Game Misconduct shines the flood lights on the dark corners of the sports industry. Kalman-Lamb’s book lends a very important perspective into the microcosm that is sports and what it may be saying about humanity.īringing high theory to the hockey rink, Nathan Kalman-Lamb has done what few other critical sports scholars have: write a book that is both scholarly rigorous and accessible to the everyday sports fan. But there is a cost to producing this meaning and community, and it is paid through the sacrifice of the athlete’s body.ĭrawing on extensive interviews with fans and former professional hockey players, Kalman-Lamb reveals the troubling dynamics and dangerous costs associated with the world of professional and semi-professional sport. In an economic system - capitalism - that deprives people of meaning because of its inherent drive to turn everyone into individuals and everything into commodities, sports fandom produces a feeling of community. Unlike many critical takes on professional sports, Kalman-Lamb illustrates how the harm suffered by the athlete is a necessary part of what makes professional sport a desirable commodity for the consuming fan. 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. Why do athletes sacrifice themselves? Is it the price of being a professional? 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. Some literally lose years from their lives because of their injuries. Professional athletes suffer tremendous damage to their bodies over the course of their careers. If you can’t perform, then you’re a liability and they’ll drop you.’” “‘You’re not a human being, you’re a number, a product, an asset as long as you can perform.
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