In the premiere episode of the all-new series Edge of Sports, host Dave Zirin interviews DeMaurice Smith, outgoing Executive Director of the NFL Players Association. The episode also touches on the controversy surrounding Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson’s new $260 million deal—and how scrutiny regarding players’ salaries is never extended to the big bucks pocketed by franchise owners. Finally, sports journalist Professor Travers joins ‘Ask a Sports Scholar’ to discuss the right-wing hullabaloo over trans kids playing sports.
Click here to read the transcript: https://therealnews.com/nfl-players-association-trans-kids-edge-of-sports
Click here to watch the full, unabridged interview with DeMaurice Smith: https://youtu.be/nq_e-CS9aL0
Click here to watch the full interview with Prof. Travers: https://youtu.be/XswmVokPTQQ
Studio Production: David Hebden, Cameron Granadino
Post-Production: Taylor Hebden
Opening Sequence: Cameron Granadino
Music by: Eze Jackson & Carlos Guillen
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Great content!!
First-rate, right out of the gate! Good show! I look forward to what follows.
Good stuff, Dave. Great episode and can't wait for more to come!
Why did you stop comments on the "Trans Panic in Kids' Sports" segment of June 10? Judging by the overwhelming DisLikes to Likes ratio, it's easy to see that siding with men/boys playing and beating women/girls is not so popular, the more people wake-up to the absurdity of it. Will be interesting when Wokey Dopes like Dave Zirin wake-up and realize how wrong he's been lol.
I've been thinking about and thinking about how to catch Dave Ziron to get my politics and sports fix since i moved up to the greater Vancouver BC area from the hella great Cali EastBay (Berkeley baby!) and lo and behold..here you be!â¤
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$185,000,000 guaranteed for 5 years is $37,000,000 per year…let's not pretend as if this isn't a sh!tload of money…what about all the other players on that team? I highly doubt the scout team is being paid $3,083,333 per month, $711,538 per week or $101,369 per day…these players are taking the same damage if not worse for much less money. You need to talk about that, not just poor little hundred-miliionaire Lamar Jackson and his momma/agent…
DeMaurice Smith go on chapo!!
What a great talker. Very interesting interview. Woulda liked to have heard more about the decision to dissolve the union.
I hope he does more interviews. We desperately need more high profile people talking on the labor side of business.
This was awesome dave! Your afterword was fantastic. Can’t wait to see what’s next
Boosting 4 the algorithm. Great work and can't wait to see more!
He talks like someone trained from birth to always find words that can’t offend anyone. That’s a very marketable skill, but it ain’t shit for cutting to the chase in interviews.
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