No Time For Freebies
Who is sport for? Surely, it belongs to those who pay to play each week in leagues and competitions around the world, the same people who then pay their hard-earned cash to go and watch the professionals play. The game
Are the answers Football Australia is looking for in the Crawford Report?
For those who remember football in Australia before the turn of the century, when the Crawford Report was published in 2003 there was optimism that football was finally going put aside petty power struggles, be run properly, and the game
Franchised Sport in Australia, Does It Really Exist?
“Why is it when successful businessmen become involved in sport, they lose their heads?” This was an observation shared with this writer by a very successful sports administrator, who came from outside of sport. Having worked for some extremely wealthy
Prophetic Words?
Last week followers of football were shocked to hear that the A-League had laid off 50% of their staff. Then probably the bigger shock was that this equated to around 40 people. Which caused many to ask why the A-League
A Price Worth Paying?
A week ago there were two announcements made regarding the future of Perth Glory. One was a statement from the long term owner Tony Sage, the other came from the Australian Premier Leagues. There were some anomalies in these statements,
