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Riding Off Into Arnim Whisler's Delusional Sunset
You've got the talkin' down, just not the listening
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Derek Helling
Too Too Sad and it Ain't no Joke
A new CBA, an expedient appeal, indirect dialogues, and the NF takes some more Ls
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Derek Helling

January 2022

And That's When the Big Bucks Start Rolling In
Moving from clean up to washing lettuce
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Derek Helling
And I Have Met My Destiny in Quite a Similar Way
Waterloo, couldn't escape if they wanted to
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Derek Helling
Will 2022 be the Year of the Athletic Worker in North America?
That depends on to what extent 2022 will also be the year of the athletic supporter
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Derek Helling

December 2021

James Webb's Potential to Disappoint
As horrible as it might seem, we could be right
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Derek Helling
Louis Renault's Crimbus Spectacular
Democrats and the NWSL roll their holiday classics back out
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Derek Helling

October 2021

'Buddy Christ' Won't Improve Women's Pro Soccer In The United States
There's no such thing as capitalism that "protects" athletic workers
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Derek Helling

August 2021

A Pile of Stuff
Capitalism's wet dream is economic gerrymandering
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Derek Helling

January 2021

The NWHL's Early Bubble-Season Test
If the league and its clubs "both-side" misogyny and white supremacy, they reverse all the momentum they've built
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Derek Helling
But Nothing Major
The pandemic turned the lights on
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Derek Helling
'Amateurism' Denies Athletes More Than Just Their Publicity Rights
The dignity of these campus athletic workers is about more than just money
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Derek Helling
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