Wheelchair sports

Equality – Easier Said than Done

The excitement surrounding the Olympics is beginning to gain momentum. The weekend before last the Premier of Western Australia, Colin Barnett hosted a black-tie farewell dinner for all the athletes based in WA heading to Rio. Sadly though as was

Red Dust Heelers Response to “Sacrificing the Olympic Dream,” May 22, 2015

Unfortunately this article was only this week brought to my attention after being reposted on a player’s Facebook page. While ‘Not The Footy Show’ cannot be responsible for the reposting, the blog does need to be corrected as the content

Doing Their Talking on the Court

in 2015 the National Wheelchair Basketball League Champions, the Be Active Perth Wheelcats, withdrew from the the League because Basketball Australia had broken its own constitution by admitting a new side into the League, and after he fixtures had been

The Politics of Sport Could Learn from the Sport of Politics

If sports people are to be held up as role models, then so too should our politicians and leaders of industry. Equally if our politicians are to be held accountable and expected to be transparent with how they spend tax

Lessons Not Learned

Why is it that some administrators continue to make rods for their own backs? A year ago Basketball Australia went against its own Governance processes and changed the National Wheelchair Basketeball League competition to a seven team competition and re-issued