTQIA+ people ae "evil" and "demonic" WHEN HE LITERALLY SAYS HE STANDS BY THE POST"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1667168324470415370)  2023-06-09T13:54Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@wickdchiq @EndofSportPod Yes exactly. Its hardly a coincidence that even many sports fans in Southern Ontario *dont even know this club exists.*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1668398563502571520)  2023-06-12T23:23Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"you cant make this stuff up"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1674405565127184385)  2023-06-29T13:12Z 13.1K followers, 395.9K engagements


"I would argue no one has been more responsible for fomenting violence against gender studies professors than this man"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1674444489149100032)  2023-06-30T01:47Z 11.6K followers, 10.8K engagements


"@TheSunCannon @tobinatrix That's right"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1674550018441719811)  2023-06-29T23:43Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements


"There is no intellectually or morally rigorous argument to be had over affirmative action. Either you acknowledge that racial capitalism must be redressed in this most basic possible way or you celebrate white supremacy. That's the debate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1674603925230551043)  2023-06-30T02:21Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements


"A lot of insight in this thread. When labor is f*cked it's pretty safe to assume that capital is the party responsible"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1674607235165573121)  2023-06-30T02:42Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"always remember: anti-trans participation in sport arguments are nothing more than weaponized bad faith"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1674608093894787075)  2023-06-30T02:37Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@victorerikray Any argument against affirmative action that isn't explicit advocacy of white supremacy is simply bad faith"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1674608996831969285)  2023-06-30T02:43Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"I wrote about the Waterloo stabbing Jordan Peterson political transphobia and why we sure as hell aren't going to stop teaching gender studies. For @nbmediacoop"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1675961098720124932)  2023-07-11T07:06Z 11.5K followers, 302.2K engagements


"The apologists for hazing in college football are out"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1677781902592290819)  2023-07-09T18:17Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Assume for a moment the entirely implausible scenario that Fitzgerald knew nothing about these incidents as he claims. That too is an offense for which he should be fired. You're the one in charge. If you don't know this level of harm is occurring you aren't doing your job"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1677853807680552962)  2023-07-09T01:38Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Truly imagine being paid millions of dollars to manage a team of college students and then claiming no responsibility for the fact that the organization you are literally overseeing is a site of systematic repeated despicable harm. Oh Fitzgerald didn't know He should have"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1677854700593463296)  2023-07-09T01:38Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Happens every single time there is a whistle blower in college football. The wagons circle every time. This is why the disclosures must be anonymous and the informants are taking an enormous risk. Remember that the independent investigation confirmed the hazing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1677870353240997890)  2023-07-09T02:41Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Curious what kind of accountability there will be for journalists doing straight PR for exactly the group of people being credibly (anonymous sources an entire independent investigation) accused of a culture of hazing and abuse. Is this what you call journalism @espn"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678068398146699265)  2023-07-09T17:58Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Barstool swooping in to defend Northwestern hazing is almost too on the nose"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678172274816344064)  2023-07-10T17:11Z 11.5K followers, 16.6K engagements


"What we see at Northwestern is a paradigmatic example of the plantation dynamics that exist at PWIs in power five college sport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678468349494263808)  2023-07-10T18:17Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements


"This aged well"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678560909940195330)  2023-07-11T01:11Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@rinewithoutacat Incredible shade"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678563189812854784)  2023-07-11T00:36Z 11.6K followers, [--] engagements


"Weird how players seem determined to give us the impression they were the one's leading the hazing at Northwestern. Statement from former All-Big Ten Northwestern receiver Jeremy Ebert on Pat Fitzgerald being fired: "Worst decision that northwestern has ever made." Statement from former All-Big Ten Northwestern receiver Jeremy Ebert on Pat Fitzgerald being fired: "Worst decision that northwestern has ever made.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678582475415601154)  2023-07-11T01:50Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"The sadness of losing a football coach who won some games and the sadness experienced by those subjected to abuse under his watch are not commensurate"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678582817649819648)  2023-07-11T01:52Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Wild choices today"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678583162585198594)  2023-07-11T01:53Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@low_madness @mexcoastoffense You're awfully concerned about defending the defenders of disgusting hazing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678584528854548481)  2023-07-11T02:05Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements


""I know several universities that had normalized physical hazing that involved naked teammates going after and wrestling other naked teammates whether or not they were game for it." - former SEC 🏈 player Hazing isn't *just* a Northwestern issue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678715944300847105)  2023-07-11T10:43Z 11.5K followers, 55K engagements


""I know that one school had a tug of war punishment where people often had their hands torn up/ankles twisted." - former SEC 🏈 player For @guardian @Derekcrim and I situate Northwestern's hazing scandal in the culture of big-time college football"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678716274862424064)  2023-07-11T10:43Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


""Similar to hazing in fraternities anyone that comes forward (barring an egregious abuse of power where lives were at risk) the person(s) who speak up will have the industry and peers turn against them." - former SEC 🏈 player"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678722582965624832)  2023-07-11T11:15Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements


""At my former school there was a big culture and tradition surrounding getting jumped by your teammates. all the seniors would go into your dorm rooms and essentially jump you beat you down to the ground." - former college 🏈 player"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678724014066245636)  2023-07-11T11:15Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


""The coaches. said they didn't know about the hazing. But my position coach was there for [--] years." - former college 🏈 player Northwestern is more rule than exception"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678725269337649152)  2023-07-11T11:31Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements


"CW: discussion of suicide Too often the consequences of hazing and abuse are devastating to the mental health of the players that endure them and result in suicidal ideation and even attempts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678728649850191872)  2023-07-11T11:31Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"I'll be walking morning workouts. And seeing a car drive by its like man I wouldn't have to go to practice if I just jumped in front of his car real quick. Like that was a more attractive idea than going. - former college 🏈 player https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul/11/northwestern-hazing-scandal-toxic-culture-pat-fitzgerald https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/jul/11/northwestern-hazing-scandal-toxic-culture-pat-fitzgerald"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678728912220635137)  2023-07-11T11:32Z 12.5K followers, [----] engagements


"We love to see it @mdhhsu. This case is actually a sterling example of why college athletes need unions--which is precisely why Pat Fitzgerald was actively involved in union-busting the last time around"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678743152180490242)  2023-07-11T12:33Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Of course this isn't just a Northwestern issue. It is a college football issue. Unions for all"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678743322351882241)  2023-07-11T12:33Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@MedcalfByESPN Well said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678747589384994817)  2023-07-11T18:33Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@TroncellitiLaw @MedcalfByESPN That's not correct. Hazing is by definition abusive and if it involves any kind of sexual component then it is sexual abuse. Thanks for red flagging yourself though"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678824399518986244)  2023-07-11T18:33Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"This is a truly terrible take. If something is harmful and common it absolutely needs to be addressed and the person willing to risk their own safety and standing in a community to speak about it is a hero. Hazing is not an inherent attribute of masculinity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1678907680763551745)  2023-07-11T23:30Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Hazing is not simply an artifact of a more brutal past for college football. It is very much still part of the sport's present. But it shouldnt be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1679099316181368832)  2023-07-12T12:04Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I am once again reminding you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1679942118167523334)  2023-07-14T23:01Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Listen he may consider coaches fired for racism to be "ideal" candidates for other jobs but that doesn't mean he is a shill That's just his deeply held belief"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1679989570895577088)  2023-07-14T23:01Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"So student newspapers are quite literally doing the best investigative reporting on universities period"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1681754778009845763)  2023-07-19T22:26Z 11.5K followers, 19.6K engagements


"@zamboni_jumponi @JodieValade @theobserver No I realize that I could have been clearer I was just using the experience of Hayley Hodson to illustrate that the dangers of the sport are not related to the participation of trans athletes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1687955666462298112)  2023-08-05T22:41Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements


"the right should deploy more of this very effective messaging"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1698695305523249513)  2023-09-04T13:51Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Very excited to say that my department at @UNB is hiring an Assistant Professor of Sociology in social theory with open sub-areas of specialization. Only a cover letter and CV are required for application and the deadline is October [--]. Happy to field questions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1704872961759383857)  2023-09-21T14:59Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"If Biden wont come to the UAW picket line he simply cannot claim to be a labor-friendly president. This is the lowest imaginable bar"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1705258712611332403)  2023-09-22T16:32Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Im going to be candid: Critical Sociology is an absolutely incredible journal to work with in every way. I cannot recommend it more strongly"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1708459036151099638)  2023-10-01T12:29Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Tomorrow in Fredericton: Vigil for Palestine Tuesday Oct. [--] at 5:00 PM Fredericton City Hall"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1711507147031302259)  2023-10-09T22:21Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The White House press secretary said that calls to prevent genocide were "repugnant" and "disgraceful." The Biden government is fully complicit and responsible for participation in a crime against humanity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1712800952170819630)  2023-10-13T12:02Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Attention anyone concerned about the destruction of West Virginia University. This is the same playbook in the UNC system"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1714961648648114345)  2023-10-19T11:08Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements


"They tweeted this in the middle of the night but the NYT is saying that US and Israeli intelligence are to put it politely not correct in their assessment of what happened to Ahli Arab Hospital"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1717138919634944209)  2023-10-25T11:19Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Excited to share the first fruits of my college football research project with @Derekcrim in @CritSoc (OA): "Playing College Football: Campus Athletic Worker Experiences of Exploitation" TL;DR: campus athletic workers know damn well they're exploited"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1718947346350821861)  2023-10-30T11:05Z 11.5K followers, 10.2K engagements


""That was probably the most crime I ever committed in my life. I was just stealing food. Because I was just starving the whole time." Former players pull back the curtain on the glamorous world of college football"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1718982170587299913)  2023-10-30T13:24Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Former college football players recalled having to resort to theft MLM schemes weapons-dealing and other desperate measures to support themselves during their time in the sport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1718992691856339416)  2023-10-30T14:06Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Former college football player on bowl games as unpaid overtime: "The bowl game is a party for everybody but you. Its for boosters and fans.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1718997397831913611)  2023-10-30T14:24Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements


""You think college football is about playing. But really its about money. Its about a lot of coaches making millions of dollars off the backs of your own labor and your body and you breaking down and your mental health too." - former CFB player"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1719002160669643201)  2023-10-30T14:43Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements


""I feel like playing college football is more so enslavement. like you had no life to yourself you had no summer you had no time off . . . . So you just do whatever the coaches tell you your academic advisors your teachers and thats about it.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1719052678515331256)  2023-10-30T18:04Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@JeremyAllenMoss I come from Holocaust survivors and I support Rashida Tlaib. You are not telling the truth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1721151924039291101)  2023-11-05T13:06Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements


"I watched a college football game for the first time in years last night only to see Perris Jones of UVA suffer a devastating and potentially (I truly hope it isnt) life-altering injury. Universities shouldnt traffic in an enterprise that subjects their students to such harm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1722926967995896292)  2023-11-10T10:39Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements


"If you want to understand the ethical universe of college football compare the amount of coverage of Perris Jones to the Michigan sign-stealing controversy. What qualifies as immorality worth getting exercised about"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1722961641271079195)  2023-11-10T12:57Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements


"This is positively unreal. Texas A&M appears to be on the verge of paying Jimbo Fisher $76M ***NOT*** to coach college football. The unpaid labor of football campus athletic workers will subsidize that decision"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1723727533529505977)  2023-11-12T15:40Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements


"This paragraph from Ben Sasse in The Atlantic is really the perfect distillation of the MAGA caricature of woke-ism aka intersectionality aka political correctness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1735458817989652902)  2023-12-15T00:36Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Cant believe Im saying this but I agree with every word from UCLA football coach Chip Kelly here"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1736360146832388177)  2023-12-17T12:18Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Heres the main thing about bowls in general: they are sacrificial unpaid overtime not some kind of sacred good. To anyone who thinks NIL and no sitting out in the transfer portal is good for college sports I give you the death of bowl season. Something really cool has been ruined. Congrats player empowerment folks. This is on you To anyone who thinks NIL and no sitting out in the transfer portal is good for college sports I give you the death of bowl season. Something really cool has been ruined. Congrats player empowerment folks. This is on you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1741127688675303764)  2023-12-30T16:02Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Dont just take it from me. Heres a former player on bowl games as unpaid overtime"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1741130602777043095)  2023-12-30T16:14Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Heres another player describing how bowls meant he essentially never had a break during his time in college football"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1741132191453639136)  2023-12-30T16:20Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Its actually pretty amazing that @GottliebShow cant empathize with current athletes given that he literally resorted to theft in his time as an athlete and as players told us he is far from alone"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741136146514472974)  2023-12-30T16:36Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"@GottliebShow Anyway if youre interested in what actual college football players think about their exploitative working conditions check out this open access piece in @CritSoc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1741141263758327982)  2023-12-30T16:56Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@GottliebShow @CritSoc And stay tuned for our (with @Derekcrim) forthcoming book *The End of College Football* coming this fall from @UNC_Press. Thrilled to announce that @Derekcrim and I have just contracted with @UNC_Press and @Lucas_Church to publish *The End of College Football: Exploitation in the Ivory Tower and on the Gridiron.* 🍾🥂🥳🎉 https://t.co/ZGaxc3M4vh Thrilled to announce that @Derekcrim and I have just contracted with @UNC_Press and @Lucas_Church to publish *The End of College Football: Exploitation in the Ivory Tower and on the Gridiron.* 🍾🥂🥳🎉 https://t.co/ZGaxc3M4vh"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1741144579942875402)  2023-12-30T17:09Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements


"@RealStirfryguy Im feeling this"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1741194978724819454)  2023-12-30T20:30Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"The only solution is treating players like the employees they are: with collective bargaining that offers them control over pay and working conditions. Any other solution is coercion. Kirby Smart unprompted brought up the Florida State opt-outs: People need to see what happened tonight and they need to fix it. Its really unfortunate for the guys on that sideline who had to play in that game when they didnt have their full arsenal. Kirby Smart unprompted brought up the Florida State opt-outs: People need to see what happened tonight and they need to fix it. Its really unfortunate for the guys"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1741277499357589730)  2023-12-31T01:58Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Much more on the ongoing discussion about bowl games in this thread. Heres the main thing about bowls in general: they are sacrificial unpaid overtime not some kind of sacred good. Heres the main thing about bowls in general: they are sacrificial unpaid overtime not some kind of sacred good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1741280294274003047)  2023-12-31T02:09Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"College football players dont owe anyone their labor or the sacrifice of their bodies. If you are opining the death of bowls because of player opt-outsand not advocating for compensation and employee statusyou are complicit in vicious exploitation and extraction. Heres the main thing about bowls in general: they are sacrificial unpaid overtime not some kind of sacred good. Heres the main thing about bowls in general: they are sacrificial unpaid overtime not some kind of sacred good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1741479968297701382)  2023-12-31T15:22Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"These tropes seem to never get old. College football players who exercise agency and protect their bodies in a system designed to viciously exploit their labor are derided as mercenaries by the very people who profit most from their sacrifices. Georgia destroying FSU was case study in culture UGA had reason to be upset about playoff snub Bulldogs locked in Seminoles checked out FSU's success was because of how well they hit the transfer portal But transfers tend to be mercenaries who value self over team Georgia destroying FSU was case study in culture UGA had reason to be upset about playoff"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1741488170066203120)  2023-12-31T15:55Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements


"@DoctorVive the claim of plagiarism with respect to acknowledgments is the ultimate flashing red light (aside from Rufos explicit claims) about how bad faith this whole discourse is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1742954398446125399)  2024-01-04T17:01Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"Next time there is a college football national championship there will also be a book called (and calling for) *The End of College Football* @Derekcrim"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1744699531843760626)  2024-01-09T12:35Z 11.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Congratulations to Nick Saban on an incredibly successful career of profiting off of the human sacrifice of unpaid college students"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1745250602274132128)  2024-01-11T01:05Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements


"South Africa is demonstrating the moral clarity today that so many of our states-of-residence utterly lack. Solidarity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1745432777850319293)  2024-01-11T13:09Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"this is fucked A majority of Republican primary voters in CBS News polling 81% said that they agreed with President Trump's statement that immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our country" and 47% of voters overall said they agreed with it. https://t.co/uoGIX4SMQ8 https://t.co/ANHuS0BMEj A majority of Republican primary voters in CBS News polling 81% said that they agreed with President Trump's statement that immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our country" and 47% of voters overall said they agreed with it. https://t.co/uoGIX4SMQ8 https://t.co/ANHuS0BMEj"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1746922081332101353)  2024-01-15T15:47Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@RjBarrett6 Hey RJ not sure if you remember me from Duke but Im back in Canada too and so happy to be watching you on the Raps. Congrats on coming home"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1747958244327260628)  2024-01-18T12:24Z [--] followers, [--] engagements


"As a kid Sports Illustrated was probably my single most coveted object. The truth is that how I understand what sport is was probably shaped by that publication more than anything else"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1748483160873025770)  2024-01-19T23:10Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"This is so far beyond parody. The White House blames Palestinians for NETANYAHUS use of genocidal rhetoric. Q: Do you condemn Netanyahu using the phrase from the river to the sea White House spokesman John Kirby: We dont recommend using the phrase because its connotation with Hamas Q: But this wasnt Hamas it was Netanyahu Kirby: I understandI dont have anything more on that https://t.co/Ixew03sbHt Q: Do you condemn Netanyahu using the phrase from the river to the sea White House spokesman John Kirby: We dont recommend using the phrase because its connotation with Hamas Q: But this wasnt Hamas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1749032212639473799)  2024-01-21T11:32Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Just to be clear: this is a tiny fraction of the revenue Ohio State derives from college football. REPORT: Ohio State Buckeyes Spent $13 Million And Counting In NIL Money In Attempt To Field Elite Roster - Gridiron Heroics 🧐 https://t.co/DGcjTfBIch REPORT: Ohio State Buckeyes Spent $13 Million And Counting In NIL Money In Attempt To Field Elite Roster - Gridiron Heroics 🧐 https://t.co/DGcjTfBIch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1749867123529150864)  2024-01-23T18:50Z 12.7K followers, [---] engagements


"Hey look its Israels Defense Minister refusing to acknowledge the moral authority of the ICJ and in fact essentially calling the court antisemitic. In case you were wondering the logical endpoint of conflating critique of Israeli policy with antisemitism. The State of Israel does not need need to be lectured on morality in order to distinguish between terrorists and the civilian population in Gaza. The ICJ went above and beyond when it granted South Africa's antisemitic request to discuss the claim of genocide in Gaza. https://t.co/gnbqz98xZf The State of Israel does not need need to be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1751000419583570129)  2024-01-26T21:53Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Canadian law profs (@Heidi__Matthews et al.): ICJ ruling means for Canada to continue exporting arms to Israel would be illegal. Ruling by UNs top court means Canada could be complicit in genocide in Gaza https://t.co/DtGWMIti9A Ruling by UNs top court means Canada could be complicit in genocide in Gaza https://t.co/DtGWMIti9A"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1751927450441748793)  2024-01-29T11:17Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The way that the US Canada and the EU have responded to the ICJ and the UNRWA allegations (i.e. by waving off the court and suspending funding) is definitive evidence that they have no moral authority in the world whatsoever and are in fact active agents in genocide"  
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1751959984697376839)  2024-01-29T13:26Z [--] followers, [---] engagements


"UCONN is the next public flagship university to face gruesome cuts--15% across *all* units to account for a $70M deficit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1752670237437141378)  2024-01-31T12:28Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The @TJProvincial smeared Palestine solidarity protests as antisemitic in a disingenuous editorial. Our @nbmediacoop editorial board responds:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1754272472491286706)  2024-02-04T22:35Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Our @nbmediacoop editorial on why it is absolutely unacceptable for @TJProvincial to smear New Brunswick/Canadian Palestine solidarity protests as antisemitic. The @TJProvincial smeared Palestine solidarity protests as antisemitic in a disingenuous editorial. Our @nbmediacoop editorial board responds: https://t.co/xpdnfCfFvP https://t.co/6WUwJhZq3N The @TJProvincial smeared Palestine solidarity protests as antisemitic in a disingenuous editorial. Our @nbmediacoop editorial board responds: https://t.co/xpdnfCfFvP https://t.co/6WUwJhZq3N"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1754482269291426231)  2024-02-05T12:29Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The NLRB is right on: college athletes are employees and deserve to unionize and collectively bargain. LFG BREAKING: NLRB rules that Dartmouth mens basketball players ARE EMPLOYEES OF DARTMOUTH and are allowed to go forward with an election to create a union. Story to come https://t.co/dhLFleLwo8 BREAKING: NLRB rules that Dartmouth mens basketball players ARE EMPLOYEES OF DARTMOUTH and are allowed to go forward with an election to create a union. Story to come https://t.co/dhLFleLwo8"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1754632907598045238)  2024-02-05T22:27Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Lots of complications ahead including appeals but especially at private schools its time to start thinking seriously about unionizing. Duke basketball Notre Dame football USC Northwestern Your time is coming"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1754634096737759396)  2024-02-05T22:32Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Interesting that ESPN one of the foremost beneficiaries in the sport/media complex of the value produced through the commodity spectacle of football just published a story in advance of the Super Bowl downplaying the harm of CTE. What a coincidence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1754848782510919925)  2024-02-06T12:45Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Former NBA player Tariq Abdul-Wahad's message to athletes: "This is one of those where you might have to sacrifice something but something must be said. As exceptional as you are you are only as exceptional as your moral fiber.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1755224794612576466)  2024-02-07T13:39Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@EdgeofSports @TheRealNews Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown has worn a free Gaza bracelet information that has been completely elided by all mainstream sports media TIL that NBA star Jaylen Brown wore a free Gaza bracelet and there has been exactly no media discussion of that whatsoever https://t.co/RA5dva2OmP https://t.co/AO4LWDFQ4K TIL that NBA star Jaylen Brown wore a free Gaza bracelet and there has been exactly no media discussion of that whatsoever https://t.co/RA5dva2OmP https://t.co/AO4LWDFQ4K"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1755304005381558409)  2024-02-07T18:54Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"I see that a current strategy to police dissent over Israeli genocide is to tell people who are protesting in the wrong waylike for instance by refusing to shake hands with a national team representing the genocidal projectthat they are antisemitic. Nope"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1756286218877215080)  2024-02-10T11:57Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"I say this as the descendant of survivors but thats not what gives me the right to say it. The facts on the ground give everyone that right. That and the literal International Court of Justice in The Hague"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1756287761596731534)  2024-02-10T12:03Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"It sure as hell isnt a coincidence that countries like Ireland and South Africa are the ones with the moral clarity to hold Israel accountable. The colonized recognize colonialism when they see it. So too do the colonizerswhich explains the complicity of Canada the US UK etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1756289076410331230)  2024-02-10T12:08Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The Swiftie Bowl explained Ep. 124: The Swiftie Bowl Football/Taylor Swift expert @thefrankiedlc joins @nkalamb to deconstruct the pop culture mega event that is the Tayvis Super Bowl https://t.co/VsVU6KHxaB https://t.co/bHBj9eEprH Ep. 124: The Swiftie Bowl Football/Taylor Swift expert @thefrankiedlc joins @nkalamb to deconstruct the pop culture mega event that is the Tayvis Super Bowl https://t.co/VsVU6KHxaB https://t.co/bHBj9eEprH"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1756998328158482711)  2024-02-12T11:06Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@jfbyland appreciate that thank you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1757017050176762324)  2024-02-12T12:21Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Solidarity to all the athlete signatories listed in this thread including Kenny Stills Etan Thomas Tariq Abdul-Wahad and many others who call on President Biden for immediate ceasefire because they cannot turn from the devastation funded in part by the US. https://t.co/VAHPHouptK https://t.co/VAHPHouptK"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1757164947790877018)  2024-02-12T22:09Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Capital argues it shouldnt be regulated; workers are just disposable inputs NEWS: Amazon argued in a legal filing today that the 90-year-old NLRB is unconstitutional. https://t.co/nggYYiUKIa. It follows similar arguments last month from SpaceX and Trader Joe's. NEWS: Amazon argued in a legal filing today that the 90-year-old NLRB is unconstitutional. https://t.co/nggYYiUKIa. It follows similar arguments last month from SpaceX and Trader Joe's"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758441412134068261)  2024-02-16T10:41Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"NEW *OPEN ACCESS* ARTICLE in @socscimed Qualitative Research in Health coauthored with @Derekcrim: "'The coaches always make the health decisions': Conflict of interest as exploitation in power five college football""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758816756968128959)  2024-02-17T11:32Z 11.5K followers, 22.6K engagements


"This article is another preview of our forthcoming @UNC_Press book *The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game* forthcoming in Fall 2024"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758817949576536496)  2024-02-17T11:37Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@UNC_Press In this new open access article we draw on semi-structured interviews with [--] former college football players to explore how conflict of interest shapes the medical care players receive"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758819345243799938)  2024-02-17T11:43Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"We argue that the compromised nature of the medical care received by the former college football players we spoke to suggests that exploitation in college football is not just a question of unfairly distributed value but also unfairly distributed harm"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758820430800949604)  2024-02-17T11:47Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"One of the players we spoke to offered an incredibly nuanced assessment of the structural factors that produce conflict of interest in medical care for power five college football players"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758822310234976403)  2024-02-17T11:54Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Former power five college football player: "It isn't as though there's instances where you are pressured to play through painit's a constant it's an expectation.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758823941877997770)  2024-02-17T12:01Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"One current NFL player compared the impetus to play through injury in the NFL compared to power five college football: "At least Im getting paid versus college if you get injured youre just injured.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758825531884060788)  2024-02-17T12:07Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"One power five college football player described how a team would "would cut costs by not imaging things" and subjected a teammate to "surgeries that he shouldn't have had. The doctors do get money you know the orthopedic doctors get paid.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758827252370825650)  2024-02-17T12:14Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@socscimed P5 player: "Before games team doctors are putting on their team issued gear and their team hat and giving each other like the rock pound. And we're just like 'You know we're not getting genuine medical treatment.'. It's a conflict of interest is a polite way to put it.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758846041288262094)  2024-02-17T13:29Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@socscimed One of the most insidious ways in which conflict of interest manifests in the care of college football players is through the overuse of painkillers at the behest of team officials"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758879545317343629)  2024-02-17T15:42Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@socscimed Former college football player on painkiller use among teammates: "It impacts relationships it can break up marriages Ive seen it take away jobs Ive seen people in and out of rehab and detox.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758881264541528518)  2024-02-17T15:49Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Former power five college football player: "All of our best players were lined up before the game with their pants down to get their Toradol shot it was just done right there in the locker room.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758905888809631757)  2024-02-17T17:26Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Former power five college football player: "I know at a Big [--] school actually they had a heroin problem because guys were taking so much pain medicine that they started doing heroin it was rampant at this Big [--] school""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758915726566371603)  2024-02-17T18:06Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Former P5 football player: "I was given Tramadol before games. I dont know if I ever had a prescription for it. It was just given to me by a single pill by hand. When you get that you think it's vitamin C or something. You dont realize thats something thats addictive.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758922818127815094)  2024-02-17T18:34Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"For more interview testimony from former college football players on their experiences with exploitation in the sport check out our article in @CritSoc. Excited to share the first fruits of my college football research project with @Derekcrim in @CritSoc (OA): "Playing College Football: Campus Athletic Worker Experiences of Exploitation" TL;DR: campus athletic workers know damn well they're exploited. https://t.co/7M2AYMmQgg https://t.co/Xb2sd8WgmV Excited to share the first fruits of my college football research project with @Derekcrim in @CritSoc (OA): "Playing College Football: Campus"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1758932588482154885)  2024-02-17T19:13Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"You know we're not getting genuine medical treatment. It's a conflict of interest is a polite way to put it. - former power five college football player NEW *OPEN ACCESS* ARTICLE in @socscimed Qualitative Research in Health coauthored with @Derekcrim: "'The coaches always make the health decisions': Conflict of interest as exploitation in power five college football" https://t.co/8ZarFlt61E https://t.co/kXPQNSTC6w NEW *OPEN ACCESS* ARTICLE in @socscimed Qualitative Research in Health coauthored with @Derekcrim: "'The coaches always make the health decisions': Conflict of interest as"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1759177529158488112)  2024-02-18T11:26Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Nick Saban is nostalgic for the time when college football players received no monetary value for their labor and precisely as little educational value as they do now in a system that makes learning structurally almost impossible"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1760789636010418249)  2024-02-22T22:12Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"I am in complete agreement that something more must be done about the national phenomenon of court and field storming. - Wake Forest AD John Currie Statement from AD John Currie following Saturdays game against Duke University at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. https://t.co/Dgxa2u0FER Statement from AD John Currie following Saturdays game against Duke University at Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. https://t.co/Dgxa2u0FER"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1761724636977356956)  2024-02-25T12:07Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements


"Universities have created an absurd and unwieldy system predicated largely on the sacrifice and exploitation of college football players for the enrichment of administrators and coaches. If that system is unsustainable so be it"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1761783518315655283)  2024-02-25T16:01Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"The NLRB is right now ruling on whether the high-revenue sports are sites of employment and the NCAA is fighting that designation. That struggle is not over low revenue contexts in college sport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1761784364457672971)  2024-02-25T16:04Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"But lets be clear: Canada has an entire university sport system that produces very little revenue over all yet somehow continues to exist. So dont tell me college sport literally requires the exploitation of college football players as a condition of its existence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1761784865836400978)  2024-02-25T16:06Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"I will also add that we know particularly womens sport has been chronically undervalued and underpromoted by the NCAA itself no doubt in part to justify the exploitation of college football players. There is no reason to think college sport cannot sustain itself in some form"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1761798294127116566)  2024-02-25T17:00Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@CELinPursuit I have 10% the followers on Bluesky and get significantly more engagement there"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1761807270583673043)  2024-02-25T17:36Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Anyway you should follow @HistoryRunner for insights on this subject What I would have said to Congress had I been part of the hearings conversation about international athletes Olympic development & womens sports. I contrast the two footballs 🏈⚽ using womens soccer as our illustrative example. For @Sportico: https://t.co/e8N8MmS5Pq What I would have said to Congress had I been part of the hearings conversation about international athletes Olympic development & womens sports. I contrast the two footballs 🏈⚽ using womens soccer as our illustrative example. For @Sportico:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1761811082299965826)  2024-02-25T17:51Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Did he think hamas was in the box An Israeli soldier gifts his wife a pair of heels he looted from a displaced Palestinian family in Gaza. https://t.co/9GLFydPSN1 An Israeli soldier gifts his wife a pair of heels he looted from a displaced Palestinian family in Gaza. https://t.co/9GLFydPSN1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1761880457224827094)  2024-02-25T22:26Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@HistoryRunner College football players have plenty to say about exploitation in the sport. @Derekcrim"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1762094513164538043)  2024-02-26T12:37Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@HistoryRunner @Derekcrim One might argue that the bigger threat of extinction for college football players comes from the incredibly dangerous working conditions in the sport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1762094752692863254)  2024-02-26T12:38Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@HistoryRunner @Derekcrim Got a book coming out on this in Fall [----] with @Derekcrim for @UNC_Press: *The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game* Thrilled to announce that @Derekcrim and I have just contracted with @UNC_Press and @Lucas_Church to publish *The End of College Football: Exploitation in the Ivory Tower and on the Gridiron.* 🍾🥂🥳🎉 https://t.co/ZGaxc3M4vh Thrilled to announce that @Derekcrim and I have just contracted with @UNC_Press and @Lucas_Church to publish *The End of College Football: Exploitation in the Ivory Tower and on the Gridiron.*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1762096056249008396)  2024-02-26T12:43Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"It was such an absolute pleasure to talk with @27knoxy about all the developments in the world of women's professional hockey over the past [---] years and what that all looked like from the perspective of one of the game's most insightful insiders. Ep. 128: On the PWHL with Liz Knox @27Knoxy returns to the show joining @nkalamb to discuss four years of developments in the world of women's hockey and the rise of the @thepwhlofficial from her perspective as a member of the @PWHLPA executive. https://t.co/hbb0NdMFUL https://t.co/nqCNjjD6D2 Ep. 128: On the PWHL with Liz Knox @27Knoxy returns to"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1762163479778152599)  2024-02-26T17:11Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"It is an absolute travesty that Aaron Bushnell does not appear on this page"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1762442141224054879)  2024-02-27T11:38Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"As someone who has lost a close loved one to suicide I take it incredibly seriously. What Aaron Bushnell did was an act of incredible courage and moral conviction. It was heroic. Period"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1762474589043540253)  2024-02-27T13:47Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Criticism of the horrors Israel is perpetrating is only antisemitic if you consider committing genocide to be an essential characteristic of Jewishness. which is itself an antisemitic position"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1762845355958235399)  2024-02-28T14:20Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"The fact that the most famous college football coach of his generation would willingly participate in union-busting a labor force that has nothing whatsoever to do with him tells you everything you need to know about the labor dynamics of college football. Breaking: The Mercedes plant in Alabama will hold mandatory all-team special meetings with football coach & dealership owner Nick Saban. The auto bosses are going beyond pro-corporate politicians & DC lobbyists recruiting local sport celebrities for their anti-union psyops. https://t.co/hUqY4z1JU7 Breaking: The Mercedes plant in Alabama"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1763156081528701156)  2024-02-29T10:55Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"This 👇🏻 @nkalamb It also tells you why he felt the need to split the moment players had any power in the equation @nkalamb It also tells you why he felt the need to split the moment players had any power in the equation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1763158167842705663)  2024-02-29T11:03Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"That Nick Saban would actively engage in union-busting outside of college football is probably no surprise given that the world he and his peers have presided over for decades is essentially a giant occupational health and safety violation. @Derekcrim"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1763179117082509502)  2024-02-29T12:27Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


""You think cfb is about playing. But really its about money. Its about a lot of coaches making millions of dollars off the backs of your own labor and your body and you breaking down." - former cfb player So yeah coaches are gonna union-bust"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1763182400920596840)  2024-02-29T12:40Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Sad to say that this type of medical negligence alleged by a running back at the University of Washington caused by conflict of interest and the extractive imperatives of the sport is rule far more than exception in the world of college football"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1763248384989675653)  2024-02-29T17:02Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Unfortunately these claims echo the exact thesis of our recent article which is to say the similar experiences of two dozen former college football players many of whom also suffered exploitation through subpar medical care and COI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1763249300115472386)  2024-02-29T17:06Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Amazingly this University of Washington football player who alleges being rushed back to play through injury notes that he received better care from his previous head coach Jimmy Lake. who was fired in part for hitting a player on the sideline on national television"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1763250225303400682)  2024-02-29T17:09Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Let's take a quick look at how the coach who has just succeeded Nick Saban at Alabama treated players at his previous stop. Sad to say that this type of medical negligence alleged by a running back at the University of Washington caused by conflict of interest and the extractive imperatives of the sport is rule far more than exception in the world of college football. https://t.co/FKMf5TXcjG https://t.co/aBgN56AHje Sad to say that this type of medical negligence alleged by a running back at the University of Washington caused by conflict of interest and the extractive imperatives of the sport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1763254035090379034)  2024-02-29T17:24Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@MxInevitable Unfortunately it's gonna be ages before we get there--it's going to be appealed to the NLRB board and then they will try to appeal it maybe all the way to the Supreme Court. But the necessary first step"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1765081880653938706)  2024-03-05T18:28Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Tenure-Track Sports Studies job at the University of Vienna:"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1765803439173370135)  2024-03-07T18:15Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"To be clear the ownership of Twitter and (Facebook for that matter) is far more dangerous to Americans than the ownership of TikTok"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1767999876808200341)  2024-03-13T19:43Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"*(and Facebook for that matter)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1768031401171947552)  2024-03-13T21:48Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Absolutely vile stuff from Aaron Rodgers. Potential VP candidate Aaron Rodgers reportedly claimed Sandy Hook shooting never happened parents were actors https://t.co/JgsirjOsDs https://t.co/1WugS7HOqY Potential VP candidate Aaron Rodgers reportedly claimed Sandy Hook shooting never happened parents were actors https://t.co/JgsirjOsDs https://t.co/1WugS7HOqY"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1768207116408422644)  2024-03-14T09:26Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"But here's the thing: the NCAA and universities continue to tenaciously cling to a system in which universities are not required to directly compensate campus athletic workers for their labor. A model predicated on exploitation you might say"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1769326400253616367)  2024-03-17T11:34Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"It is the developments in recent NLRB cases featuring Dartmouth College and USC that augur real possibilities for redressing the exploitation that suffuses college sport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1769326510744146235)  2024-03-17T11:34Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"This is complete moral depravity from the NHLmurderous and frankly legally reckless. Asked Bill Daly whether the #NHLs viewpoint has changed with additional medical studies that show a definitive link between CTE and repeated blows to the head. No Daly said. I think the science is still lacking. Asked Bill Daly whether the #NHLs viewpoint has changed with additional medical studies that show a definitive link between CTE and repeated blows to the head. No Daly said. I think the science is still lacking"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1770491331359457480)  2024-03-20T16:43Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Exactly right. If they dont call it then UCONN gets an advantage from an illegal play. Why is that better This is a textbook moving screen It just sucks cause it was [--] seconds left https://t.co/GpQcSbFS1p This is a textbook moving screen It just sucks cause it was [--] seconds left https://t.co/GpQcSbFS1p"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1776565178550702225)  2024-04-06T10:58Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@BucsRthebest @CELinPursuit They missed multiple fouls on Iowa shots at the end. Sometimes one team fouls more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1776586034190447046)  2024-04-06T12:21Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Big weekend for UCONN basketball so its probably a good time to note that the school is cutting 15% from all academic units over the next five years to cover a $70M deficit yet continues to subsidize athletics with over $30M per year from the academic side"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1776931323577303130)  2024-04-07T11:13Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Some news. Our (@Derekcrim and I) book *The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game* now has a cover and is available for preorder in all formats. Please do that."  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1777309517916610761)  2024-04-08T12:16Z 11.5K followers, 21.8K engagements


"Our book is available for preorder. What's is about https://www.amazon.com/End-College-Football-Human-All-American-ebook/dp/B0CZWT81VQ/ref=sr_1_1crid=2ZZZOYG2NTBBK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.EPySMYGeExccfrQG36e55B-jQrhDvHWQdxVO4t6WedxymlpPHXv1LoeP5zsr4E0NypZ0qMihd55J_fJ4mYOszJJV_wn74VEg8wAuf6Ki9BycuSjxpqXWeFHy6U6UFPc0W8yjgZxHw1cmMwGrU5Ts2BXoLM8qk3X2Ep8--9GKINaJwbsBiy1_3MsFAjsNqmsIQJ2h5aDXeqy--NKhwfoA6vRCv8CgOzpLPAiuF-6zWXs.a-0TnvcEfdtS5deHirYqRiCLvdlIEI6uiGsUl2GIaVM&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+end+of+college+football&qid=1712577701&sprefix=the+end+of+college+football%2Caps%2C86&sr=8-1"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1777312838530298109)  2024-04-08T12:29Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@UNC_Press "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." - @JulesBoykoff on *The End of College Football*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1777313619455222006)  2024-04-08T12:32Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


""A significant contribution that deepens our understanding of the political economy of US collegiate athletics." - @cchenDr on *The End of College Football*"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1777315685141561459)  2024-04-08T12:40Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


""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." - @cchenDr"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1777316659469894019)  2024-04-08T12:44Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Can we maybe not start a war with Iran to defend Israels right to commit genocide"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1779104019337687280)  2024-04-13T11:07Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Colorado's AD is nostalgic for status coercion. If it wasn't for those AGs and their pesky laws campus athletic workers would still be compelled to endure any and all treatment at the hands of coaches. Those were the days Thank the AGs that filed the temporary restraining order Thank the AGs that filed the temporary restraining order"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1780967314407539001)  2024-04-18T14:31Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"This is incredibly antisemitic in that it entirely dilutes and contorts the meaning of pogrom such that actual histories of anti-Jewish violence are erased all in the name of very real and ongoing genocide today. The nascent pogroms at Columbia have to stop TODAY before our Jewish brethren sit for Passover Seder tonight. If Eric Adams wont send the NYPD and Kathy Hochul wont send the National Guard Joe Biden has a duty to take charge and break up these mobs. The nascent pogroms at Columbia have to stop TODAY before our Jewish brethren sit for Passover Seder tonight. If Eric Adams wont send"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1782734071057068215)  2024-04-23T11:31Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"congratulations to Zionism on completely debasing the meaning and impact of the concept of antisemitism"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1783454298568864151)  2024-04-25T11:13Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"antisemitism is now being deployed by literal fascists to silence critique of genocide"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1783455149819576339)  2024-04-25T11:16Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Seriously. You actually have to wonder if Trump was currently in charge would there be *more* support for these protests Would there be more people in the streets Would there be more political resistance Sure this sucks but if Trump was president he'd be doing all the same stuff in a far more uncouth way checkmate leftists Sure this sucks but if Trump was president he'd be doing all the same stuff in a far more uncouth way checkmate leftists"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1783462833008591248)  2024-04-25T11:47Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"USC canceled graduation to make sure no one said this is wrong. "At least [--] people may have been buried alive at the medical complex. Children were also amongst the bodies recovered" https://t.co/69nY2Jghf6 "At least [--] people may have been buried alive at the medical complex. Children were also amongst the bodies recovered" https://t.co/69nY2Jghf6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1783664820094415052)  2024-04-26T01:10Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Essentially what the protests have succeeded in doing so far is to expose that the Dems who had tried to achieve plausible deniability over their role in this genocide are in fact all in"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1786352513597276407)  2024-05-03T11:10Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"As someone who studies college football I do have to say that universities have already proven they are willing to literally sacrifice their students for economic imperatives. Calling cops on protesters to protect precious investments is a logical extension of Fall Saturdays"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1786386485362544766)  2024-05-03T13:25Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Our (@derekcrim) book *The End of College Football*--a polemic against the exploitation and harm of the sport grounded in interviews with former players--is available to preorder on the @UNC_Press website for 30% off with code 01UNCP30. https://uncpress.org/book/9781469683461/the-end-of-college-football/ Some news. Our (@Derekcrim and I) book *The End of College Football: On the Human Cost of an All-American Game* now has a cover and is available for preorder in all formats. Please do that. https://t.co/0C19WAmL6y https://t.co/YeeM7q9FHg"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1787848511209218407)  2024-05-07T14:14Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"In Canada the cost to the patient would be zero. Just FYI. But I guess you think most people can afford to throw around $5k every time they get seriously ill. Is this degenerate actually complaining that her health insurance covered more than 90% of her $51k medical bill 🙂 Is this degenerate actually complaining that her health insurance covered more than 90% of her $51k medical bill 🙂"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1790348582375067661)  2024-05-14T11:48Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


""These police out here that's thousands of student scholarships. Thousands of students who would've been able to go to school buy books have housing. But instead our Chancellor who is a very cruel man decided to send thousands of dollars of state funding into the trash.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1791124356229103965)  2024-05-16T15:11Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"@SonyaBonczek It has been a total pleasure working with you so far Sonya Very excited to see where this takes us next"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1791584141814694169)  2024-05-17T21:38Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements


"Thank you for your service Duke students arrested at the UNC encampment. The individuals continued to resist the processing efforts of officers by refusing to move forcing officers to carry the individuals throughout a majority of the process. https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2024/05/duke-university-seven-duke-students-arrested-at-unc-triangle-gaza-solidarity-encampment-april30-second-degree-trespassing-resist-delay-obstruction-law-enforcement-misdemeanor"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1791939070588854276)  2024-05-18T21:09Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Earlier that week the anti-genocide encampment at UCLA was harassed by agitators who sexually harassed women in the encampment blasted loud music screamed throughout Muslim prayer times and brought bunches of bananaswhich terrified and drove out the student with the allergy"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1792148630377263155)  2024-05-19T11:01Z 11.5K followers, [--] engagements


"During a rally vs. the encampment authorized by UCLA students were pushed punched spat upon called dogs whores (sharmuta in Hebrew) bitch-ass n and told to listen to your master and that Hamas would rape and murder you for what youre wearing sweetheart"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1792149040521474308)  2024-05-19T11:03Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


""College football is morally indefensible." For @Sportico @Derekcrim and I succinctly lay out our case against the sport. https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2024/case-to-end-to-college-football-1234779221/ https://www.sportico.com/leagues/college-sports/2024/case-to-end-to-college-football-1234779221/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1793262421479461251)  2024-05-22T12:47Z 12.7K followers, [----] engagements


"Look the original draft of our book *The End of College Football* was close to 150k words (sorry @Lucas_Church) but we managed to distill the entire argument in less than 1% of that here which I personally consider nothing short of heroic. "College football is morally indefensible." For @Sportico @Derekcrim and I succinctly lay out our case against the sport. https://t.co/I2dpZZqtKd "College football is morally indefensible." For @Sportico @Derekcrim and I succinctly lay out our case against the sport. https://t.co/I2dpZZqtKd"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1793392230222217536)  2024-05-22T21:23Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"We told yall. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321524000143 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667321524000143"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1793446615576969660)  2024-05-23T00:59Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"But seriously Penn State coach James Franklin is positively monstrous. https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/penn-state/penn-state-lawsuit-james-franklin-alleged-meddling-20240521.htmlcid=Philly.com+Twitter&utm_campaign=Philly.com+Twitter+Account&utm_medium=social&utm_source=t.co https://www.inquirer.com/college-sports/penn-state/penn-state-lawsuit-james-franklin-alleged-meddling-20240521.htmlcid=Philly.com+Twitter&utm_campaign=Philly.com+Twitter+Account&utm_medium=social&utm_source=t.co"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1793447038798966941)  2024-05-23T01:01Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"At PSU the 🏈 coach and AD allegedly pressured medics to help them take back a scholarship from a player who had just made an attempt on his life. We argue for @newrepublic thats an e.g. of the medical conflict of interest that saturates the sport. https://newrepublic.com/article/181883/penn-state-horrifying-treatment-football-players https://newrepublic.com/article/181883/penn-state-horrifying-treatment-football-players"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1793714584093626721)  2024-05-23T18:44Z 11.5K followers, 25.9K engagements


"Based on interviews we conducted with former football players in the P5 conferences for our forthcoming book*The End of College Football* the experience of that unnamed Penn State player is more the rule than exception when it comes to the treatment and care of these athletes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1793715719773008070)  2024-05-23T18:48Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@UNC_Press PSU coaches wanted to use a version of a sign hanging at Michigan that says The unmotivated player the out-of-shape player the hurt player and the bad player all look the same. Needless to say This encourages hurt players to hide their injuries. https://newrepublic.com/article/181883/penn-state-horrifying-treatment-football-players https://newrepublic.com/article/181883/penn-state-horrifying-treatment-football-players"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1793716550190629258)  2024-05-23T18:52Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"@UNC_Press In Penn States contract with Nike a clause bans reducing or restricting logo placement which an attorney referred to as a no spatting clause because it inhibits how medical officials can tape the ankles of injured players. https://newrepublic.com/article/181883/penn-state-horrifying-treatment-football-players https://newrepublic.com/article/181883/penn-state-horrifying-treatment-football-players"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1793717723983462476)  2024-05-23T18:56Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"For all celebrating the House settlement note that this is the real end game for universities and the NCAA (who have lobbied hard for this): legislation *prohibiting* employee status for campus athletic workers. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/college-athletes-barred-from-employment-status-in-new-gop-billutm_medium=lawdesk&campaign=33ACB08A-1971-11EF-AA73-DEC6F143A863&utm_source=twitt https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/college-athletes-barred-from-employment-status-in-new-gop-billutm_medium=lawdesk&campaign=33ACB08A-1971-11EF-AA73-DEC6F143A863&utm_source=twitt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1793961121180795374)  2024-05-24T11:03Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Exactly. It's a tragic form of self-medication to cope with the brutal working conditions of college football. Playing football on heroin is not a recipe for success. The opposite of performance-enhancing. Playing football on heroin is not a recipe for success. The opposite of performance-enhancing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1794041830952120588)  2024-05-24T16:24Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Israel is committing unspeakable crimes against humanity and telling the world that the most basic international laws against depravity do not apply to them. Anyone who attests to care about harm in any context must clearly speak against these atrocities and do it now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1794887624555151532)  2024-05-27T00:25Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"We have written an entire book about the experiences of college football players but now talking to more athletes somehow I continue to be surprised anew at the sheer normalized depravity of this sport"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1796173486563483915)  2024-05-30T13:35Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"101+ UNB employees respond to the President's statement: "We note a startling omission in the recent statement: the question of reconciliation and decolonization that are moral imperatives for every institution of higher education in this country." https://docs.google.com/document/d/109HNed7pdmEkCw9u0mF7-Mp9DFG9TcrsWdbEAmvbaqY/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/109HNed7pdmEkCw9u0mF7-Mp9DFG9TcrsWdbEAmvbaqY/edit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1798011910400659867)  2024-06-04T15:20Z 11.6K followers, [---] engagements


""We reject the negative framing of those standing in solidarity w/ Palestinians. We reject the appeal to 'political neutrality' + 'institutional autonomy' because these are not an appropriate response to colonial violence done with our institutions moral and material support.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1798012357630992390)  2024-06-04T15:22Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Fucking gambling. This is the kind of position the money-hungry sports industrial complex puts athletes in by throwing in with gamblingliterally telling everyone all the time that gambling is good. Players hear that messaging too. I believe this is new info Jontay Porter alleged to have thrown his props to clear debt not just to make money. https://t.co/GE4HyERuzM I believe this is new info Jontay Porter alleged to have thrown his props to clear debt not just to make money. https://t.co/GE4HyERuzM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1798132093643546827)  2024-06-04T23:17Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Gambling is causing an occupational health + safety crisis for athletic workers and the leagues and sports media complex are entirely responsible b/c as always in capitalism value comes first and the worker might as well be dead at the end of the day. https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2024/06/09/mlb-players-starting-to-fear-for-their-safety-from-gamblers/74028741007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2024/06/09/mlb-players-starting-to-fear-for-their-safety-from-gamblers/74028741007/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1800275338523730412)  2024-06-10T21:14Z 11.5K followers, [----] engagements


"Also people are literally asking players to Venmo them the money they lost on bets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1800278206794121341)  2024-06-10T21:25Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Here are the threats that one gambler sent just to a single Rays player. The sports media complex is begging for this to happen by promoting gambling ubiquitously. Gambling is causing an occupational health + safety crisis for athletic workers and the leagues and sports media complex are entirely responsible b/c as always in capitalism value comes first and the worker might as well be dead at the end of the day. https://t.co/MzOmRKnUpF https://t.co/OHIrERsYGy Gambling is causing an occupational health + safety crisis for athletic workers and the leagues and sports media complex are entirely"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1800279755993825633)  2024-06-10T21:31Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"Here are the threats that one gambler sent just to a single Rays player. The sports media complex is begging for this to happen by promoting gambling ubiquitously"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1800279863296745762)  2024-06-10T21:32Z 11.5K followers, [---] engagements


"This incredibly offensive and deliberate misgendering neatly exposes the fundamental transphobia of the anti-trans-participation in sport project. It's vile and it has nothing whatsoever to do with fairness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1801282172524933190)  2024-06-13T15:55Z 11.5K followers, 185.9K engagements


"@FakePearBear Fuck off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/nkalamb/status/1801398224810635516)  2024-06-13T23:36Z 11.6K followers, 11.7K engagements

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