BOOK DISCOVERY
Gridiron Capital
First published 2022
Gridiron Capital is a 2022 English-language work by Lisa Uperesa, classified under football, football players, anthropology, cultural and social aspects, and economic and social aspects. Its title joins the language of American football with that of capital, pointing toward questions about value, labor, institutions, and cultural meaning. The supplied metadata does not identify a particular league, community, or argument, so none is presumed. This entry instead frames the work as an opportunity to examine how sport can operate simultaneously as an economic system, social institution, and field of identity.
QUESTIONS THIS BOOK LEAVES BEHIND
Five paths worth following
How does football convert physical skill, cultural belonging, and public attention into different forms of capital?
Who captures value when football is treated as both a community institution and an economic enterprise?
What assumptions make athletes’ labor appear naturally available for institutional profit?
How can social prestige compensate for material inequalities, and where does that compensation fail?
What would change if players and communities had greater control over the capital generated by the sport?
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