Episode 19: What Ever Happened to the Death of Football?

If you’re like us, you have a vague recollection of a time between 2009 and 2015, when people kept talking about the supposed “death of football.” But football no longer appears to be dying. In fact, it seems to be doing better than ever, weathering the pandemic better than any other major American sport.

So in this episode of the Lefty Specialists, John and James look back at the narrative around the death of football, how the events of 2016 changed that narrative, and what the whole thing reveals about different theories of change and social movements.