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Derek Silva

Assistant Professor of Criminology

King's University College at Western University (Canada)

Stories by This Author

illustration of goal posts and football made of money on an Xs and Os play

The Review | Opinion

College Athletes Are Being Robbed of an Education

By Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Derek Silva August 26, 2024

The current professionalized student sport regime makes learning impossible.

Grinnell College's football field, in Grinnell, Iowa, Oct. 3, 2019. Down to 28 players, the Grinnell team voted to call it quits with seven games left, out of concern for its own welfare and as a protest over the administration's level of support. Credit: Daniel Acker, The New York Times, Redux

The Review

Canceling the College-Football Season Isn’t Enough

By Nathan Kalman-Lamb, Johanna Mellis, Derek Silva July 17, 2020

Are we really going to put athletes in harm’s way because we want to watch College GameDay and drink a Bud Light?