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Katie Van Dyck

@CapitolKVD

Founder, KVD Strategies. Senior Fellow, Economic Liberties and Berkeley. Horned Frog for Life. Fighting corporate power and solving crossword puzzles every day.

Washington, DC Katılım Kasım 2009
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Katie Van Dyck@CapitolKVD·
Private equity turned neighborhood kids' sports into a luxury product. Community leagues out. Elite travel teams in. Profit and predation teaching kids and parents that casual play isn't an option. And youth sports is only for those who can afford it.
More Perfect Union@MorePerfectUS

NEW: Youth sports is now costing parents as much as $25,000 a year. Private equity and corporations are turning a childhood pastime into something only the wealthy can afford. Youth sports has become a $40 billion industry, and the steep costs are crushing American families.

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American Economic Liberties Project
American Economic Liberties Project@econliberties·
Fanatics has taken over the sports collectibles market — leaving little competition that allows them to continue hiking costs on fans. "Now, with Panini's exclusive licenses expired and Topps under Fanatics control, Upper Deck remains the only competitor, and only in hockey." In her recent paper, @CapitolKVD found there was "significant price increases for [trading card] boxes and packs, with some products doubling in cost within a year of Fanatics taking over production."
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Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren@SenWarren·
How private equity gutted local malls: Joann Fabrics, Red Lobster, Claire's, and more.
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Carlos Alcaraz — World No. 2 and 7-time Grand Slam champion — has withdrawn from the French Open and Wimbledon with a wrist injury. He’s only 23. And he’s not alone. Upper body injuries in tennis are on the rise. Repeat injuries are more frequent. Injuries are more severe. Players are retiring early. This is the life of today's professional tennis player. How did we get here? The ATP and WTA force players into a 45-week season across six continents. Tournaments stretch up to three weeks. There is no off-season to recover. And the cartel is refusing to negotiate or share more of the massive revenue these players generate. That's why @ptpaplayers brought an antitrust suit against the ATP, WTA, and the Slams. You can learn more about this in my recent report, The Fair Play Facade: How the American Sports Economy Became a Laboratory for Corporate Power. economicliberties.us/our-work/the-f…
Professional Tennis Players Association@ptpaplayers

Carlos Alcaraz withdrawing from Wimbledon after missing Roland Garros is another signal that the physical demands placed on players have reached an unsustainable level. For over two years, the PTPA has tracked injury trends across tennis using public and private data and advocated for reforms centered on player health, recovery, and long term welfare. In this recent conversation, Dr. Robby Sikka discusses many of the concerning trends emerging across professional tennis.

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Dylan Baddour
Dylan Baddour@DylanBaddour·
Authorities in Sinton won’t confirm or deny Corpus Christi’s suggestion that the small town is hoarding its precious groundwater for data centers “It is rumors,” said the city manager “I find the rumor very believable,” said a lawyer for the local GCD insideclimatenews.org/news/19052026/…
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Ben Portnoy
Ben Portnoy@bportnoy15·
Strong, pointed words from Trahan on the SCORE Act and why she was opposed to it:
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Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)
Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)@TheBlackCaucus·
Black athletes have helped build college athletics into one of the most powerful and profitable industries in American life. Institutions that profit from Black talent and Black communities have a responsibility to stand with those communities when their fundamental rights are under attack. Silence in the face of injustice is not neutrality — it is complicity. Our statement unanimously opposing the SCORE Act:
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Need to see the text but an SBA expansion will only make the rich richer. They’ll use it to form a super league, relegate the smaller schools to a subpar system it will be nearly impossible to get out of, and keep the spoils for themselves. Just like the system that existed before CFP.
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Ross Dellenger@RossDellenger

Twenty-six of the 32 DI conference commissioners sent a letter to Sens. Maria Cantwell and Ted Cruz supporting their potential Senate bill to regulate college sports. A reminder: the senators remain in negotiations and an agreement hasn’t been reached.

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Restoring our small businesses = restoring our communities = restoring our democracy. MSCC is fighting for grocers, pharmacists, farmers, restaurants, bookstores, and every other independent business trying to serve their communities. Follow @MainStCompetes to learn more about how to restore competition and bring vibrant Main Streets back to your town.
Main Street Competition Coalition@MainStCompetes

Main Street unites for fair markets! 🏙️ The Main Street Competition Coalition is here to fight market power abuses. Learn more: 👉 Full remarks: docs.google.com/document/d/19p… 👉 Letter to Congress: lnkd.in/ehG7uTa3 Get involved: mainstreetcompetition.com #Antitrust

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Katie Van Dyck@CapitolKVD·
More like which matchup are you paying the most for? If you're counting up the subscriptions and logins it will take to watch your favorite NFL team in the fall, you're not alone. It feels inescapable. But I'm here to offer you hope. Read my new piece on how we got here, why everyone from President Trump to Senator Warren is calling for change, and how we can fix this debacle. economicpopulist.substack.com/p/how-an-obscu…
NFL Network@nflnetwork

Your 2026 NFL Network game schedule is here What matchup are you most excited for? 🔥

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Yes 👇 They also have equipment manufacturers and apparel companies and pro leagues heavily invested in keeping the development pipeline flowing. The Olympic sports are just being used by the NCAA as a sacrificial lamb to get an antitrust exemption. Congress should keep that in mind as the SCORE Act once again makes its way towards a floor vote next week.
Stewart Mandel@slmandel

The whole "save college sports" movement is rooted in the myth that NIL is going to force schools to cut Olympic sports. As Arkansas found out, like Stanford and others before them, these sports all have alumni who care deeply about those programs and stepped up to fund them.

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