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Derek Silva is an assistant professor of criminology at King’s University College at Western University, where he researches and teaches on issues related to sport, punishment, racism, and harm. His co-edited forthcoming book, Sports, Power, and Crime: Toward a Critical Criminology of Sport, will be published next year.

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This Is the Only Way to End College Sports Exploitation

‘RELENTLESS’

College athletes are still not being paid for playing sports, while coaches and staff can earn millions. How is that remotely fair?

Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Derek Silva | Published Mar 16, 2024
opinion

Players Rip a ‘F*cking Corrupt’ College Football Season

‘SOME KIND OF BUBBLE’

This was a sport stripped of its festive veneer, leaving the rough, unvarnished reality of brute labor without pay and endless reminders that “the NCAA can do whatever it wants.”

Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Johanna Mellis, Derek Silva | Published Jan 10, 2021

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