“The administrators created a world in which universities revolve socially, politically, and economically around the exploited labor of football. Now let them reap what they sow,” writes The Nation’s Dave Zirin.
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“The administrators created a world in which universities revolve socially, politically, and economically around the exploited labor of football. Now let them reap what they sow,” writes The Nation’s Dave Zirin.
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