Game Misconduct: Injury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport Kalman-Lamb NathanPaperback
Game Misconduct: Injury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport Kalman-Lamb NathanPaperback "'You're not a human being, you're a number, a product, an asset as long as you can perform. Some literally lose…
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Game Misconduct: Injury, Fandom, and the Business of Sport Kalman-Lamb NathanPaperback
"'You're not a human being, you're a number, a product, an asset as long as you can perform. Some literally lose years from their lives because of their injuries. If you can't perform, then you're a liability and they'll drop you.'"Professional athletes suffer tremendous damage to their bodies over the course of their careers.
Is it the price of being a professional? Why do athletes sacrifice themselves? Is it all for the fans, or the money?
What's clear is that the physical and emotional tolls of being a professional athlete may not be worthwhile. In Game Misconduct, Nathan Kalman-Lamb takes us into the world of professional hockey players to illustrate how money, consumerism and fandom contribute to the life-altering injuries of professional athletes.Unlike many critical takes on professional sports, Kalman-Lamb illustrates how the harm suffered by the athlete is a necessary