NTFS#148 – Parents at the Olympics, would you have yours there? If athletes are being asked to pay to attend World Championships, should administrators be given a free ticket? Will Television Save Test Cricket?
You win a place on a team at the Olympic Games, fulfilling a lifelong dream, do you let you parents come and watch? Will they be a distraction?
This is not a new question. In fact many coaches have said that they believe that many parents are a distraction that needs to be managed very carefully. There is no doubt that at the Olympic Games there are already so many more distractions with the Games being a multisport event.
Our guest on this show is former New Zealand International Hockey player Shea McAleese who was fortunate to attend four Olympic Games. At his first Games he told his family that he did not want them there as he had to focus on what he was there to do, play hockey. Now having transitioned into coaching he has been documenting many of the lessons he has learned along the way. One of the issues he revisited was whether he did the right thing in Beijing? What did he learn from making that call and how is he, and New Zealand Hockey using that knowledge to make it easier for those coming through now?
In this show Ashley asks should administrators be allowed to travel to international sporting events at the sport’s expense if they are asking those representing their State, Province, County, or Country to pay their own way to the tournament? Is that fair? Is it time such expenses were made public knowledge, so that all who pay fees to play can see where those fees are going?
John asks why the Wallabies continue to take on the All Blacks at Eden Park? Australia has not defeated the All Blacks at Eden Park since 1986 and were comprehensively beaten again. Meanwhile, the rendition of the national Anthem was outstanding, and Ashley mentions the respect shown by the ball kids in Inner Mongolia.
John then looks at The South Africa v Australia Test Cricket Series and asks where are the crowds? Also why has cricket taken on the trend of a countdown clock to start the game? John also asks will TV save Test Cricket?
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19 Aug 2026
NTFS#147 – A Look Back at the Paired Back Commonwealth Games, Lessons to be Learned From FIFA, and Are Waivers on Player Injuries Going to Change Sport in the Years Ahead?
After the success at the Paris Olympic Games, Australian Athletics has once again recorded its best performance at the rescheduled Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. In this show we catch up with the Vice President of Australian Athletics Brian Miller to hear how the Games were received, and where the focus shifts now for Australian Athletics.
Has Glasgow saved the Commonwealth Games? As successful as the paired back Games were Brian shares his view on the Games future. Interestingly some non-Commonwealth nations took part.
Brian also discussed an obvious economic benefits which makes us refer back to our last guest TJ Rosandich whose comments were backed up between podcasts as the Western Australian State Government hosted the Calcio Italiano tournament, featuring Italian football giants AC Milan, Inter Milan, Juventus, and Palermo. The WA State Premier has claimed that “Tourism WA analysis found the festival generated an estimated global media value of more than $110 million. The other claim just a few days after the last game was played was that it generated $94 million to the economy. Should they be forced to justify these figures? Our interview would tend to indicate they couldn’t.
In this show Ashley asks fans and administrators to learn from the FIFA fiasco and look at their own governance. There are tell-tale signs as to whether your sport is being run properly. It is clear across many sports that voting can, and is manipulated. So do the voting rights need to be looked at? Should votes be given based on participation numbers or the fees paid by member nations? With many Confederations voting en bloc and determining the outcome of elections how can the power of confederations be reduced? As has been shown in football how important is the voice of the fans to effect change?
John and Ashley look at the Commonwealth Games and their relevancy, after the interview, before John asks can clubs offer waivers on contracts regarding injuries. Are players going to have to find their own insurance? Where would this leave clubs, individuals and the sports legally? Should the top leagues have to follow the English Premier League and set aside funds for former players?
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26 Jul 2026
NTFS#146 – Are There Really Profits to be Made From Hosting Sporting Events? Also a Look Back at the FIFA World Cup, and a Question for State Politicians.
How many of you have questioned the figures spouted by politicians about the economic impact of an event and even the creation of a sporting venue will generate? Is there a formula to predict such figures?
Our guest on this show is a man who has worked in sports for over 47 years and has lectured on many aspects of sport at the US Sports University – formerly the United States Sports Academy – including the area of Sports Finance. T.J. Rosandich looks at this aspect of sport and how in fact many major events end up costing money rather than making money. We are sure that you will find what he has to say extremely interesting.
John has us turn our attention to the recent FIFA World Cup that has just concluded, and Ashley looks briefly at the change in goalkeeper techniques and teh number if Africans gracing the tournament playing for other nations. John then raises the issue of the conspiracy theories that ran throughout the tournament and the “hatred of the VAR.”
After our conversation with TJ, John and Ashley discuss some of the issues raised and how Western Australian Tourism figures leaked were claiming that for every dollar spent on bringing events, including sporting events to the state, these events would return $2.80. Hopefully after listening to this interview someone asks the Government to show how they came to that figure.
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