Family or Community?
How many sports refer to their participants, officials and supporters as being a part of ‘a family?’ This has become a modern trend. Rather than being a sporting community we are now told that everyone is part of ‘a family.’
Is Success not Being Predictable?
How does one measure the success of a sport in the modern era? The answer invariably is it depends upon who you talk to. Is it based on the attendance figures at live games? Is it based on the viewing
Is There a Place for Old Values in the New Age?
If the world is confusing for the millennials just consider how confusing it is for those of us born before 1990. In 2022 I realized that most of what I had been taught in my formative years was now irrelevant
Time To Instil Respect?
There is a reason that for centuries sport has been an analogy for life, because sport like life can at times be unfair. It can be cruel, yet it can also give you unforgettable euphoric moments. There is an unattributed
The Joy of Sport
When England’s world cup winning rugby captain Martin Johnson retired from the international arena, he famously made public his intention to keep playing rugby. The reason he gave was that he just loved the game too much to walk away
