World Cup Expansion Makes No Sense.
Since when has FIFA listened to what the fans want? Their decision to push on and expand the World Cup Finals from 32 teams to 48 is diluting the competition as a whole, and will most likely mean that the
Player Development The Elephant in The Room
In yesterday’s Australian Newspaper Ray Gatt wrote an excellent article on the demise of Australia football at world youth tournaments. (Australia’s Youth Soccer Teams Have Become Used to Failure) As was pointed out in the article the Olyroos (under 23s)
Bigger Definitely Not Always Better
Sport should always be about quality rather than quantity. A glut of games does not guarantee the quality of the games. Sometimes the expansion of a competition can compromise the quality of the competition, and many of the games become
Far Reaching Investment Needed when Poaching African Athletes
Ask any athlete who competes at the Olympic or Paralympic Games whether they dream of a medal, and nearly all will admit they do, even though some know that the reality of that dream coming true is extremely unlikely. For
Women’s Sport Coming to the Fore
There is a saying behind every successful man there is a woman pushing hard. This may soon be changed to behind every successful sport there are women pushing hard. As in Australia it would appear that women are very much
