gambling

New Measures Only Scratching The Surface

Betting in sport has existed for well over a century. In fact in the 1800’s many sporting contests existed purely because of the opportunity to have a wager on the two opponents. Sometimes these events threw up some very odd

Using Video Evidence, Is It Fair to All?

Is sport trying to be too clever for its own good? There has certainly been a shift in the type of people who become involved in sport. While the top end of most sports are sloshing around with money the

Is A Prediction Coming True? Is a Sport Under Threat From Its Own Governance?

Basketball starts with a tip off, Australian Rules Football starts with a centre bounce, both very unique ways in which to commence a sporting contest. Hockey used to have its own unique way of starting a game with a Bully-off.

Rolling the Dice

Some of the international sporting federations have a clause in the membership of the member nations that Governments cannot interfere with the running of their sport. As we know with FIFA and the IOC, they believe that they are 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