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  1. 3d ago

    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? If you don’t want to miss a post or a podcast subscribe to Not The Footy Show on our home page. Almost 2000 people have. All you need do is insert your email address and then you will receive an email update whenever a new post or podcast is posted. Rest assured we will not pass on your information! Also please feel free to share your thoughts and the Podcast. Remember you can email us with suggestions for topics to be discussed. If there is a topic or a guest that you would like us to feature, please contact us. Find all our podcasts on iTunes Find all our podcasts on iTunesThe post 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? first appeared on Not The Footy Show.

  2. Jul 26

    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. If you don’t want to miss a post or a podcast subscribe to Not The Footy Show on our home page. Almost 2000 people have. All you need do is insert your email address and then you will receive an email update whenever a new post or podcast is posted. Rest assured we will not pass on your information! Also please feel free to share your thoughts and the Podcast. Remember you can email us with suggestions for topics to be discussed. If there is a topic or a guest that you would like us to feature, please contact us. Find all our podcasts on iTunes Find all our podcasts on iTunesThe post 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. first appeared on Not The Footy Show.

  3. Jun 10

    Podcast #145 – Part 2 of Our Interview with Ron Anderson, A Look at The Enhanced Games, and the Reduction of Events at the Brisbane Olympic Games in 2032.

    This podcast comes quickly after the last so that we can share with you Part Two of our interview with the remarkable Ron Anderson. As menioned previously Ron Anderson lost his sight in his early 30’s, but he did not let that hold him back. He has thrown his heart and soul into establishing many sports programs over the years. IN Part Two of this interview 85 year old Ron took the time to look back on his involvement with cycling and also golf for the blind. John takes a look at the Enhanced Games and how they were received and the lack of records. The payments would no doubt have made it worthwhile. The one thing the Games showed was how much money there is in sport for the athletes to be paid what they were paid, so why are the IOC so averse to paying Olympians? In our topics under conversation Ashley looks at the IOC President saying that the Olympic Games will be cutting back on sports when the Olympics come to Brisbane in 2032. This is something that we feel had to come to make hosting easier for prospective Olympic host cities. Which sports will be culled when Brisbane comes around? How importnat are historical links to the Olympic Games going to be in this process? Not the footy show podcast number 145. A podcast that looks at sports from all angles of the game, athletes, administration and more. If you don’t want to miss a post or a podcast subscribe to Not The Footy Show on our home page. Almost 2000 people have. All you need do is insert your email address and then you will receive an email update whenever a new post or podcast is posted. Rest assured we will not pass on your information! Also please feel free to share your thoughts and the Podcast. Remember you can email us with suggestions for topics to be discussed. If there is a topic or a guest that you would like us to feature, please contact us. Find all our podcasts on iTunes Find all our podcasts on iTunesThe post Podcast #145 – Part 2 of Our Interview with Ron Anderson, A Look at The Enhanced Games, and the Reduction of Events at the Brisbane Olympic Games in 2032. first appeared on Not The Footy Show.

  4. Jun 5

    NTFS #144 – Part 1 of an Interview With a Pioneer Of Sport for the Blind, Ron Anderson, The Point of Under Age World Cups, and Is Sport now the Opium of the People.

    We have interviewed some amazing people over the past 20 years on Not The Footy Show and in this episode we catch up with yet another remarkable individual. Ron Anderson lost his sight in his early 30’s, and as a result he lost a great deal more as well. Working at the Braille Society as a recreation officer proved to be his calling as he threw his heart and soul into the role establishing many sports programs over the years. Now aged 85 Ron took the time to look back on some of his achievements with Ashley. In this first part of a two-part interview Ron talks about his adjusting to his blindness and his running in the Sydney City to Surf (Part Two of this interview will be in our next podcast). In our topics under conversation Ashley looks at why sports are playing under 17 or under 18 World Cups. There is a huge cost to the participating nations in not only sending teams to these tournaments but also in developing the players. If you are going to invest in such a program surely you would want to see a large number of the players progress to play at full international level, but the statistics show that very few of this cohort actually make it to that level. So why are International Federations and National Associations signing up for such events? John looks at a famous quote from German philosopher Karl Marx and asks if today he would say that Sport rather than religion is the opium of the people. They way it is discussed, the way politicians have attached themselves to sport to try and form a link with their constituents. It is not just the betting companies who have hijacked sport, everyone is trying to get the attention of sports fans. If you don’t want to miss a post or a podcast subscribe to Not The Footy Show on our home page. Almost 2000 people have. All you need do is insert your email address and then you will receive an email update whenever a new post or podcast is posted. Rest assured we will not pass on your information! Also please feel free to share your thoughts and the Podcast. Remember you can email us with suggestions for topics to be discussed. If there is a topic or a guest that you would like us to feature, please contact us. Find all our podcasts on iTunes Find all our podcasts on iTunesThe post NTFS #144 – Part 1 of an Interview With a Pioneer Of Sport for the Blind, Ron Anderson, The Point of Under Age World Cups, and Is Sport now the Opium of the People. first appeared on Not The Footy Show.

  5. Apr 17

    NTFS #143 – Finding the Right Leaders, Insurance Changing Sport, and The Future of the Confederation.

    We are back again with another slightly longer than usual show. Thank you to all those who contacted us saying how much they enjoyed our last show and the interview with Pierre-Emmanuel Luneau-Daurignac all of you sharing his concern that we are putting too much pressure on young children both physically and mentally. On this show we catch up a long term friend of Not The Footy Show, David Mitchell who is an expert in leadership. He was recently looking at the changes at the top in F1 – a sport he knows well having been involved for a number of years, – and wondered if he could give us an insight into the key components to good leadership within sport.How many times does a change in Leadership slow down the sport achieving the goals it set out to achieve, and result in a culture shift. Does Long term sustainable success only come when the leader is given time? David also talks about F1 and teh impact that this change of leadership has had in this space. If you are after more information from David visit his website at the Brand Rover. John’s topic of interest is the news that in the AFL one of their Insurance companies is no longer going to cover players who suffer concussion. What are the potential ramifications of this decision. Will all players at all levels soon have to sign a waiver stating that they understand teh risks involve din playing that sport. With the announcement by CONMEBOL that as a Confederation they plan to endores FIFA President Gianni Infantino for another term at the top of the sport Ashley asks does this show how the Confederations are out of touch with the people, Do the various sports still require the Confederations as a level of management of the sport, are they still relevant? Is it time to stop the gravy train, and would many sports be better off taking away this level of management? Is it time to go back to sport being governed from the bottom up rather than the top down? If you don’t want to miss a post or a podcast subscribe to Not The Footy Show on our home page. Almost 2000 people have. All you need do is insert your email address and then you will receive an email update whenever a new post or podcast is posted. Rest assured we will not pass on your information! Also please feel free to share your thoughts and the Podcast. Remember you can email us with suggestions for topics to be discussed. If there is a topic or a guest that you would like us to feature, please contact us. Find all our podcasts on iTunes Find all our podcasts on iTunesThe post NTFS #143 – Finding the Right Leaders, Insurance Changing Sport, and The Future of the Confederation. first appeared on Not The Footy Show.

  6. Mar 17

    NTFS #142 – What Is Sport About? Why Are Children Suffering By Being Involved in Sport?

    This show is longer than normal, but it is one that every parent and administrator should listen to, as our special guest looks at the physical abuse that children suffer as sports look to unearth the next generation of Champions. On this show we catch up with Pierre-Emmanuel Luneau-Daurignac who after working as an investigative journalist and as editor-in-chief of a French-American press agency, he became an independent filmmaker in 2015. He has recently made a documentary that is garnering a great deal of attention Worldwide called “BROKEN KIDS, The Untold Story of Young Athletes.” As a result of the film he has now set up an NGO to try and protect children from coaches, their parents and sports that push their bodies physically and mentally and cause them long term damage. Children’s Rights International Sports Observatory is now finding that many individuals who have witnessed or suffered such damage around the world are contacting CRISO to share their stories and offer their assistance. If you are keen to assist in protecting Children’s rights or from behaviours that hurt them, they would love to hear from you via their website (criso.org ) If you can make sure you watch the documentary and visit their website as for Children the focus should be fun and enjoyment when playing sport. We should be protecting their rights. The systems should not be breaking them physically and mentally. In our topics under discussion, Ashley looks at the decline in quality from sporting Media managers. While acknowledging that the role has changed, surely they are beholden to understand the rules of the competitions that their teams are competing in? Many are getting these wrong, so should International or National Federations and Associations be pulling them up? Is this decline due to these organisations looking for cheap options, and not being prepared to pay for experienced staff? John then picks at the scab that was the Ashes series in Australia. Who is to blame for England’s poor showing? Was the preparation as adequate as some have tried to claim? Ashley does not hold back labelling it England’s most embarrassing tour to Australia in his lifetime. If you don’t want to miss a post or a podcast subscribe to Not The Footy Show on our home page. Almost 2000 people have. All you need do is insert your email address and then you will receive an email update whenever a new post or podcast is posted. Rest assured we will not pass on your information! Also please feel free to share your thoughts and the Podcast. Remember you can email us with suggestions for topics to be discussed. If there is a topic or a guest that you would like us to feature, please contact us. Find all our podcasts on iTunes Find all our podcasts on iTunes The post NTFS #142 – What Is Sport About? Why Are Children Suffering By Being Involved in Sport? first appeared on Not The Footy Show.

  7. Feb 17

    NTFS #141 – Fair Play Publishing Preserving Australian Sporting History, Plus So Much More…

    As we roll into our 21st year of the show we would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and welcome you to our first show of 2026. On this first show for 2026 we catch up with Bonita Mersiades who after years working in sports administration moved into the world of publishing. Bonita, set up FairPlay Publishing so that sportspeople and authors are able to share their stories and the history of Australian sport is being preserved. Check out the books on offer on their website and on the SHOP PAGE Rather than having specifc topics in sport in recent times Ashley and John look back on the past month of sport since the last show. Under discussion are The Hockey India League where Ashley was commentating in January. Then it moves onto the FIFA World Cup in the USA, Canada and Mexico and whether the threat of a boycott is actually followed through by any nation. Even if it isn’t how many fans can afford the price of the tickets for games and will we see FIFA having to bus crowds in to fill the stadia in the USA? John then picks at the scab that was the Ashes series in Australia. Who is to blame for England’s poor showing? Was the preparation as adequate as some have tried to claim? Ashley does not hold back labelling it England’s most embarrassing tour to Australia in his lifetime. To round out the show John questions the options today of viewing sport such as the T20 World Cup and explains why he will not be watching, also the timing of Australia’s Pro League matches is questioned, while Ashley asks for the League to be brought to a prompt end for everyone’s sake. If you don’t want to miss a post or a podcast subscribe to Not The Footy Show on our home page. Almost 2000 people have. All you need do is insert your email address and then you will receive an email update whenever a new post or podcast is posted. Rest assured we will not pass on your information! Also please feel free to share your thoughts and the Podcast. Remember you can email us with suggestions for topics to be discussed. If there is a topic or a guest that you would like us to feature, please contact us. Find all our podcasts on iTunes Find all our podcasts on iTunes The post NTFS #141 – Fair Play Publishing Preserving Australian Sporting History, Plus So Much More… first appeared on Not The Footy Show.

  8. 12/11/2025

    NTFS #140 – A Special Edition Celebrating 20 Years of Not The Footy Show.

    Welcome our 20 year celebration edition. John and Ashley and some of our former co-hosts from yesteryear look back on the past 20 years of Not The Footy Show both on air and as a podcast. Both pick five of their favourite interviews from the past 20 years and share some ofg the stories behind them that you the listeners would not be aware of. Ashley’s top five were: Angela Madsen (Full Interview) Sir Roger Bannister the first man to run a sub-four minute mile, (Full Interview) Sam Goodwin, who educated us about the marketing of sport and the mistakes made by many sports in this area. (Podcast 65 ) Lord Coe Olympic champion, politician and now sports administrator, and his final was his childhood hero the great England goalkeeper Gordon Banks who talks about THAT save. Unfortunately many of John’s top five have been lost when the radio station closed, but they were: Former England cricketer and administrator Sir Alec Bedser who had fond memories of Perth, Dick Johnson the five-time Australian Touring Car Champion and a three-time winner of the Bathurst 1000, Andrew Liddawi who has done so much for adaptive mountain biking, (Listen Here Podcast 71), Kevin Alderton who lost his sight when in the army and then skiied downhill at over 100mph to claim a world record, and finally the man who pursued FIFA for many years to uncover the truth behind the corruption, Andrew Jennings. Unfortunately this is one of the intreviews that we have lost. There is also a quick look back at some of the changes in sport in the past 20 years. We must thank all who have helped us bring Not The Footy Show to you over the years, Darren Harper, Kodie Paris, Michael Fontein, the late Clint Ford, Anna Flanagan, Olivia Vivian, Simon Orchard, Dan Israel, Alan Dunlop, Paul Thompson and Mitch “Honeymonster” Woodcock. If you don’t want to miss a post or a podcast subscribe to Not The Footy Show on our home page. Almost 2000 people have. All you need do is insert your email address and then you will receive an email update whenever a new post or podcast is posted. Rest assured we will not pass on your information! Also please feel free to share your thoughts and the Podcast. Remember you can email us with suggestions for topics to be discussed. If there is a topic or a guest that you would like us to feature, please contact us. Find all our podcasts on iTunes Find all our podcasts on iTunes The post NTFS #140 – A Special Edition Celebrating 20 Years of Not The Footy Show. first appeared on Not The Footy Show.

  9. 10/30/2025

    NTFS #139 – Lekeisha Pergoliti’s Silver Medal, The Impact of Athletes Asking for Sponsors, and Is the Future of Umpiring Going to be Left to Video?

    Welcome to another podcast, can you believe we missed our own 20th Birthday? Thank you to those of you who were there at the start and are still tuning in. As usual we have another great guest lined up for you. On this show we catch up with Lekeisha Pergolitti who returned from the World Boxing Championships in the UK with a silver medal. One of three medals the Australian women won. Lekeisha shares with us her journey in the sport and what she hopes for in the future. In our topics under discussion Ashley asks how damaging it is for a sport or a competition to have its athletes and umpires going on social media asking for sponsorship. Does this actually undermine the sport or competition’s attempts to attract sponsors? John turns his attention to the umpires and referees, and asks whether sport is heading down a path in which all decisions will ultimately be made by video rather than the eyes of an official? He also raises and intersting point in relation to the identity of officials in televised matches. What will the future look like in this area in many sports? As mentioned our 20th birthday was last month. Let us know who you would like us to try and talk to in our 20th year and if you would like us to keep going for another ten years. If you don’t want to miss a post or a podcast subscribe to Not The Footy Show on our home page. Almost 2000 people have. All you need do is insert your email address and then you will receive an email update whenever a new post or podcast is posted. Rest assured we will not pass on your information! Also please feel free to share your thoughts and the Podcast. Remember you can email us with suggestions for topics to be discussed. If there is a topic or a guest that you would like us to feature, please contact us. Find all our podcasts on iTunes Find all our podcasts on iTunes The post NTFS #139 – Lekeisha Pergoliti’s Silver Medal, The Impact of Athletes Asking for Sponsors, and Is the Future of Umpiring Going to be Left to Video? first appeared on Not The Footy Show.

  10. 08/19/2025

    NTFS#138 – The Menstrual Cycle – How Much Does It Affect Performance, the Sustainability of Sport and the Impact of Wage Demands, and the Throwing Water Bottles…

    Welcome to another podcast – our 562nd show – in this our 20th year! As usual we are always looking for a different aspect of sport and in this show we believe we are talking about something that has been ignored for a very long time. Faye Sheridan from Healthy Her joins us to explain how with education athletes and coaches can understand a woman’s menstrual cycle so much better in order to minimise the impact on their performance. As women’s sport becomes more professional are these athletes being given the best advice when it comes to playing on through their menstrual cycle? Is the awareness there amongst the coaching staff within many of the elite set ups? If the coaches are not being educated on this are the players themselves being given acces to information that could have a huge impact not only in their sporting lives, In our topics under discussion Ashley looks at how once again we have witnessed a goalkeeper taking a water bottle onto the pitch with notes on the opposition’s penalty-takers on it. The opposing goalkeeper has allegedly thrown the water bottle away. Once again the media have jumped upon the story. Is it in the spirit of the game to throw the bottle away? Or is it in the right spirit to take such notes out onto the pitch? Is it time that the aurthorities stop this and make players go back to having to memorise such information? John touches on the NBA protest about pay. He looks at how long a period of time it has taken for English footballers to be paid the astronomical wages they are paid today, arguing that it takes time to establish sports, and sporting teams and competitions. Very few start off being paid vast sums of money in their first few years. Today is it about how well they play or how many followers they have and how much attention they can attract whic translates into revenue? As mentioned this year we celebrate 20 years. Let us know who you would like us to try and talk to in our 20th year and if you would like us to keep going for another ten years. “Not the footy show podcast number 138. A podcast that looks at sports from all angles of the game, athletes, administration and more.” If you don’t want to miss a post or a podcast subscribe to Not The Footy Show on our home page. Almost 2000 people have. All you need do is insert your email address and then you will receive an email update whenever a new post or podcast is posted. Rest assured we will not pass on your information! Also please feel free to share your thoughts and the Podcast. Remember you can email us with suggestions for topics to be discussed. If there is a topic or a guest that you would like us to feature, please contact us. Find all our podcasts on iTunes Find all our podcasts on iTunes The post NTFS#138 – The Menstrual Cycle – How Much Does It Affect Performance, the Sustainability of Sport and the Impact of Wage Demands, and the Throwing Water Bottles… first appeared on Not The Footy Show.

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  • Creator
    Ashley Morrison
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2026
  • Episodes
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