In the past week the world of Hockey has been focussed on India and the rebirth of the Hockey India League. It is a challenge to launch such a league, but to resurrect a competition comes with a whole set of different challenges.
On this podcast we catch up with one of the men who was tasked with relaunching the League, Ravneet Gill whose company Big Bang Marketing have the exclusive commercial rights to the League. Hopefully this conversation will give fans a greater insight into the challenges faced and the plans moving forward in future years. With the Men’s and Women’s auction having taken place fans can now look forward to the competition starting in late December.
In our topics under discussion, Ashley raises two that came up in discussion at a wake. Should Australia’s famous baggy green cap be reserved only to the Australian men’s cricket team? The two were in agreement on this one! Also, should T20 players be given full international recognition, or should T20 representation be the equivalent of A internationals? John throws up another issue in terms of the duration of games and the size of the playing surface.
John looks ahead at the 2032 Olympic Games scheduled for Brisbane and asks what is going on? He asks has Australia been sold a pup? Has there been enough thought behind Brisbane putting their hand up to host the Olympic Games, what will be the final cost to the city?
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