Beijing 2008

NTFS#148 – Parents at the Olympics, would you have yours there? If athletes are being asked to pay to attend World Championships, should administrators be given a free ticket? Will Television Save Test Cricket?

You win a place on a team at the Olympic Games, fulfilling a lifelong dream, do you let you parents come and watch? Will they be a distraction? This is not a new question. In fact many coaches have said

Losing its Lustre?

So often things are not as they may seem, and with the passing of time the truth can be distorted. In the modern world of marketers, spin-doctors and PR specialists this is even more the case today than it ever

Podcast #88 – The Ladies take Centre Stage with Women’s MTB, The Hockeyroos Along With New FFA Cup Format.

Not the Footy Show Podcast

We are back with the final podcast of 2020, and a longer than normal show as in this show the Ladies take centre stage. Our guest on this show Emily Mountford who noticing how few women were involved in Mountain

Declined – Insufficient Funds

How many sports in Australia are self supporting? That is a question every sports fan or participant should be asking, and whether their sport is self supporting. The terrifying answer is that very few are , in other words they

Urbanisation of the Olympic Games or Pandering to the Youth?

In August the International Olympic Committee announced that Baseball for men and Softball for women will return to the Olympic Games in Tokyo. There was no great surprise there as the sport is massive in Japan. Also being introduced are