Description

We are joined by director Mike Nicoll to talk about his new documentary THE SPOILS: Selling the Future of American Basketball. We talk AAU, Shoe Company Deep States, the strange contradictions around wanting young athletes to get paid, the spirit of ball, and even DEBATE a little bit about whether or not bitcoin could be a possible solution to some of these tricky problems.

LINKS

Available on Amazon Prime here: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/The-Spoils-Selling-the-Future-of-American-Basketball/0SUHC8PIUQC9WIC152NHLPS8CS

Note: For YouTube, the film is dropping in 4 parts, on this schedule:

Part 1: Friday, June 13th (out now!)

Part 2: Friday, June 20th

Part 3: Friday, June 27th

Part 4: Friday, July 4th

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