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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

Joe Root, In The Footsteps of Hutton.

“As long as there is a Yorkshire man in the England side, England will do well,” that was the claim when this writer was growing up. Was it a truth or was it a myth, and who perpetuated the myth?

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