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A review by crybabybea
Rethinking Fandom: How to Beat the Sports-Industrial Complex at Its Own Game by Craig Calcaterra
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
Just fine, I have negative interest in sports so my review lacks the perspective of someone with a long history in the sports fandom. I will say that I learned a lot that I didn't know, but I'm not sure how much that means as someone without much knowledge. Maybe long-time sports fans would already know a lot of the information presented.
I picked up this book because I thought the ideas around fandom would apply to other non-sports fandoms, and I can say that it mostly does.
Although a big part of the book talks about the sports-industrial complex which is very unique to American sports; teams purposely throwing games as a form of gambling, taxpayers having to pay for billion dollar sports arenas via pressure from team owners, political figures paying millions to insert American propaganda in hopes of recruiting people to the military, the author does stay true to the title of Rethinking Fandom, and I think a lot of what's talked about could apply to all sorts of fandoms.
I picked up this book because I thought the ideas around fandom would apply to other non-sports fandoms, and I can say that it mostly does.
Although a big part of the book talks about the sports-industrial complex which is very unique to American sports; teams purposely throwing games as a form of gambling, taxpayers having to pay for billion dollar sports arenas via pressure from team owners, political figures paying millions to insert American propaganda in hopes of recruiting people to the military, the author does stay true to the title of Rethinking Fandom, and I think a lot of what's talked about could apply to all sorts of fandoms.