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Is It Time the Members Spoke Up and Demanded Better ‘Customer Service?’

It was refreshing to hear someone say recently that there needs to be a shift in the attitude of State and National Sporting Associations, and that they need to “realise that they are in the customer service business.” That without

Is It Time To Delete “In Competition?”

Why is the name Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall one that every sports fan should know? Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was a Pentathlete from Sweden. His name is etched in sporting history as he was the first Olympic athlete to be suspended for using a

Telling a Story, But Is It The One Fans Want to Hear?

“That is not the narrative we are trying to promote.” These were words uttered by a media manager in sport in the past month. Is this is what is wrong with sport today? People trying to tell a story that

The Political Sponsorship Hot Potato

Sports Marketing has become so big today that it has its own subdivision within the marketing industry. Businesses started linking themselves to sport as far back as the 1870’s. The tobacco industry was the first to really seize the opportunity

“I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.”

Few would disagree that the world has gone mad. Sport should be as it always was a refuge, a place where you could escape the politics and the stresses of everyday life. It was a release. Sadly now with the