Capping off a series of responses to a systematic review of 10 years of Communication & Sport, this essay underscores a few common observations and offers a few concluding thoughts on the “messy scholarly playing field” that may characterize scholarship within the journal. In an effort to better unify those exploring the nexus of communication and sport, this essay calls for greater effort to present our scholarship in a way that is accessible to all publishing in Communication & Sport and beyond.
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