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Why Governance Is So Important

Businesses and sports have constitutions and articles of association not only to protect themselves, but also to protect those in their employ and as well as their board members. Once these are tampered with to suit the agendas of certain

Fornaroli Selection Highlights Development Failure

While many are celebrating the fact that immediately after becoming an Australian citizen Uruguayan-born Bruno Fornaroli has been added to the Socceroos squad this writer almost wept for it is an indictment on the lack of quality development in Australia.

The A-League – A Time To Reflect and Change?

‘What has gone wrong with the A-League?’ This was a question posed at a dinner table on the weekend. The person who posed the question had recently read the article “A-League Audience Figures Fall To Alarming New Lows on Channel

Opportunities and Expectations Await Football West’s New CEO

They say that everything comes to those who wait, and those words have come true for football in Western Australia as former Perth Glory player Jamie Harnwell has been revealed as the new CEO of Football West. Ever since the

The Sponsorship Gamble.

Going back over 100 years there have been people in sport who have believed that they are above the laws of the game and have flagrantly ignored what many refer to as the ‘spirit of the game.’ With so much