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"I don't play cricket. It requires one to adopt such indecent postures." - Oscar Wilde
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One consequence of sport's commercialisation is that teams are becoming increasingly detached from the communities that originally spawned them. The multimillionaires of City and…
I'm not going to defend The Daily Telegraph's decision to name Black Caviar as the newspaper's Sportswoman of the Year. It's not the worst…
This year I managed to make it all the way to round one of the AFL season before becoming heartily sick of the accompanying…
The AFL’s swift response to comments made by sacked Adelaide recruiter Matt Rendell shows how fiercely the league protects its reputation for reconciliation and…
As a lifelong AFL fan, I am interested to know the long term expectations of Australia's football community. I am not referring to Frank…
Take a quick glance at the sporting headlines this past year and you could have been forgiven for thinking it was 2002. On January…
I have read that as well. It is so disappointing that certain sections of the media play into the AFL’s branding strategy.
The seven deadly sins of the AFL media
Sorry, I meant the A-League. I notice The Roar refers to the game I call soccer as football and I was trying to stay in style.
Also, I tried to stay away from using the word soccer because that invites the whole “football vs soccer” debate which isn’t what the piece is supposed to be about.
What are the hopes of Australian football fans?
As an Essendon fan I am greatful for all Sheedy has done but he has been trading on his eccentric persona since the 2001 Grand Final, any coaching ability a mere loss leader for his promotional skills. Any success GWS experiences this year will be due to Mark Williams.
Kevin Sheedy: Father, Teacher and Madman
It is fascinating to read how the social history of a colony/state could have been completely different but for the actions of a few individuals.
Rugby Union was the dominant code in WA in the late 19th century until students returning from boarding school in South Australia and Victorian miners in the Goldfields bought the indigenous code across the Nullarbor.
How 130 years of Waratahs, Reds rivalry kicked-off
Good point. I remember both the Australian and World Swimming Championships being on free-to-air TV, the latter in prime time when it was held in Fukuoka.
Do you think another reason is that our golden period was based on stereotypically “Australian” sports like tennis, cricket and swimming and the media still sees soccer and cycling as “niche” sports?
Australian sports fans are living in the past
I think either Goodes or Long would make excellent commissioners whether they were black or white.
I also think more needs to be done to get more Aboriginals coaching at a high level. There are plenty of talented and committed indigenous coaches in country WA leagues but off the top of my head I can’t think of any in the WAFL.
Retired Aboriginal players should be encouraged to take coaching roles in the WAFL, SANFL, VFL, TAC Cup, NEAFL etc with a view to graduating to an assistant coach and, ultimately, head coach in the AFL.
It is time for an Indigenous commissioner