Money’s Too Tight to Mention
They say money talks. This term is usually used when, in sporting terms, a club manages to sign a highly rated player, but have to pay over the odds to snare their signature. It is also used when a player
FIFA Underwhelms
The FIFA Presidential elections came and went last week and essentially proved a major anti-climax. There is a new face at the top of the game globally, Gianni Infantino, but what radical reforms are on the table if any? Where
Should Non-Elite Sport be Run as a Business?
Today Sport is a business, but how is the business of sport holding up? The answer is it depends who you talk to. If you look at the elite level around the world it would appear that top flight sport
Falling Down, Not Just Frank Lowy
Congratulations to Melbourne Victory for winning the Hyundai A League Grand Final. There is no doubt, in what was not really a season to remember, they were the best team. It was a season where no team ever took the
The Cost of Fast Food Sport
Every sports fan knows that at the elite level sport needs television. It is the television deals that inject the finances to keep the game afloat at the highest level. Yet in many cases those funds do not filter down
