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NTFS#128 – Mental Health in Sport is Under Discussion, As Is World Athletics Paying Medallists in Paris

Not the Footy Show Podcast

Mental health has become a big issue in sport in recent years. Yet are many of the issues being branded as a mental health problem are to many not really deserving of being labelled as such. We have been trying

Acting in The Best Interests?

To the average hockey fan in Australia news that the Hockey Australia Board had committed to the upcoming FIH Pro-League seasons six (2024/25), seven (2025/26) and eight (2026/27) may not have even registered any reaction. To those who follow the

Government Money Makes The World Game Go Round

There are no doubt a large section of the community who growing up were told by their parents, ‘I want never gets.” Every child in every generation growing up tells their parents they want something. Yet the reality is that

Some Achieve Greatness, and Others Have Greatness Thrust Upon Them. 

There can be no doubt that when it comes to sport today the words ‘legend’ and ‘great’ are overused. In the past week a former Socceroo was referred to as a “Legend.” A player who played 29 internationals, and without

Changing the Pitch

The 1976 Montreal Olympic Games were the first to see hockey played on an artificial surface. It was a move that would change the game and have a lasting impact. The reasons for the change come down to which story