Monday, April 11, 2022
Play and Download No Holds Barred For Free on Anchor, Patreon, and the Internet Archive
Labels: Anchor, Eddie Goldman, Internet Archive, No Holds Barred, Patreon, podcast
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
How To Support No Holds Barred with Eddie Goldman
As its popularity declines, scandals still rock both professional and amateur boxing. The role of organized crime figures in boxing is largely unchecked, with indications that it is actually growing.
No style of wrestling, with the notable exception of sumo in Japan, has gained a mass audience, and no real professional wrestling circuit has thus far been successful in about a century.
Other styles of combat sports and martial arts, in particular mixed martial arts, have often sunk to the level of the staged wrestling by promoting a host of negative social values. The values of respect, discipline, honor, and inclusiveness have been abandoned and replaced by a ruthless and vulgar culture.
At the same time, the Olympic movement has lost its luster amidst its own mounting scandals and unpopular acts.
In these times, the value of independent combat sports and martial arts journalism is greater than ever. Yet media consolidation has not only greatly weakened independent media and journalism in general, but has been especially hard on independent combat sports and martial arts journalists. Promoters, networks, and now streaming services fund and create media that largely regurgitate their press releases and corporate positions, while crowding out independent voices and outlets.
It is in this situation that I appeal to you to help support the independent media work that I have been engaged in for three decades, and nearly 16 years on the No Holds Barred podcast, one of the longest-running podcasts in the world.
There are three ways I suggest to do this:
1 -- Subscribe to the No Holds Barred page on Patreon. Articles and analyses are exclusively posted there which get right to the heart of the issues facing the combat sports and martial arts. You can do so by going here.
2 -- Purchase some items on the No Holds Barred shop on Redbubble. You can buy T-shirts, hoodies, tank tops, mugs, pillows, masks, and even mini-skirts there. (It has been recommended to me that people select sizes on the large side, as some items may run small.) You can browse all the items for sale and then place an order here.
3 -- Support No Holds Barred by making a donation via PayPal. Your generous donation, no matter how large or small, can help this work continue. You can do so here.
Of course, you can also post links to this media work on social media, and review and recommend it.
That's it for now. I welcome any assistance.
Thanks, Eddie Goldman
Labels: Eddie Goldman, No Holds Barred, Patreon, Redbubble
Friday, January 22, 2021
"The Death Rattle of the Tokyo Olympics" on No Holds Barred Patreon Page
My latest piece, "The Death Rattle of the Tokyo Olympics", is up on the No Holds Barred Patreon page. A subscription, for the suggested monthly price of US$10, is required to read it. The article is at https://www.patreon.com/posts/death-rattle-of-46529758.
Labels: cancellation, coronavirus, Eddie Goldman, IOC, Japan, No Holds Barred, Patreon, Thomas Bach, Tokyo Olympics, Yoshihide Suga
Monday, January 11, 2021
January Sumo Tournament Article on the No Holds Barred Patreon Page
My piece, "Amidst Raging Pandemic and Tokyo Area State of Emergency, January Sumo Tournament Proceeds", is up on the No Holds Barred Patreon page. A subscription, for the low monthly price of US$10, is required to read it. The article is at <b><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/amidst-raging-of-46068096" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/posts/amidst-raging-of-46068096</a></b>.
Labels: Eddie Goldman, Japan, No Holds Barred, Patreon, sumo, Tokyo
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
World Sumo Challenge Replay On ESPN Again
Go to the article on Patreon:
World Sumo Challenge Replay On ESPN Again
Labels: Eddie Goldman, ESPN, No Holds Barred, Ocho, Patreon, World Sumo Challenge, wrestling
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Pacquiao-Thurman vs. Whyte-Rivas
Go to the article on Patreon:
Pacquiao-Thurman vs. Whyte-Rivas
Labels: boxing, Dillian Whyte, Eddie Goldman, heavyweight, Keith Thurman, Manny Pacquiao, No Holds Barred, Oscar Rivas, Patreon, pay-per-view, welterweight
Monday, June 24, 2019
The Patreon Experiment
Become a Patron!
It is time I moved much of my original content about combat sports to the crowdfunding site known as Patreon.
While I still will write or produce other content for other sites when possible, i.e., when there is paid work, the opportunities for independent and critical journalism about the combat sports, as I have mentioned for many years, are very limited. TV and streaming networks, promoters, and others who make money from the efforts of the athletes have gobbled up most of what is out there. Besides those, media outlets which do not focus on combat sports usually either ignore or slander them, or produce pieces with empty phrases, no critical analysis, or cliches provided by promoters and networks, and most often written or produced by simpletons, mediocrities, shills, and those ignorant, willfully or not, of how these sports are truly run.
That leaves me in a position of needing a platform where I determine what does and does not go up, and still try to earn some income from my labor. A good option would be some type of collective made up of those committed to independent combat sports journalism, but no such thing appears to be forming. And that is where Patreon, and you, come in.
Patreon is a web site where users can post their own content and set up free and paid tiers. "Creators", as the site calls them, get 90% or so of what comes in. If they wish, they can charge a monthly fee for people to see special content, with the rest, if any, for free.
It is thus relies for income on these "patrons", as opposed to relying on some publisher or editor, or advertising revenue, which obviously compromises the content. I read that the average monthly amount paid by "patrons" is $12, but the vast majority of users take home little money.
I set up a Patreon page a few years ago but never really used it, and just posted one link to my podcast. For now, I plan to experiment with reviving it.
I do not plan at this time to have tiers of paid and free content. It all will be up there. But I will ask for people to pledge what they can give per month to keep my work going. Details are forthcoming.
This week I plan to post a new article there analyzing the real impact of "The Tyson Fury Show". I also plan to move the comments about and links to other media about the combat sports and various social issues in world sport in general, from my social media pages like Facebook and Twitter, to the Patreon page.
After some time, I will evaluate how well this is all working out.
Here is the link to my page:
https://www.patreon.com/eddiegoldman
Thanks, Eddie Goldman
Labels: combat sports, Eddie Goldman, media, No Holds Barred, Patreon
