Football

Parting Words…

Today’s sportsmen and women like entertainers do not always have the opportunity to sign off their careers in the way they would like. Maybe that is a downsides of the careers they choose. Maybe when it comes to sports stars

Crossing The Line – Politics and Sport

“It used to be all about winning,” those were the words uttered by a top athlete from the United States about sport in his era, the 1980’s. “Now it’s about entertainment,” he added with a tone of regret. Few would

Why Coming Out In Sport Is Still So Hard

This week Adelaide United’s Josh Cavallo announced that he was gay. It is sad that today such an announcement is still met with words such as ‘courageous’ and ‘brave,’ especially so in a country such as Australia. Over half of

Podcast #100 – Making Sense Of The A-Leagues Branding, Exploring the Issue of Abuse in Sport, and Talking Equality in Funding in Sport.

Not the Footy Show Podcast

Welcome to our 100th Podcast and our 524th show. For those who have only just discovered Not The Footy Show we were a weekly radio show for nine and a half years and when the station closed continued as a

Political Correctness? Brand Management? – Should They Come Before Player Welfare?

Many a gay person will tell you that “coming out,” telling the world and those you love that you are gay can be one of the hardest things they do in their lives. Imagine what it was like being gay