Protecting the NFL/ militarizing the homeland
Citizen soldiers and urban resilience in post-9/11 America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2378086 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kimberly S Schimmel (Kent State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 338-357 |
| Publication date | 2012-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1012690211433479 |
| OpenAlex | W2053731939 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 19 |
In this article I focus on intersections between the National Football League's (NFL) security practices and the US Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) counter-terrorism agenda, including new policies and legal structures that support pre-emption, protection, and preparation activities that manage and mitigate the effects of terrorist attacks. As I will argue, the intensifying and mutually supportive relationship between the NFL and the various forces employed to keep it safe is both unique in US sports and implies the militarization of football fans in somewhat unexpected ways. I will argue that the security strategies of the US government and those of the NFL are mutually beneficial in ways that help secure the NFL's position and profitability and, more importantly, help implement and secure consensus for the US Department of Homeland Security's continued 'war on terror'. Coaffee's recent work on urban resilience in the UK (Coaffee, 2009; Coaffee and Wood, 2006) contends that in the present historical moment, 'security is becoming more civic, urban, domestic, and personal' (Coaffee, 2009: 9). How, if at all, does resilience play out in the context of anti-terrorism policy in post-9/11 America? How, if at all, does US professional football articulate with that policy? These are two key questions I intend to address during the course of this article
Football · Homeland · Homeland security · Militarization · National security · National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Security studies · Sociology · Terrorism · Urban planning · Urban resilience · Disaster Management and Resilience · Engineering · Law · Public Administration · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports, Gender, and Society
Towards a necropolitics of sport
Not an “Extraordinary Event”
Digital Sport History, with Costs
The Leisure Interdependencies
A Hero or Sissy? Exploring Media Framing of NFL Quarterbacks Injury Decisions
I Don’t Think It’s Worth the Risk”
America’s game
He Could Be Dangerous”
Surveillance by Proxy
Assessing the sociology of sport
Privatizing Security, Securitizing Policing
Television
Fortress Los Angeles
Surveillance after September 11
City futures
Manufacturing consent
Cities as Battlespace
Urbanizing the security agenda
One Day in September and a Week in February
From ‘Violence-complacent’ to ‘Terrorist-ready’
Security is Coming Home
Deep Play
Surveillance after September 11
Offensive Lines
Security Governance and Sport Mega-events
Fox Sports, Super Bowl XLII, and the Affirmation of American Civil Religion
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,92 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2026 (13) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |