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This analysis aims to explore the transformation of English football into a global spectacle within late capitalism.

Non-Football: The Hyperrationalized Nothingness of Sporting Late Capitalism

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This analysis aims to explore the transformation of English football into a global spectacle within late capitalism.
Engaged in critical scholarship on the English Premier League as a cultural economic entity.
Developed a contextual model based on theories from Manuel DeLanda, Marc Augé, and George Ritzer.
Emphasized the operations of power within contemporary sport forms and their societal implications.
Identified the EPL as a hyper-rationalized non-football assemblage reflecting neoliberal logics.
Exposed how the EPL normalizes late capitalist structures, impacting cultural and social dimensions of football.
Described how the financialization and commercialization undermine the traditional values and experiences of the sport.

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Discussion analyzes the cultural economic transformation of the English Premier League, highlighting its neoliberal implications.

David Andrews (2026) studied this question.

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