Author: Ashley Morrison

Knowing Your Rights Can Pay Dividends

When “New Football” was created, the new structure, the new people, the new clubs and the new state bodies, it was agreed that the game in Australia needed stability in those early years. For that stability there had to be

Time to Stand Up, and Together

At the start of this week it was revealed that the Victorian clubs in their National Premier Leagues competition are adding heat to the argument that the A-league needs expansion, and that the current model needs to move away from

Rolling Substitutions Part of Rugby’s Ongoing Evolution?

Rugby has come a long way since the dawn of professionalism, but are the Queensland Reds about to influence the biggest change of all? At the start of January we heard Dutch footballer Marco Van Basten putting forward suggestions that

Centre Of Excellence To Close, But Are A-League Clubs Capable of Filling the Void?

Some in football may be surprised that there has not been more of an outcry on hearing the news that the FFA’s Centre of Excellence, formerly its Australian Institute of Sport program in Canberra is going to be shut down.