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View article: (Still) Anticompetitive College Sports
(Still) Anticompetitive College Sports Open
In May 2024, the college sports industry was reported to be on the precipice of entering a new era in which the industry’s umbrella oversight association, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), would trade in its longstanding…
View article: Reevaluating Amateurism Standards in Men's College Basketball
Reevaluating Amateurism Standards in Men's College Basketball Open
This Note argues that courts should interpret NCAA conduct under the Principle of Amateurism as a violation of§ 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act and that courts should order NCAA deregulation of student-athletes' indirect financial activitie…
View article: Sportswashing with Chinese Characteristics
Sportswashing with Chinese Characteristics Open
The use of sportswashing to enhance a country’s international reputation is often described in academic discourse as a foreign relations strategy adopted primarily by Muslim governments in the Middle East and Eurasia. However, sportswashin…
View article: Global land deals: what has been done, what has changed, and what's next?
Global land deals: what has been done, what has changed, and what's next? Open
In 2010, the Land Deals Politics Initiative formed to study the rising number of large-scale land deals taking place around the world. As the so-called ‘global land grab’ took shape, we organised small grant competitions to generate more e…
View article: Climate Change and Critical Agrarian Studies
Climate Change and Critical Agrarian Studies Open
Climate change is perhaps the greatest threat to humanity today and plays out as a cruel engine of myriad forms of injustice, violence and destruction. The effects of climate change from human-made emissions of greenhouse gases are devasta…
View article: Transnational Social Movements: Environmentalist, Indigenous, and Agrarian Visions for Planetary Futures
Transnational Social Movements: Environmentalist, Indigenous, and Agrarian Visions for Planetary Futures Open
Environmentalist, Indigenous, and agrarian and food justice movements that mobilize across and beyond national borders are demanding recognition and participation in debates and policies that shape planetary futures. We review recent socia…
View article: Climate change and agrarian struggles: an invitation to contribute to a<i>JPS</i>Forum
Climate change and agrarian struggles: an invitation to contribute to a<i>JPS</i>Forum Open
This essay introduces and invites contributions to a new Journal of Peasant Studies Forum on ‘climate change and critical agrarian studies’. Climate change is inextricably entwined with contemporary capitalism, but how the relationship bet…
View article: Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World
Authoritarian Populism and the Rural World Open
The rise of authoritarian, nationalist forms of populism and the implications for rural actors and settings is one of the most crucial foci for critical agrarian studies today, with many consequences for political action. Authoritarian Pop…
View article: Emancipatory rural politics: confronting authoritarian populism
Emancipatory rural politics: confronting authoritarian populism Open
A new political moment is underway. Although there are significant differences in howthis is constituted in different places, one manifestation of the new moment is the rise ofdistinct forms of authoritarian populism. In this opening paper…
View article: From ‘populist moment’ to authoritarian era: challenges, dangers, possibilities
From ‘populist moment’ to authoritarian era: challenges, dangers, possibilities Open
This essay, inspired by the huge outpouring of research generated in and around the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative, reflects on the challenges of analysing authoritarian populism and particularly its rural expressions. The paper fi…
View article: Exploring College Sports in the Time of COVID-19: A Legal, Medical, and Ethical Analysis
Exploring College Sports in the Time of COVID-19: A Legal, Medical, and Ethical Analysis Open
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the safety of people attending large social gatherings including organized sporting events. As the number of deaths and hospitalizations from COVID-19 skyrocketed in March 2020, the National…
View article: Chartering the Future of Intercollegiate Athletics at the City University of New York -- A Legal, Ethical, and Financial Case Study
Chartering the Future of Intercollegiate Athletics at the City University of New York -- A Legal, Ethical, and Financial Case Study Open
Big-time college basketball once served as an important part of a vibrant student experience at the City University of New York (“CUNY”). However, after an embarrassing point-shaving scandal in the early 1950s, CUNY deemphasized college sp…
View article: The NCAA's Agent Certification Program: A Critical and Legal Analysis
The NCAA's Agent Certification Program: A Critical and Legal Analysis Open
On August 8, 2018, the National Collegiate Athletic Association revised its rules to allow men’s college basketball players, for the first time, to retain agents for representation in the National Basketball Association draft. However, acc…
View article: The NCAA, Fair Pay to Play, Antitrust Scrutiny, and the Need for Institutional Reform
The NCAA, Fair Pay to Play, Antitrust Scrutiny, and the Need for Institutional Reform Open
This published keynote address explains why the NCAA's threat to ban member colleges that comply with California's Fair Pay to Play Act would violate Section One of the Sherman Antitrust Act, and why emerging state laws to grant college at…