FIFA World Cup

Sport Is Business – No, It’s Entertainment. Yet Do The Same Rules Apply?

Sometimes the world of sport can be confusing. To the majority sport is a pastime, an activity that they carry out on a regular basis for enjoyment, and not for money. To others sport is a business, where the chosen

Suspended Leagues Could be Good In the Long Term

Not the Footy Show Podcast

The say that when the pressure goes on you find out the quality of your leaders. Never has this been more apparent than in sport in the past month with the outbreak of the Coronavirus. To be fair we have

Setting Their Sights Too High?

There would not be a sports fan in the country who is not aware what a disaster Australia’s bid was to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It was a campaign that showed just how naive those running the game

A Level Paying Field

Whenever people refer to sporting contests the phrase ‘it must be an even playing field’ invariably pops up. Over the years the interpretation of the phrase has changed. It used to mean that the conditions for all contests and or

Have Egos Been Put Before the Team?

At the start of 2019 there were few in football in Australia who didn’t believe that the Matildas had a genuine chance of contesting the World Cup Finals in France, which get under way this week. However six months is