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On the same day Nick D'arcy and Kenrick Monk were posing as gun-bearing outlaws in The United States, Quade Cooper and Kurtley Beale were…
"In the world of sport, influence takes many forms" - Wally Mason, Sports Editor, The Australian. Does it? As a sports fan, enthusiast and…
Australian Rules, I guess what “rankles” me so much is the fact that only about 15/16 actual sportspeople have been included in this list. I’m a fan of sports because I love the thrill of the contest, the competitiveness of the players, and the professional levels which these athletes maintain and juniors aspire to one day achieve. Personally, I feel this deserves more accolade than the organisation of the sport by the wealthy CEO’s and other executives and commentators.
I appreciate the delicate business that is the way in which sports are marketed and organised behind the scenes, but I feel this isn’t necessarily worthy of glorification – not as much as the skill, perseverance and entertainment factor attributable to the athletes alone, which at the end of the day is what draws me in to sport.
A critique of The Australian's Top 50 in Sport
David Gallop is number 8. I wonder if his rank would go up/down now that he’s ‘stepped down’
A critique of The Australian's Top 50 in Sport
You’d think the Sports Editor of The Australian and his esteemed and select group of writers and editors who compiled this list would be able to put something decent together though, wouldn’t you?
A critique of The Australian's Top 50 in Sport