The four highest profile sport franchise collapses of the past decade have occurred in Melbourne. Is the city no longer Australia’s sporting capital?
- Senior Lecturer in Sport Management, Deakin University
Several so-called minnow nations are making their debuts at the World Cup. Will they add to the tournament or is it overkill?
If rugby league stays flexible and open-minded when it comes to national allegiances, it could be a way for the sport to win hearts and minds across the Pacific.
You may have seen darts’ crazy, costume-wearing fans in a packed stadium and wondered ‘how did the sport get so big?’
The ability for players to switch clubs is becoming easier, which can be seen as a good or bad thing, depending on which side of the fence you sit.
There are deep historical and immediate political reasons why the online gambling advertising legislation has been bogged down.
It’s AFL and NRL award season and analysis suggests the Brownlow Medal and Dally M voting systems are far from perfect.
The International Olympic Committee continues to add new sports to attract younger viewers. Will it work or could there be unintended consequences?
Several sports leaders from across the globe have recently sought to extend or eliminate term limits. Why should we care, and how long is too long for sport administrators?
From what sports you can watch with an old aerial, to what apps you’ll see when you switch on a new smart TV – sports lovers can expect big changes ahead.
New research sheds light on the reasons why many people dislike sport in a sport-mad nation.
The tournament has proven to be very resilient throughout its history, but its greatest challenges may lie ahead.
After a rocky few years, there’s a huge trust deficit between players and Netball Australia. This must be overcome to secure the sport’s future.
Pundits had suggested a strong World Cup performance was vital for the health of the game. The horror result in France will put even more pressure on the sport to reform to stay relevant.
A shrinking pool of host cities, high costs, and cultural questions about the monarchy: why the Commonwealth Games are under threat.
While membership of the major political parties has plummeted, footy club membership has soared. So what can the major parties learn from footy clubs about how to grow community support?
In a country that has largely avoided political and cultural hyper-partisanship, the Barassi Line is perhaps our strongest sociographic dividing characteristic, and certainly novel globally.
Pay TV appears to have found a way around the rules meant to ensure sport stays on free-to-air TV.
TV ratings for the NRL and AFL grand finals show its still a challenge to engage a national broadcast audience that covers non-traditional areas.
Business Briefing: the big bucks of broadcasting the Olympics
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The amount broadcasters will pay for the rights to the Olympics keeps going up, but is the value of the rights changing?
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