Mike & Nate Reunited & Riffing on Pandemic Absurdities across Sports, Politics, & Mass Culture

Mike and Nate reunite to riff on the most pertinent events affecting the world of sports, politics, economics, social issues and more in the context of the insane landscape that is this Covid-19, Neoliberal Hellscape USA. Here are just a few of the issues we analyze, discuss, and even try to have a little fun with -at least as much as it's possible to do so in this time of Covid's resurgence and political cowardice in Washington, DC and state capitals across the U.S. We dive into include the bleak economic outlooks facing college athletic departments, MLB scouts and non-player personnel, and many other athletic organizations coming out of this pandemic. We also look at the example of Utah congressman elect and former Miami Hurricanes and NFL star, Burgess Owens, being elected as the next star black athlete turned right-wing politician for the GOP. The issue of college football coronavirus cancellations being framed by coaches and commentators as "using Covid as an excuse" to "not man up and play ball" is analyzed and explored from all angles. The exodus of Miami, Florida area natives from the Nebraska Cornhuskers' football program is analyzed in light of pandemic college football conditions and what they say about the future of CFB players awakening to the variety of ways in which their bodies and labor are exploited. Western corporate media's awful eulogies following the passing of soccer superstar, international icon and people's champ, Diego Maradona, are analyzed in the context of the class bias and total hypocrisy they reveal. If you enjoy the content, please consider supporting our work on Patreon so we can produce more of it. The editing, equipment, podcast hosting, and other costs are the biggest barriers in the way of being able to churn out more content on a consistent basis.https://www.patreon.com/redspinsports@RedspinSports (Twitter & Instagram) Nathaniel (Nate) Wallace: @NateWallace9 on Twitter and @wallace_nate on Instagram Michael (Mike) Sampson: @BrotherFlourish Twitter and @mikeflourish on Instagram https://www.facebook.com/RedspinSports/Checkout Redspin Sports on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeart Radio, YouTube, and elsewhere.This episode was recorded on December 5th, 2020. Follow "Redspin Sports on Spreaker or wherever you listen to podcasts. https://www.spreaker.com/show/redspin-sports